Entries from 'Film'
Middle-earth (Or at least the middle of New Zealand)
- Aperture: f/18
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
I’m not sure if this is always the case, but when one tours Wellington just before, during or after a Tolkien-related theatrical premiere, there are signs. Everywhere. Times Square-grade Bilbo Baggins posters cloak entire sides of buildings. Gandalf banners flutter from light posts. Elephant-sized fiberglass trolls glare at passersby. While it seems the entire Kiwi…
O Batmania!
- Aperture: f/11
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/20 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
“There’s something magical about Sydney. This is fun, but it’s not magical.” That, my friends, is how Him described funky, artsy Melbourne, but I’m not sure I agree. Sydney, that shining darling of New South Wales, boasts a glorious harbor, the iconic Opera House and some famous beaches, but Melbourne has spunk — and a…
“I’m sitting in Peter Jackson’s seat,” or a review of “The Hobbit”
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 2000
- Shutter Speed: 1/15 s
- Focal Length: 1.85mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
- Location: 41° 17.64′ 0″ S 174° 47.04′ 0″ E
Let me begin with an admission: I’m a Lord of the Rings fan. Not a let’s-attend-Comic-Con-dressed-as-elves kind of fan, but I read the books, watched each of the films during their first run in theaters and, as a teen, hung a framed poster from the “Fellowship of the Ring” on my bedroom wall. I confess…
