The Marks of Man

This is Dot. She is the author of the chapter from Tutira Hall.

Portrait of Ian Bussel from Colleton hall. One of the few remaining New Zealanders who continues the tradition of Community halls in New Zealand. Many of these halls have died due to changes in the social fabric of New Zealand life. If it wasn't for individuals like Ian these places would had gone years ago.

So amazon is selling copies of my book. Even though they haven't bought any copies from me or informed me that they are for sale. So some thief has printed off a few test books I made in LULU and are flogging them off. Makes me sad that these #$#@$ can get away with this. I paid for that book to be published, it is a small sample of photographs I made over twenty years, And of course I have only sold a few, but its the principle of the thing that gets me. Amazon you are a cheap stealer of others creative effort. If you want a copy please buy it from me. preview here, incidentally my signed copies are cheaper too. http://johnmaillard.com/publication2.html

A much simpler print shop is now up on my site www.johnmaillard.com A simplified version of the last, and I couldn't help change the layout a bit. I have to say Coffee Cup software is really great simple and easy to use for a duffer like me. I bought some adwords from google and was amazed at the outcome, 500 from one country that I suspect dont buy photographic prints. Soon learning to point the adds correctly and get a better hit for the cent. I am also proud to learn that I have earned 48 cents from the adds on my blog, fame and fortune at last. the only problem with the shop is its inability to show my logo thumbnail well, these little things drive me crazy till i fix them. Check it out at http://johnmaillard.com/New_Zealand_Landscapes-server/index.php

This is a view of the Banks from Sugar loaf, on my 4x5, with a scanning back and a deep red IR filter. Without the daylight filter these backs are very sensitive to IR. For reference see my last shot with the daylight filter.

View from Sugar loaf Mountain towards the Banks. Just above the sign of the kiwi. I like the slowness of the 4x5 camera, stops all that unnecessary snapping and fiddling with filters. Thanks for any feed back.

The world really did change after the introduction of HD video on DSLR cameras, giving every day photographers the ability to shoot movies in a similar quality to productions that would normally be out of their reach. We can now use the quality of 35mm lenses in movie making. the TV series "House" was the first commercial production to use the DSLR in an episode. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/canon-5d-mark-ii-used-to-shoot-entire-house-season-finale-direc/ Chapter 1: The Cabbie from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo .