a little while back a friend asked me if i could create some photoblocks for her for gifts that she needed for a school trip.  these were to be given as gifts to a group of australians, so, as one would, i aimed for an nz theme.
as i have already established, landscapes aren't really my thing, but i had a go.  below are the resulting images, all of which were taken in the surrounding christchurch area.

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jumping outside the rectangle

it's good for one's soul to look at things outside their normal boundaries.  i'm not so good at this concept, so when i was up very early one very crisp, clear morning recently i did wonder for a moment(or three) that i was perhaps mistaken about this.
i had been commissioned take a photo of cass bay, one of the many bays on lyttleton harbour.  i think seeing the same landscape so often, you forget about the beauty of it.  but once you start to actually look at it in details you realise what a stunning country we live in.
i managed to please the client, so i was happy.....maybe i have a new avenue to pursue

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