04.26.08
Hyde Park, London
The hottest day so far in the year, lead to incredible crowds through London and the underground networks. Took a walk from Hyde Park Corner, along the lake edge, and up to Lancaster Gate
04.20.08
Sarah :-: Stockton-on-Tees
Sarah just celebrated her 21st birthday, and thought it would be worthwhile to take some casual portraits at the local park.
04.08.08
Danson Park Wildlife
Just two days after heavy snows, the warm weather has melted the white landscapes, and brought the birds and squirrels back out.
04.06.08
Olympic Torch Relay in London
The Olympic torch relay hit the streets of snowy London today, marred by much controversy between China and Tibet. A large police presence, and Chinese security forces surrounded the torch throughout the 31 mile trip across London.
Thousands of people fill up Trafalgar Square
Contrast between peace and conflict
Olympic torch and mass police forces, entering Trafalgar
Snowy Spring in London
The heaviest snow of the season fell today, blanketing everything in white. Started falling around 7am in Danson Park, and within a couple of hours was already 3-4 inches thick.
03.23.08
Snow Racing at Brands Hatch
After the promising look of warm weather and spring arriving, the three days of snow came as quite a shock to most people. Rather late time of the year to arrive, but the racing must still go on! Featuring high powered trucks, pick ups and single seaters – the action kept the crowds entertained.
Click for a Full Animation sequence of the crash
Various classes of Lotus’ also ran
Full Gallery of the Action: www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/trucks
02.23.08
Sydney with Emirates
Leaving Auckland back for London, the first stop was in Sydney, with a peaceful early evening flight. The view into Sydney is very similar to Auckland, surrounded by clear blue water. Flying Emirates, Boeing 777-300ER – A6-EBI
Wedding Cake Island in the foreground by Coogee Bay, leading up to Bondi beach in top bay
02.21.08
Departing Queen Elizabeth 2
Making one of her last trips this year, the HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon become a floating hotel in Dubai. Thousands of spectators were there to witness the departure, as she sounded a blazing horn heard across much of Auckland. Surprisingly the Queen Elizabeth 2 is forty years old, however in pristine condition. The Queen Mary 2 recently replaced the QE2 as the flagship vessel of Cunard.
02.20.08
Beyond the Atmosphere
A favourite pastime is stargazing through telescopes at my grandfathers house, who has a couple of scopes, and old photography gear. The conditions tonight were tough, with a lot of shimmering in the atmosphere which doesn’t give the best results. The full moon isn’t the best to photograph either, due to the lack of contrast and shadows as the sun is lighting the moon from directly above.
An old, but favourite of Jupiter passing behind the Moon – June 2005
20D + 10″ Meade LX200 telescope
Orions Belt, shot with 1DIII, 70-200f4, @ 200mm, mounted on telescope, ISO 3200
Clouds creating some shadowing
1D III + 8″ Celestron telescope
Orion’s Nebula – 1DIII – ISO 6400, 2000mm focal length
Lilly at Bethells
During my very short stay in NZ, decided to catch up with my old workmate Kayla and her partner Carl. Just over two years ago, Lilly was born, very premature due to complications, weighing in at just 3lb 4oz (1510 grams) – half the normal weight.
The gallery of the newborn photos in the ICU of Auckland Hospital can be viewed here
Bethells at sunset was chosen for some casual mostly candid family photos against the beautiful rugged coastal backdrops.
02.19.08
Downtown Auckland at Midnight
Straight after the evening shoot at Karekare, drove into the city to meet a photography friend, Mathew Wong, who has put his own shots into his flickR gallery
Only managed to take a handful of shots, but was more interested in having a chat about photography styles.
Matt with a pen light
Matt in action 😛
Finishing off with some wide angles by Princes Wharf
02.18.08
Stormy Muriwai
Took another drive out to the rugged West coast beach of Muriwai in stormy conditions
Managed to get wet in the process of taking this shot, with large waves crashing over!
02.16.08
Napier Wedding – Amy & Craig
After the recovery period from recent travels, ventured down to Napier for the wedding of Amy and Craig. The weather was stunning 27°C – in fact a touch too hot for all who were dressed for the occassion. The ceremony was held at the Botanical Gardens, with some photos afterwards along the beach where Craig proposed, as well as the port where the massive Queen Victoria was docked.
Amy and her mum, after walking the aisle of flowers
Dove release
From near the proposal point
The “invincibles” striking a pose
Amy and her brother Clinton – champion wrestler
02.10.08
Thailand Sunset from Birds Eye View
Flying high above the Thai peninsula, in a Thai Air Asia A320 (HS-ABB), stood witness to a fantastic sunset. With all my recent and upcoming flights, planned them by requesting particular window seats dependant on the flight direction and time of the day. In this case, sitting on the left hand seat behind the wing heading from Phuket to Bangkok (Northwards), had a perfect view of the sunset and cloud formations. Shortly afterwards, was priveledged to get some cockpit photos – a rarity in these days with high security worldwide.
02.09.08
Loh Dalam Bay Sunset
Low tide meant a tricky 200metre walk out to knee deep water, to get some photos of the long tail boats. This is the Northern bay where the tsunami of over 6 metres devastated the low lying area, Boxing Day 2004.
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