kirsty macdonald, photographer

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

a wet wedding

even though one plans a wedding for the first weekend of autumn, you'd usually expect there still to be a hint of summer in the air. and until 1pm there was. a strong nor-westerly had been blowing all the previous day and into the morning. but one thing you can always count on after a nor-west, is a southerly change, and it came with vengence. the last wedding I was at, the rain stopped just before the ceremony. this time, the rain started with the ceremony.
I'm sure most photographer's will tell you the same story though, the rain didn't get in the way of a great day! Victoria and Luke were still willing and had fun doing it. the hardest part of the day....keeping it secret from Luke that his bride was arriving in his favourite transportation....the look on his face, priceless!
Another fabulous wedding with fabulous people. Thanks for letting us be a part of it :)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

a spring wedding

one wet saturday in late spring 2010 i had my first experience as a second shooter/ assistant at a wedding, a gorgeous wedding. i loved being a part of the day and still experiencing all that comes with that, without the usual pressure of being 'the' shooter.
it was super wet in the morning, but it cleared just half an hour before the (outside) ceremony, with just a few spits during it. it really couldn't have been any better weather for a photographer (except maybe a little less wind)
i still got to do all the girly stuff and the details. the bride was gorgeous, as were the bridsmaids and the groom and groomsmen, well they were just downright fun(even after copious amounts of port)!
in all reality, the day couldn't have gone better..... win

Friday, January 7, 2011

Blinkered

so, still catching up from the many posts i am behind in from 2010.
late in 2010 i have the pleasure of photographing a fabulous print exhibition by the talented Sandra Thomson, a fellow tutor at the polytech.
i had creative license with this shoot and i had FUN!!! i immediately fell in love with the prints and thoroughly enjoyed photographing the finer details of the prints. see for yourself.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

have a bit of attitude baby

prior to picking up a camera, i was the production manager for the first season of the tv series attitude.
many an average person spends much of their life complaining about what they can't do. attitude is based on those new zealander's that have a disabilty but get on with their life and make it work for them!
even in the first year the number of amazing people we met along our journey was awesome. over the past five years i don't think they have struggled to find people with the strength and motivation to succeed in life with what many of us would see as a 'disadvantage'. they have attitude!

now about to head into it's 6th season in 2011, i was back to work with the team in with camera in hand to do the presenter publicity photos for 2011.

just an average sunday

every now and then you know doing a good turn will result in a good turn being done unto you....my GT this year was one sunny sunday in october in Auckland when I attended a wedding as my friend's plus one....

a long overdue catch up

is on it's way!!!
in the meantime this is where i head on my day off.....pity i can't properly sample the merchandise :/

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

baby bump

it's always a little intimidating when you are taking photos of other photographers, especially such personal ones. a few weeks back i did a pregnancy session with an ex-classmate who has since had her darling girl. these were taken at 38 weeks, she was still so tiny! we didn't expect her to be born on her due date, but she came bang on time AND was not so tiny!
this is what we came up with