Win win win a super exclusive cool tshirt - but be in quick, you need to get in before Oct 13!

All you gotta do is click here and then become a fan (or other air-conditioning unit ... I know it's an old joke!) here before October 13 and you're in the draw.
Simple huh.

Wet feet, fishy treats and hidden treasure

So there I was all snuggly and warm in my little photo studio when I received the emergency call:

Ali had walked to work in the rain and got wet feet.

I looked out of the window at the horizontal storm that was buffeting Wellington and did what all good partners do; packed up some dry fluffy socks and new shoes ready for the drop off mission, although to be honest I didn't feel at ALL like going out into the storm!

Fifteen minutes later I was in town and Ali's feet were freshly ensconced in their new safe and warm surroundings (aka dry socks and shoes) ... and here I am now in town, having REALLY had no intention of even leaving the studio on this miserable day ... so I decided to walk around to my fav local sushi bar to pick up some lunch before I went back home as a kind of treat to myself for doing my good dead.

Here, 2 things happened: I took what turned out to be my sweet shot of the day...

(click on the pic, it looks much better nice and big) ... and then secondly, for the first time ever, I went to somewhere which I just know is going to turn into one of my favourite Wellington photo destinations!

So, here I was post sushi and having taken this photo I wanted to print it out straight away. Usually I have my regular places that I think do good printing in Wellington, but today I couldn't be bothered walking even a block in the rain, so I looked directly across the road from the sushi joint and saw the most fabulous thing.

A photo lab and coffee house all in one.

Photoespresso (down the Embassy end of Courtney Place) is somewhere I've never been into before. I had seen it but had kind of turned my nose up to be honest because it all seemed too commercial and mainstream ... but hey, today was raining and really I was feeling a bit impatient. So I went in and - oh my god! I'm in love!

Fabulous service, nice prints and HELLO fabulous coffee! It was almost too good to be true!

The guy serving the coffee said it was pretty quiet that day - but for me that was great because I got everything I wanted in about 10 minutes, not to mention enjoyed playing with their little printy machines sipping a decent coffee and chatting to the staff who were super nice.

So, anyway, just wanted to mention that.

If you need good prints pretty quickly and good coffee too I'd recommend the place.

Yay for Friday, have a great weekend :)

super freeze

All I'm saying is that the rest is yet to come!
This is a still from a wee movie I'm making for the mighty Wellington United Clash footy team for their end of year do...I can't say much more as it's top secret...but watch this space!

Sweeeeeeeeet shot!

It's Wednesday...

...and it should be Tuesday if my a 'sweet shot everyday' catch-cry is to be believed.
Whoops - that's right, I missed yesterday dang it!
I've been so busy (busier than a little beaver (marlies that joke's for you!)) the last few days, editing photos from various jobs, and my poor little sweet shot blog has fallen behind!
But, to make it up to you I've got some great news!
I'm about to run a fabulous competition which is going to be super easy to enter...and the prize will be a very cool limited edition designer cat brown photography tshirt.
That's right...not a shitty tshirt, a cool tshirt....ie you will want to wear it out rather than sleep in it.
So watch out.
You'll need to be part of the facebook cat shack crew to enter, but that's as easy as clickity click and you're done.
The information about the competition is coming up very soon...

And...here's today's sweet shot!
Downtown brown at Parliament city

Chrissy and Marlies

You know that U2 song with or without you? I think that was written for my two friends Chrissy and Marlies.
The two have been, in varying degrees, work-mates, best-mates, soul-mates and polar opposites for the last number of years.
Of all the pictures I have seen or taken of them, this is the most perfect in its description of their relationship as I know it. Together and apart, going in different directions but completely symmetric, rough and smooth, city and country, yin and yang...and always joined at the hip!

Come on in and welcome to my new shack

Today has been busy busy preparing for a wedding shoot tomorrow, but besides that work, I have had the fun of of two good friends Marlies and Chrissy staying - which is fabulous!
I've also got a new special page on facebook which I'd love to come and check out and tell me what you think ... and if you like it please click to join so that you've got another way to see photos which I don't put here on the sweet shot!
So today's sweetshot ...

I think the irony of a paparazzi hand up at a photo exhibition is just too hard to pass by... Jess Maccagno put that hand down!

New watermark

I wanted to show you my new watermark/logo, and what better way than with a beautiful East Coast water view...
I'll be updating my website with it soon...along with the entire site courtesy of my new favourite place Photoshelter.
In the meantime enjoy the lovely Tokomaru Bay wharf vista...('you know what I did last summer'....kind of like the film but less scary and more sand in your sandwiches).