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Showing posts with label 2011 World Champs Buildup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011 World Champs Buildup. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Tuesday morning training at the venue
#ITFWC. Today we got to see the inside of the main venue and train there alongside Germany. The venue is looking stunning. Weigh in at 11am (half an hour).
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Monday, 7 March 2011
More images from NZ team's Sunday training
#ITFWC. Now that I am reunited with my broadband data cards here are the rest of the images from Sunday's training in Wellington.
Sunday training in Wellington (252 images)...
Monday morning NZ team training
The NZ #ITFWC team trained in shed 6 adjacent to the main World Champs venue here in Wellington this morning.
When we arrived at shed 6 my heart dropped as it was really dark and I thought that this was going to be a write off. Then I remembered the times in Houston in 2006 and Canada in 2007 when a dark venue presented challenges that produced some great images. So I cheered myself up, set the ISO way up at 1600 (faster sensor speed, more grain, less sharpness) and went to it. After a while I had to set the ISO at 3200 (the highest I've shot at for ages) and for one image with my wide angle 10-22 lens I had to increase the ISO to 6400.
I converted many of the images to black and white to make the most of the industrial feel of the setting leaving only the ones featuring lots of colour from the back wall or the bright yellow mat in original colour.
Debbie Trotter brought down the two datacards I stupidly left at home and I'm not reunited with them so are now able to use my laptop on the internet - yay.
Images from training (84)...
When we arrived at shed 6 my heart dropped as it was really dark and I thought that this was going to be a write off. Then I remembered the times in Houston in 2006 and Canada in 2007 when a dark venue presented challenges that produced some great images. So I cheered myself up, set the ISO way up at 1600 (faster sensor speed, more grain, less sharpness) and went to it. After a while I had to set the ISO at 3200 (the highest I've shot at for ages) and for one image with my wide angle 10-22 lens I had to increase the ISO to 6400.
I converted many of the images to black and white to make the most of the industrial feel of the setting leaving only the ones featuring lots of colour from the back wall or the bright yellow mat in original colour.
Debbie Trotter brought down the two datacards I stupidly left at home and I'm not reunited with them so are now able to use my laptop on the internet - yay.
Images from training (84)...
Sunday, 6 March 2011
First NZ team training in Wellington
This afternoon the team had their first Wellington training session at Wellington Girls College, about a 10 minute walk from our hotel. the light wasn't great for photography in the gym and I had to crank the ISO up high to 1600 and I kind of like the results. Grainy, blurry from a slow shutter speed. I managed to get right in close for some of the action which gives the images a more intense feel.
Training lasted about an hour and a half before we headed back to our hotel. Hotel Ibis is only a couple of blocks away from the TSB Arena where the tournament is being held which is great.
The team are in good spirits. The scales we brought down are getting well used.
I can't upload many images to the Internet until my data sticks arrive tomorrow so here are 44 of my favorite images from today...
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Saturday, 5 March 2011
Teams are beginning to arrive in Wellington
The New Zealand and Poland teams arrived in Wellington today. A few of us kiwis arrived really early this morning and spent some of the day walking around the central business district. It is easy walking distance to many of the highlights. I went to the Wellington Gallery then Te Papa Museum of New Zealand. Both were good but visitors MUST go and see Te Papa. It is one of New Zealand's most iconic attractions. I particularly enjoyed seeing the massive Brian Brake photography exhibition. Brian was a member of Magnum and is probably New Zealand's most famous photographer.
Walked along the waterfront people watching and came across street dancers, grafitti artists and even some very orderly protesters.
When I went to process my photos I discovered that I'd left my two laptop data sticks at home in Auckland. So I've spent an hour messing about with my iPad transferring images, downloading a picasaweb iPhone application that uploads images and generally having a frustrating time. Using the hotel Internet at $5 for 15 minutes would be like giving in. A call for help on facebook has resulted in Debbie Trotter kindling picking them up on her way through to the airport on Monday - thanks Debbie!
Photos from exploring Wellington (23)...
Saturday, 26 February 2011
NZ World Champs Team training - Saturday 26 Feb 2011
Today Neil Breen and I went along to the team training session at Dragon Spirit club.
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View slide show (236 images)...
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Saturday, 18 December 2010
World Champs Camp - Craig's Picks
Craig Oliver has selected out his top shots from the last Taupo World Champs Camp for you to enjoy (66 images)...
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Sunday, 5 December 2010
World Champs Camp - Sunday Hipstamatic Plastic Camera Photos
Had more fun with the 1982 plastic Hipstamatic camera emulator on my iPhone. I think I might chuck in my Canon gear and stick with this for the future. What do you reckon?
World Champs Camp - Actionworld video
Here's a video of some of the fun the team had at Actionworld on Saturday morning...
Video taken on Canon 7D DSLR :)
Video taken on Canon 7D DSLR :)
Saturday, 4 December 2010
World Champs Camp - Saturday Training
After lunch the team had a session on drug testing which was very enlightening. The world champs are subjected to random testing next year and the team members have to be aware and careful about medications etc. It's very hot and this afternoon's training was a scorcher.
Craig Oliver's photos (68)...
I got myself bored so played around with very slow shutter speeds with little success (102)...
Then I played with the Hipstamatic camera application on my iPhone. The Hipstamatic was a plastic camera produced in 1982. Only 200 were ever made. It took different film sizes and had interchangeable lenses. It was quite a lot of fun (40)...
World Champs Camp - Actionworld
This morning the team went to Actionworld which was a blast.
The pictures tell the story (Doug's pics 143)...
Craig Oliver's pics (42)...
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