not a typical landscape shot or something specific to en zed, but i like this shot alot, im wishing that i had a ton of film for my camera, so i could be doing 35mm shots to develop for when i get back, but im sticking with the digital for now, a bit easier for me to work with in the field, with speeds and such.


this is the library at Lincoln University, the college where i am studying for the semester, it has many beautiful buildings on campus and i cannot wait to see all the flowers in bloom over the summertime. just a few more weeks.

the sun going down behind brighton beach, and the houses in the hills, opposite lyttleton harbor. absolutely stunning, especially after an afternoon with a bottle of merlot.

NZ, awesome.

Hey there, everyone, sorry it has been so long since a post, I've just been going crazy here in New Zealand, getting lots of photo work done, so here are a few different pictures, from earlier in the trip. They are all in or around Rotorua, a city that is well known for its thermal pools and serious geothermal activity. i will be posting again soon, with some more pictures...





pax amor fidelus
halzyon

JOY - the finale to my photo class

hi all. i am getting ready to present my final in my photography class, and i thought that i would share it will all of you first. i submitted my abstract, and my professor was loving the idea. i thought that i would stick to the portraits of brienne, my muse, and work with making negative prints as well. a few of the positive have been posted, and i only have a couple of negative printed up currently, but this is what i have so far.
thats what i've got so far. let me know what you think!!!

pax amor fidelus
halzyon

Here I GO

so i just found out last week that i have been accepted in to Lincoln University for the semester that starts in the fall. i am very very very excited. i think that the trip to new zealand will allow me to work on my photo skills, and be able to hike, camp, surf and snowboard as well. while im there, i hope to be able to go all over both of the islands, and over to Austrailia, to the gold coast, and to Fiji, you know, to check out the beaches. I look forward to getting to know the culture, and to meeting new people, and exploring the islands. Im considering buying a car while im there, maybe splitting it with some people, so we can get around the island easier, and not have to wait for the busses. Alright, im off to the dark room, but ill post some prints later, as that is what im leaving to do.

pax amor fidelus,
halzyon

You Won't Know

So this is my first attempt at portraiture work, so i decided that it would be a good idea to work with someone i was familiar with, Miss Brie. i really love these two pictures, and the entire roll came out amazing. i was very excited about it, and i was glad that she was willing to work with me on it. i think i may have to work a bit more on portraiture work, and i know where to find a model when i need one. seriously, she is gorgeous.

let me know what you think about them...
thanks

pax amor fidelus,
halzyon

Our assignment in photo this past week was to work on double exposures, and while taking them to make the shutter speed half the suggested by the light meter. This one is a record stack with the WBIM logo, my school radio station. i used to intern there, and that was a good time, and i have multiple friends that work there currently, so i decided that it would be a good place to work on double exposures. this was an in camera double, which is a pain in the butt to do, winding the camera, and not knowing how many shots are left on the roll.
This shot was an double exposure that was put together in the enlarger, by sandwich the two negatives together, and hoping for the best... it came out much better than the "in-camera" double. its the mixing board and a locker with many band stickers, also from the radio station... Pax amor fidelis
halzyon

sorry for the delay in posts, have been shooting like mad, now i have a contact sheet done for that last roll, it has about six gold shots on it, so come tuesday, i hope i will have some pretty good stuff on here... until then. godspeed.

Miracle Drug

alright, so my critique was moved to today, being that there was a snowday for the original date, and spring break was last week. This, seemingly, was a great opportunity to make sure that i got the shots that i needed for it, and have plenty of time to go about developing and printing. Right? WRONG..

over break i went out of my way to buy a 36 EXP. roll of Black and white film, thinking that it was more of an investment than anything, and that by taking more pictures, i would be able to catch the ONE that i needed. well, after getting super creative on roll A-VI, i spent two hours developing yesterday to have the film come out blank. SHIT. i guess it happens to all photographers.. and this was my first, but it was still pretty upsetting, because i know i had some really good shots on that roll.

two days ago, i was particularly bored, and so i took one of my old couches, and rolled it outside, and lit it on fire. i used the couch to be a photographic study of flames and fire, but i was really bored too. i took some great exposures, and i think that they would have come out very very very well, but alas, they exist no longer. truely a shame. and now i have had an extra two weeks to get a shot that i need for a critique... and i dont even have that. mary is going to kill me!

