New Zealand Freelance Website

[JamesWatkins]

Hi all, just a freelance doing my thing down here in little ol NZ.

http://www.jameswatkins.co.nz

Comments, questions, queries and theories all very much welcomed.

thanking you for your time

james.

[IainB]

Hi James
Enjoyed your website James. Some very good images, especially the "It's a sign" gallery. Says you have an O*****s camera. I hope you have a Canon as your main tool.
Cheers

[JamesWatkins]

thanks for taking the time to have a look and post Iain. Im glad you like the signs gallery, i just added 2 more in there as of today :)

where bouts in auckland you at?

james.

[Wazza]

Some nice shots, as I said in December. :)

The only complaint back then, was slow downloads. But that's coz I'm still stuck in the 56K world. :D


I hope that isn't your real ASB credit card.
If you want a REAL credit card, come to Westpac.
J/K mate, but I do work there.

I love the low angle looking up shots, such as the animal shots.

[JamesWatkins]

hi wazza, i actually remember u posting in december, and as a result resized all my images. I tried to make it more manageable for 56k users.....

cheers for checking it out again, and cheers for your kind words!

take it ez

james.

[JamesWatkins]

Hi all, recently uploaded a new long exposure gallery:

http://www.jameswatkins.co.nz/longexposure.htm

Opinions would be much appreciated, im just getting into this long exposure game.

james.

[IainB]

Verrry nice! I love the long exposures, and in the case of Grafton_700, I can sense the impatience coursing through the veins of the commuters. Knowing that stretch of motorway, I'm surprised the didn't end up with a 'still life' shot! You've got some serious talent there, my boy. Everyone should take a good look at your art.
BTW, I hail from Hillsborough.

[JamesWatkins]

thanks Iain, yes the auckland motor is somewhat notorious huh...i went out on a friday night when i knew it would be hell! was quite fun watching all the commuters actually :)

thanks for your encouragement to..mucho appreciated!

james.

[UncleDoug]

Cool gallery...

Checked out your Bio. You are the spittin'-image of a good friend of mine who got deported back to the USA from NZ about 5 years ago. He got tagged by some right-wing zealot, whom he somehow offended, for being a drug dealer. Police broke down his door with large guns yelling "where are the drugs!" He pulled out his half smoked bowl and said "here ya go." The cops could not stop laughing for a good 15 minutes. 12 hours later he had an all-expenses-paid-first-class ticket back to the US.

[JamesWatkins]

Uncledoug: i must have one of those faces coz i get told i look like someone at least once a week..weird...sucks to be ur friend tho!!! cops dont give a toss bout pot down these ways...

[JamesWatkins]

check new updates.

[JamesWatkins]

http://www.jameswatkins.co.nz
*shameless bump*

[akiwi]

Gidday James, Love the site and the photos.
What's a guy who dislikes Beer doing in New Zealand? Don't come to Germany then ;-)

[JamesWatkins]

cheers akiwi :)

hmm i dunno man beer just does nothing for me!

a glass of white wine tho....and im a happy camper... :)

[Moppie]

G'day, always good to see more Kiwis here.

Some very nice shots to, have you seen this yet: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=76991

[myth337]

Hi.. Checked out the site.. nice shots!! like the elemental thing. you have to tell me about how you do it sometime.

One point.. the way every click pops a new window is kind of anoying... at least for me. sometimes it is ok.. but... well.. just a comment.

.. Lee

[JamesWatkins]

moppie: yep us kiwis are pretty cool :) thanks for checking my work :)

myth337: those fire shots? basically just experiment with shutter speeds and whitebalance till u get something that works for u! pretty easy!!

regarding the new windows poppin up...im working on it! :D

cheers for having a nosy everyone :)

james.

[bikerider]

Hi James,
just stumbled across this thread and your site, really like your urban shots a lot....it's almost impossible to get good freeway shots now in NSW where I live, they've got high barriers on all the overpasses to stop idiots from throwing large rocks at the cars, crazy world eh'.
Roger.

[JamesWatkins]

bikerider: thanking you for taking the time to check my stuff....big up urself :)

bummer about ur freeways...im always eyeing up places to shoot them from! can u not get onto any bridges/overpasses with walkways..thast normaly where i shoot them from.....

james.