Category: PHOTOS
LATEST UPDATES TO MY SIFT IMAGE WEBSITE
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I have a sifty website where I just post pictures in basic galleries. It is set up to look best on tablets or phones, with very minimalist galleries and as few words as possible. WWW.SIFT.CO.NZ Today I added some more […]
HOW TO WASTE MORE TIME ON THE INTERNET
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If you are reading my blog, you probably already have considerable skills in this area and don’t need advice from an amateur like me. You are probably too busy to read this post anyway so just stare at this picture […]
FIVE THINGS I QUIT DOING WHEN I SWITCHED TO HIVE
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Next month would have been my four year anniversary on Steemit. Except that I quit using it the day of the hardfork. We can choose to jump about in dog shit and then complain that our shoes stink, or we […]
IN SEARCH OF KIWIS ON HIVE
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Let’s get NZ back on the blockchain again like we did in the old days! Back in the glory days of Steemit (2017) there were lots of Kiwis posting. I had an account @mg-nz (Made Great – NZ) just for […]
SYSTEM OF A POST
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SIMPLIFYING MY ONLINE POSTING Yesterday I walked over to the boat marina, through deserted streets with almost no cars at all, and stood looking at boats not being used, on a day filled with sun not being absorbed. It’s very […]
WE COULD ALL USE A FEW ALLIES AT THE MOMENT
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WE COULD ALL USE A FEW ALLIES AT THE MOMENT Like a lot of us non-conformist freaks who question what we are told, I often find my opinions are a long way from mainstream. In fact some people think I’m […]
TESTING IMAGE SIZES
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Which image sizes work best? 3 x 4 600 x 450 px 700 x 525 px 800 x 600 px 16 x 9 600 x 338 px 700 x 394 px 1542 x 876 px […]
TESTING IMAGE SIZES
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What image sizes work best? 3 x 4 600 x 450 px 700 x 525 px 800 x 600 px 16 x 9 600 x 338 px 700 x 394 px 1542 x 876 px 3 x 4 600 […]
Watching the ferries go by
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Here are the sights from sunny Picton. I’m listening to birds tweeting and watching boats go by.
IN YER FACE – The fine art of intimate portrait photography
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IN YER FACE – The fine art of intimate portrait photography How to bring out the inner beauty in your subjects – five photography tips from a professional. #1. Start by establishing a close personal connection with your subject to […]
AWASH WITH EXOTIC CARS
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COOL RIDES Once in a while a really cool looking ride cruises by and I do my best to get a photo of it. New Zealand is not exactly awash with exotic cars. We are a right hand drive country, […]
HOW I MADE TWELVE AND A HALF GRAND FOR A BLOG POST
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GET RICH BY BLOGGING! Back in 2016, in the early days of the blogging platform Steemit – when it still looked like an awesome new blogging platform rather than a massive Ponzi scheme – certain key accounts were flinging money […]
LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH
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Hanging out in Picton So just what do people actually do in Picton. They sit in spa pools and look at the view. Well I certainly did a lot of that – this was the view from the spa pool. […]
HEADING DOWN SOUTH
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ON THE FERRY TO PICTON The first step to going down South (I’m talking about New Zealand here, so “south” doesn’t mean Mexico!) is to catch the ferry across the Cook Straight to Picton. It can be rough on a […]
WE WERE ALL BEATEN DOWN TO A SORRY FLOCK OF INOFFENSIVE MUNTERS
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WE WERE ALL BEATEN DOWN TO A SORRY FLOCK OF INOFFENSIVE MUNTERS I’m not sure how it happened, but in a gradual way, sort of like becoming fat, lazy, or conservative, in my three years on Steemit, I became a […]
BADCOCK BEATS A WOMAN TO DEATH WITH A STICK
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Down at our local art gallery, John Badcock is having an exhibition. He is a photo realist, and his lead painting is of a naked man beating a woman with a stick. I carefully added some Toyota HiAce van reflection […]
MR FLUFFKIN GETS A GALLERY
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He’s been asking for his own photo gallery for years so we thought we should let him have one. Christo the Maine Coon always gets his way in the end!
STRANGER STALKING IS ONE OF MY FETISHES
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For some reason I have a fetish for taking photos of strangers. I lurk about with my camera waiting to get a snap of them. And then I post their pics online and hopefully my unwitting victims never know! Here […]
HAVE MOTORBIKES BECOME EXTINCT – LIKE FAX MACHINES?
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HAVE MOTORBIKES BECOME EXTINCT – LIKE FAX MACHINES? THE SAD DEMISE OF MOTORCYCLES Does anyone still ride motorbikes, or are they just an old timers fantasy, like knights in amour or horses and carts? As a teenager I was obsessed […]
DO DRUGS GO WITH THAT BICYCLE?