Within Destruction

some more pictures from my 35 mm photo class. was supposed to have a critique today, but it was cancelled on account of snow, so i was able to rest easy. i have one more shot to finalize for the critique as well, but was not able to finish it on time. hopefully, now that i have another 2 weeks to do it, i can make up for lost time, and get some 72 exposures done over break. we'll see.


this is Ben, and this is the Blur motion picture that i was assigned to take. it took me five different sheets to get the print right, and required some assistance from a fellow photographer, but we were able to do it, i think it looks great. i hope Ben likes it too.

this is a photo that Ben took of me, and as it is a bit out of focus, i still like it a lot. the shadowing of the pavement is awesome, and the pine and maple trees behind the gravestones give it a really cool look. this is the stop motion picture for my critique. the class was also take a pan motion picture with a blur for background and moving object in focus, but i was unable to capture that exposure for the critique.
This is a picture of middle-ground focus where the aperture is set to a medium setting, and the background and foreground are out of focus. i LOVE these sunglasses. free stuff is the best.

thats all i have for now, back later.

Pax amor fidelis,
Halzyon

35mm.. and a Three Piece Suit...?

Okay, so i spent about six hours in the photo lab yesterday, getting the hang of all of the chemicals and all the work that goes into developing your own photographs, and this was the best that i came up with. it was a real shock to realize that the chemicals were the least of my problems and i need to work, very hard, on my shooting techniques. i guess I'm not upset about it, it certainly gives me something to look forward to, and I'm going to try to shoot 48 or 72 exposures this week, so i have a lot more shots to choose from.
i have a critique coming up in a few weeks, and i need to get six bomb shots... and i don't believe that i have any.
this roll of film was meant to be showing action, so Ben and i went out on our skateboards and did what we could. i thought the light was great midday, and the backdrop of the graveyard was really cool, but i ended up over exposing all of the blur motion photos... stop motion came out great though. i have full size tripod on order, so i will be able to do a bit better with the blur motion, and be able to slow down the shutter speed in the process.
this photo was taken by Ben, its a bit out of focus, and looks to be about thirty years old... i don't mind it though, i think it looks really cool. the dust marks and the slight scratches give it a weathered look, and i don't know how harsh Mary is at her critiques, but perhaps this would make a great stop motion exposure... i don't want to settle though. so we will see.
well, off to my New Zealand study abroad meeting, hopefully that works out, and ill be able to take some great pictures there!

pax amor paxis
halzyon

Vineyard Winter... TO BE CONTINUED

i was able to go back to martha's vineyard a few weeks ago, in order to do some general tasks for my sisters boss down there, and while visiting, i was able to take a few pictures, and it was fantastic. i went back to the house i used to live in, and i was able to get some winter shots of my yard and the island as a whole, which was an entirely new experience for me, being that when i lived there, it never dropped below a temperate 70 degrees. I was able to enjoy a relaxing few days there, and get some reading done as well, (Stranger Than Fiction - Palahniuk). All in all, it was a great trip, and being able to spend some time with the summer family was great. i hope to get back down there as soon as the ground thaws, so that i will be able to get some more pictures and some work done. I am very much looking forward to spring on the island, and hopefully the next time i go down, ill be able to drive all the way out to gay head, and get some shots on 35mm, to develop in class. Maybe a retake of that Sunset i submitted to the bridge, of which i have yet to hear back from the judges, but I'm not putting too much weight on it... seeing as that i am in my first formal photography class right now.
i have already learned so much, will certainly be keeping the book, and hopefully will be able to get my own 35mm camera, so that i can get this back to Ben. I've been looking on ebay for a similar camera, and have found some at very reasonable prices, so I'm sure when i come into some money, ill be able to get one... and pay off that credit card bill...

pax amor fidelis
halzyon

Mt. Washington

went up to wildcat mountain last weekend, and it is across from the presidential mountain range, and part of the Appalachian trail. i was not only able to kick ass on the mountain all day, but i was able to take some pretty good pictures as well.

pax, amor, fidelis
halzyon