tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15577590.post114077776955149390..comments2023-10-29T01:12:18.706+13:00Comments on A Downunder Photo Journal: A Strange CoincidenceStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00418960073039043060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15577590.post-1141276888127747882006-03-02T18:21:00.000+13:002006-03-02T18:21:00.000+13:00Thank you for your kind words and encouragement Ch...Thank you for your kind words and encouragement Chana. It's always great to hear from people who have enjoyed viewing my photos.<BR/><BR/>Let me first off say that I do hope you take up photography. I think you will find it very rewarding. <BR/><BR/>I have never been to Northland but I'm sure it is just as beautiful as Dunedin and just as suitable for outdoor photography.<BR/><BR/>Digital cameras are improving all the time and are mostly easy to use. I use 2 cameras - both Sonys but I have found learning how to take a good photo really comes with practice and even sometimes a bit of old fashioned good luck.<BR/><BR/>The good thing about being a photographer is that it can change the way we see the mundane and ordinary things around us. <BR/><BR/>It is also an opportunity to get out and about more and explore this land. New Zealand is a special place and I think we Kiwis take it for granted . <BR/><BR/>It's a funny thing but I've found it's not until you take a photo that people actually start to appreciate their surroundings. Hence why I take so many landscapes of beaches around Dunedin. <BR/><BR/>Finally if you do decide to take up photography I can recommend a number of websites for sharing pictures.<BR/><BR/>The first one is flickr.com which has a very cool slideshow feature. The second is webshots.com which has a very nice downloadable calendar program. <BR/>And of course you can eaily start a blog at Googles blogger.com or somewhere else. <BR/><BR/>All of the above are free.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/><BR/>SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15577590.post-1141165361510884802006-03-01T11:22:00.000+13:002006-03-01T11:22:00.000+13:00Hi Stephen,Thank you for this special place you ha...Hi Stephen,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this special place you have created here online, for us all to enjoy. Let me say, I only discovered your blog site about a month ago, purely by accident, from over on the trademe website. I have during that time [ up until now that is ] been quite happy to enjoy your photograph's as a quiet visitor & observer.<BR/><BR/>Truly, you have a magical place here, insomuch, that you have been able to capture the essence and magnificence of this beautiful country New Zealand in all her splendor and glory.<BR/><BR/>I would like you to know that I am inspired by your site and your stunning photographs, in that I feel a gentle nudge to create and do something similar. Though I am only a budding amatuer in the field of photography, and, in no way a professional, and, a person who owns a rather inexpensive kodak digital. I am nontheless undeterred, but rather enthusiatic.<BR/><BR/>Again, thank you for your works, the inspiration, and, the Rainbow photo's are in a word, breathtaking [ <I>how did that happen so, not once, but, twice!</I> ] *grin* as all your photographs are, take care.<BR/><BR/>Harmoniously,<BR/><BR/>Chana H Davis<BR/>Coopers Beach - Northland NZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com