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DO DRUGS GO WITH THAT BICYCLE? BACK IN THE 90’S WE WERE A BIT MORE HARDCORE When a friend said she remembered Cuba Street, Wellington as being “bohemian” in 97, and I laughed and said that by 97 it had […]
TAKING A TRIP TO THE WILD SIDE
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HANGING OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS This one time, I had to take a trip to a whole different kind of neighbourhood. Feeling a bit apprehensive, but keeping in mind that without photos, nothing ever really happened, […]
ON THE BUSES
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Cruising about on the electric buses Double decker buses are a hot new photo platform. Wellington’s new electric double decker buses are actually pretty cool – cruising through Newtown there are all sorts of sights to be seen from the […]
GO HARD OR GO HOME…
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Good photography means taking risks
MY ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL MEDIA
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MY NEW ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL MEDIA Does Steemit still have an upside after all? After venturing onto pretty much no social media platforms other than Steemit for nearly three years, recently I’ve been out exploring the wilderness. I’m not going […]
SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
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HIT THE BEACH Sometimes when I want to sit and contemplate things, I walk down to the beach, and sit on the sand watching the waves, the walkers, the surfers, and the dogs playing. It really helps put things in […]
WHAT WOULD A TEENAGE BOGAN DO?
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WHAT WOULD A TEENAGE BOGAN DO? WHAT THE FUCK IS A BOGAN? Yesterday a complete twat called me a bogan. That really cracked me up. These days I couldn’t be further from being a bogan. In fact I’m a boring […]
HOUSE WITH A VIEW
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EVERYTHING IS PINK OK – I’m only posting this to make all you northern hemisphere dwellers jealous! A few minutes ago, @kiwideb said “look how pink the sky is” – and although it was already after 9pm, it’s the longest […]
WHY I QUIT USING INSTAGRAM
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I HAD TO GET MY SORRY ARSE OFF INSTAGRAM People sometimes wonder why so many people quit using Steemit. I think a big reason is because they start out full of hope, and they are looking for the next big […]
WE ARE BEING SWAMPED BY INVADING HOARDS
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Here in New Zealand tourist season has just started, and as well as the usual constant stream of planes landing, there is now a multitude of giant cruise liners coming into the harbour. This is a photo I took yesterday […]
HANGING OUT WITH DRUG DEALERS AT THE WELLINGTON WATERFRONT
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The Wellington waterfront has got it all, it’s sort of a South Pacific Miami vice. Where else can you sit in the sun surrounded by luxury apartments and flash boats and get wasted off your nut? Everything here screams “we […]
SOME REAL BICYCLE COURIERS
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The first bike couriers – 1908-1917 Many years ago, but not quite this far back, I was a bicycle courier myself. As a student who was into bicycle racing it was pretty cool. But it was also as dangerous as […]
SOMETIMES I LURK ABOUT TAKING PHOTOS OF STRANGERS
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Is Steemit buggered? I sort of lurk on Steemit too and check out what my Steemit friends say about stuff. This week it’s all about hardfork 20 – opinion ranges from “everything is fucked and I’m going to Weku”, right […]
SOMETIMES I GET CARRIED AWAY AND JUST GO TO FAR…
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Have a bigger one One minute I’m just taking it easy, maybe just a small one, but one thing leads to another and next minute I start having a few bigger ones. Next thing, everything starts to get freaky. And […]
A TRIP AROUND THE BLOCK
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A TRIP AROUND THE BLOCK I decided to go for a walk but I only got half way down the path when I saw a freaky mushroom and stopped to take a photo of it. Just taking a photo of […]
The golden age of American motoring
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From the Laurel and Hardy school of motoring: Fascinating photos capture the thrills… and spills of the golden age of American motoring Wrapped around a tree, nose down in a ditch and dangling precariously over water. Fascinating photos from the […]
BLOWING UP POLITICIANS
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IN NEW ZEALAND WE CELEBRATE BLOWING UP POLITICIANS Every year on November the 5th, we have a huge public celebration of blowing up politicians with lots of bombs. Its called Guy Fawkes. Rather than hiring hundreds of crisis actors to […]
It only took me six hours to paint this :)
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I stood in the street painting on my canvas while passers-by threw cigarette butts at me when I asked if they could spare any change. But it was worth it in the end!
DEEP ART EFFECTS
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I started taking selfies and then my tongue started poking out and I couldn’t stop slobbering…
PAINTING IN THE STREETS
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PAINTING IN THE STREETS Street art has a long history, with certain times and places like New York in the 80’s being famous hotbeds of urban art action… Surprisingly my own hood, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand has a thriving street […]
OLD TIME STEEMERS LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD TO NEWBS
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OLD TIME STEEMERS LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD TO NEWBS Until this week I didn’t realise I was a Steemit old timer, but now I’m coming up to a year on Steemit and lately several things have drummed it into […]
IS STEEMIT LIKE A COUNTRY BEING FLOODED WITH IMMIGRANTS?
