Mirror

Tired of landscapes yet? This is another "stop the car!" image taken on the way from Rotorua to the Waitomo caves.

Never Know

This was one of those photos for which I made the car stop. I saw a path on the side of the road and made the car stop so we could go see what it led to (I knew we were close to the river, so I already had somewhat of an idea). It was short and didn't really lead to much, but it did gives us beautiful views of the river with steam coming off of it. The photographs I took don't really do the views justice, but I hope you can still kind of see the mist on top of the water.

Open Window

As I went through my photos from this weekend, I could not decide what type of image I wanted to post today. I tend to just look at the thumbnails and pick one that seems to interest me at that point in time. However, I had not been through my photos from this weekend yet and there were many that I wanted to share. In the end I decided to go with this photo for today. I took this on the drive from Rotorua to Waitomo Caves. We left pretty early in the morning, so fog was still hugging the mountains and frost was clinging to the ground. It was a beautiful drive and beautiful weather. My mom knows this most of all, but I always have to have my camera ready... especially on car rides. If I can't get the shot through the car window, I'll make the driver stop. If I'm the driver, I'll stop. If you want it, you have to get it. That's my motto for photography and for life, and I'm making sure I remember it everyday while in New Zealand because I really don't want to miss out on anything (I even had my first Swing Dancing lesson tonight... what?).


“ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment. – Elliott Erwitt (taken from DPS).