Showcase on X-photographer | Craig Robertson

Once upon a time many years ago Santa delivered me a camera as a Christmas present. The family holiday was excitedly snapped. But then I was devastated as the plastic camera melted in the sun on the back window shelf Read more …

Discovering Hidden Gems | Craig Robertson

So it’s been quite some time since I last „blogged“. Why – I guess I have been focused on other things and quite busy with commercial work. But in the last few months I’ve had two trips to Queenstown, walked the Routeburn track and spent a glorious week celebrating a friend’s 50th birthday on Stewart Island. So I have been out and about. I have also been shooting since the beginning of this year with Fuji’s new X-T1. I am in love with this camera and I’m going to be so bold to say it’s THE best camera I’ve ever owned. However none of those trips have been dedicated to just photography and so last week I took a few days out to just explore with my camera. And what a trip it was. West of Auckland lies Awhitu Peninsula. Despite it’s close proximity to New Zealand’s largest city it almost seems forgotten. It’s not talked about like Auckland’s west coast beach’s of Piha and Murawai or it’s eastern counterpart Coromandel Peninsula where hoards of Aucklander’s flock every weekend. Nevertheless it is a spectacular and quiet gem – well for a landscape photographer anyway. Wild west coast beaches, limestone outcrops, lonely windswept pururi and cabbage trees, quiet harbour beaches. In fact the only thing to constantly remind you that you’re near Auckland is it being on the flightpath for the airport. A seemingly constant interruption of peace and tranquility as the big jets power overhead……

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