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SOCIAL MEDIA IMMIGRATION Things have been a bit strange on Steemit for the past month or so. There has been a massive influx of oddly dressed people with no reputations. Most of them don’t quite fit in, and some of […]
My favourite colour – Indigo
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My favourite colour – Indigo sift666 in colorchallenge Here is a photo I took of the Wellington coastline looking out to the South Island with the Picton Ferry in the middle. For all you exotic foreigners this is New Zealand […]
HANGING OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
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HANGING OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS Yesterday I had to take a trip to a whole different kind of neighbourhood. Feeling a bit apprehensive, but keeping in mind that without photos, nothing ever really happened, I got […]
DOES ANYONE STILL RIDE MOTORBIKES?
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DOES ANYONE STILL RIDE MOTORBIKES? Are motorbikes now just an old timers fantasy, like knights in amour or horses and carts? As a teenager I was obsessed with motorbikes, and as well as using them to get around I used […]
Taking Photos in the Weta Workshop
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Taking Photos in the Weta Workshop. There are really only two rules at the Weta workshop. No photos and no touching stuff. Despite living just down the road in a neighbouring suburb @kiwideb and I have never been to the […]
I’ve Been Taking Photos Of Strangers Again.
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I’ve Been Taking Photos Of Strangers Again For some reason I have a strange fetish for taking photos of strangers. I lurk about with my camera waiting to get a snap of them. And then I post their pics online […]
Is Pinterest evil?
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Has Pinterest become another evil social media site like Fakebook? As recently as not long ago Pinterest was just a cool place where I went to look at amazing pictures and collect them like downloaded movies in my own folders. […]
Taking Photos in the Weta Workshop.
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The Weta Workshop There are really only two rules at the Weta workshop. No photos and no touching stuff. Despite living just down the road in a neighbouring suburb @kiwideb and I have never been to the world famous Weta workshop. Yesterday […]
Cat Pictures
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Has this blog become one of those sites where I only post cat pictures? Our big fluffy Maine Coon cat Christo loves having his photo taken. In fact he just gave my hand a bit of a nibble because I […]
Street art in da hood
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Street art in da hood Yesterday I was doing posts about birds and cushions. It wasn’t quite the answer to life and the meaning of the universe and everything, but if I say so myself it was a on a […]
Sucked into a bird vortex by a couple of cushions.
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Sucked into a bird vortex by a couple of cushions There I was walking down the road minding my own business when my eyes fell upon a couple of bird cushions in a shop window. (Photo taken in Newtown, Wellington […]
Ever totally missed a season?
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Ever totally missed a season? If the missing season was winter, probably nobody would really mind. But Wellington New Zealand has just missed summer, and gone straight from spring to winter (yes, we have missed autumn as well). We have […]
I’M GIVING UP, I’M GOING TO QUIT
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I’M GIVING UP, I’M GOING TO QUIT It’s all too much for too little reward, and I can’t go on anymore. Now don’t panic, I don’t mean I’m going to quit Steemit, or even top myself. But I am going […]
Massive Grunty V8
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Massive Grunty V8 The ground was shaking so I came out to see what was making all the noise.“Ditch your massive V8 and ride to work” Yeah right… Camera – Canon SX600HS Location – Wellington New Zealand
Working Until I bleed
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Working Until I bleed I like to work until my hands are bleeding – or at least until I have a blister on my thumb 🙂 Camera – Canon SX600HS Location – Kitchen table, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand Subject – […]
DOWN ON THE DOCKS
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DOWN ON THE DOCKS We decided to harden up and take a walk around Wellington’s rough and dangerous port. Feeling brave we took our lives in our hands and checked out all the forbidden sights at the waterfront. Alongside the […]
The South Island of New Zealand
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The South Island of New Zealand One of the world’s most beautiful places. Despite living in Wellington, the nearest city in the world to the South Island, I’ve only actually been there on ten occasions. Catching the ferry for the […]
This new Steemit photo geek thing
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This new Steemit photo geek thing The hot new trend on Steemit seems to be to post a single photo with nothing else with it but some photo geek tech specs. Typically this will be something along the lines of […]
HOW’S YOUR ARSE?
