Category: PHOTOS

AWASH WITH EXOTIC CARS

FROT August 26, 2019

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, […]

LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH

FROT July 12, 2019

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

FROT July 4, 2019

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 […]

MR FLUFFKIN GETS A GALLERY

FROT June 20, 2019

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

FROT June 4, 2019

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 […]

DO DRUGS GO WITH THAT BICYCLE?

FROT May 31, 2019

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

FROT May 27, 2019

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

FROT May 19, 2019

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 […]

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH

FROT February 8, 2019

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?

FROT January 13, 2019

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

FROT December 23, 2018

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

FROT December 20, 2018

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

FROT December 9, 2018

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 […]

SOME REAL BICYCLE COURIERS

FROT November 10, 2018

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

FROT October 28, 2018

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 […]

A TRIP AROUND THE BLOCK

FROT May 28, 2018

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

FROT April 3, 2018

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

FROT November 6, 2017

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 […]

DEEP ART EFFECTS

FROT October 11, 2017

I started taking selfies and then my tongue started poking out and I couldn’t stop slobbering…

PAINTING IN THE STREETS

FROT August 1, 2017

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 […]

My favourite colour – Indigo

FROT June 6, 2017

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

FROT May 26, 2017

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?

FROT May 24, 2017

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

FROT May 23, 2017

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.

FROT May 21, 2017

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 […]

Taking Photos in the Weta Workshop.

FROT May 2, 2017

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 […]

Ever totally missed a season?

FROT March 16, 2017

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 […]

Massive Grunty V8

FROT December 6, 2016

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

FROT December 3, 2016

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

FROT November 21, 2016

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

FROT September 30, 2016

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

FROT September 24, 2016

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?

FROT September 13, 2016

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 […]

INSTAGRAM HAVE GONE A STEP TOO FAR

FROT August 30, 2016

Facebook own Instagram. Facebook have bought over 50 companies, including Instagram which they bought in April 2012 for $1 billion. Instagram owns the rights to every photo on the site Instagram owns every photo you post on the site. Effective […]

GALLERY OF SIFT666 ON INSTAGRAM

FROT July 20, 2016

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

FROT June 30, 2016

PHOTOS JUNE 2016 It’s been getting a bit wintry, but I’ve still popped off a few snapshots

ANIMAL PHOTOS

FROT June 13, 2016

ANIMAL PHOTOS Photos of our big fluffy cat and other friendly animals   PHOTOS BY IAN GREGSON

PHOTOS MAY 2016

FROT May 30, 2016

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

FROT May 29, 2016

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 […]

DEB IN VEGAS

FROT May 7, 2016

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 PHOTOS APRIL 2016

FROT April 30, 2016

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

Cat Pictures

FROT April 14, 2016

Has Steemit just become one of those sites where people post pictures of their cat? Since the hardfork, we can no longer pull in an income from posting about philosophy and deep meaning, so all that is left is cat […]

Have I been hardforked?

FROT April 11, 2016

Overnight my Steemit fortune has disappeared. Yesterday I did a post 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 pretty hot […]

TRIPPING IN AN INSTAGRAM STYLE

FROT February 29, 2016

 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

FROT February 25, 2016

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

NEW PHOTOS JANUARY 2016

FROT January 28, 2016

  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 […]

IMAGE SIZES ON WORDPRESS

FROT January 4, 2016

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

FROT January 2, 2016

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 […]