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HOW’S YOUR ARSE? Americans say ass when they mean arse. An ass is actually a donkey like animal that makes braying noises (much like our New Zealand Prime Minister, but that’s another story) and is popular among people who either […]
PHOTOS FROM THE BEAUTIFUL WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND WATERFRONT
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PHOTOS FROM THE BEAUTIFUL WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND WATERFRONT ORIENTAL BAY – WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Being lucky enough to live in Wellington, one of my favourite places to hang out is Oriental Bay, by the yachts and luxury apartments. On a […]
MY OBSESSIVE POLAROID PHOTO FETISH
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I’m not a pro photographer and I just take photos using basic Canon digital pocket cameras. My view on cameras is that for what I want to use my photos for – posting them on websites – the cameras I […]
Steemit looks like the future of the internet – here is my first post
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MY FIRST STEEMIT POST I have just been checking out Steemit, and I’m mostimpressed. Here is a copy of my first post which is online here: https://steemit.com/test/@sift666/steemit-test-1 My new Steemit blog is here: https://steemit.com/@sift666 Check out Steemit here: https://steemit.com Introducing […]
GALLERY OF SIFT666 ON INSTAGRAM
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Creating Image Galleries on WordPress One of the many cool features of WordPress websites is the capacity to post galleries of images, and quickly gather previously uploaded images into one place. How to Create an Image Gallery in WordPress A […]
PHOTOS JUNE 2016
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PHOTOS JUNE 2016 It’s been getting a bit wintry, but I’ve still popped off a few snapshots
ANIMAL PHOTOS
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ANIMAL PHOTOS Photos of our big fluffy cat and other friendly animals PHOTOS BY IAN GREGSON
NEW EDITS OF SOME OF MY OLD PHOTOS #3
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NEW EDITS OF SOME OF MY OLD PHOTOS #3 PHOTOS BY IAN GREGSON
PHOTOS MAY 2016
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NEW PHOTOS MAY 2016 It was a lot cooler as we moved into autumn, and I took a bunch of styling pics in May
Richard’s Birthday
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Richard’s Birthday The beautiful people gathered to eat and pose for glamour shots of themselves. This is the largest gallery of upnose photos I’ve ever posted! If you just can’t get enough retro Polaroid style square photos I have […]
THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
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Photos from Deb’s recent trip to San Francisco
DEB IN VEGAS
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EDITING VEGAS PHOTOS LIKE A CROPPING MACHINE Deb let me loose on her photos from her trip to Vegas – Here’s a few of my favourites:
NEW EDITS OF SOME OF MY OLD PHOTOS #2
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NEW EDITS OF SOME OF MY OLD PHOTOS #2 PHOTOS BY IAN GREGSON
NEW PHOTOS APRIL 2016
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NEW PHOTOS APRIL 2016 Another sunny photogenic month, I’m still aiming for vibrant hyper-realism in a Polaroid style and here’s some of my favourite photos from April
How to make a low res jpeg look sharper with photoshop
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Make crap pictures look OK 1. Image > Image Size > Resolution – change to 300dpi (Resample Bicubic Smoother) 2. Filter > Noise > Despeckle 3. Filter > Stylize > Defuse (Anisotropic) 4. Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask ( […]
NEW PHOTOS MARCH 2016
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NEW PHOTOS MARCH 2016 I’m taking photos like a rabid maniac at the moment – here’s a few choice ones:
TRIPPING IN AN INSTAGRAM STYLE
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A FEW HOLIDAY PHOTOS – We just had an awesome holiday, in Kuratau (South End of Lake Taupo) and then across to Napier on the east coast. We were away for 10 days, and this was the first time in […]
NEW PHOTOS FEBRUARY 2016
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NEW PHOTOS FEBRUARY 2016 Still knocking them out in Polaroid style because I think it fully goes off – here’s some of my favourite photos for February
Straight outa Compton – Kilbirnie is getting too hipster for me these days
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Straight outa Compton – Kilbirnie is getting too hipster for me these days. Yeah bro, just high fivin the bros down the main street when my crotch got tangled up with my knees…
A GALLERY OF AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS
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Here are some totally awesome photos
NEW EDITS OF SOME OF MY OLD PHOTOS #1
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NEW EDITS OF SOME OF MY OLD PHOTOS PHOTOS BY IAN GREGSON
NEW PHOTOS JANUARY 2016
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NEW PHOTOS JANUARY 2016 It’s a brand new year, and here to kick things off are some of my favourite new photos. Photos copyright Ian Gregson 2016. If you rip any of them off we will track you down […]
People were flinging themselves in the sea like lemmings
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People were flinging themselves in the sea like lemmings – So I took photos and watched them go splash. Then I edited the photos into compositions using Photoshop and made them look like they were going splash in a more […]
IMAGE SIZES ON WORDPRESS
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BEST SIZES FOR IMAGES ON WORDPRESS This is something I found confusing to begin with, so this post is a bunch of notes to myself. A big part of why I found this confusing is that coming from an old […]
Standing Room Only
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Standing Room Only Hanging out down at Lyall Bay on New Years Eve I got the same vibe I used to get at the beaches up north on New Years Eve – that sense of danger, that everyone is going […]