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New project

Looking for a model to kickstart  a new project in the studio, are you able to help me? Drop me a note and I give more details my plans are not set in concrete!

just added a new page on face book

Go here and post your photo – I might talk about it…http://www.facebook.com/pages/Photography/215610501816426

Newspaper clipping….

Wow!!! it’s nice to see some people take responsiblity for their own lives .I wonder how many people will listen to what this chap is saying? This has to be the Letter of the year – Northern Advocate 14.02.2011. A young man from Ruakaka wrote this.  Letters to the editor: Hone‘s views are out of touch. I am a 20-yr old Maori born in the Far North. I am sick and tired of Hone Harawira saying he is speaking for all North Maori. Like a lot of my friends, we are not Hone Harawira fans. His mother say’s he has always been a leader. No way is he a leader. A leader is someone who can see both sides. Hone is just all for anything Maori. Look, when his Nephew assaulted the Prime Minister, right away Hone stated “He’s a fine young man”. No Hone, he acted like a thug. You would have got my and a lot of other people’s respect if you had spoken out against the attack. How verbal would you have been if a Pakeha had attacked our Maori King? My Grandmother was a very proud Maori woman, her view was the Maori Party was not needed, we are all simply Kiwis.. There is a Statute of Limitations on most grievances; why does it not apply to the Treaty? We have Pakeha & Maori blended happily in our family. My grandmother used to listen to the “I want it’s” as she called them, and told me “If you are going to to live in the past, you will never be a part of the future”. No one needs to own the fore-shore. God gave it to us all to enjoy. If Hone wants to help Maori, he could try and put a stop to Maori youth crime and Maori abusing their children. Hone, do you know or care how many Maori children are in care, taken from bad parents? I do, and it is scary. Tourists robbed at the Falls in Whangarei, again, Maori. When you talk about Hone’s followers, why not try talking to Maori who work and who do not spend all day in pubs and playing the pokies. Hone talks about Maori health and education being at the bottom of the scrap heap. I stayed at school and got a degree. I have looked at an old school photo. I am one of two Maori to do this. All the rest dropped out, eight got pregnant, most smoked. Hone, this was their choice. Did their families care? No way. You can’t blame Pakeha and the government for everything. Stop spoon-feeding Maori, Far North Maori have turned into whining “you owe me” no hopers..   Well those were some anonymous words, I can not vouch for the truth of it, neiter do I state that the views expressed above are my mine

They did change the rate!

Guess what – this morning the reserve bank did change the interest rate, now I am curious how this will reflect on business confidence and progress.

Strobex

I received this message from England:

I am moving in early April 2011 and wish to dispose of Strobe flash equipment. Like myself you appear to appreciate the quality and consistency of Strobe flash units. Unless I can find someone who wants it, it will have to be sold as scrap metal, which is an appalling waste.

I have a 5000 joule control unit (the total of 3 x 1000 internal power packs need checking as one of them is faulty) large Super fish fryer, square shaped single flash head fish fryer, several fan cooled heads, spot flash, linear head, all with barn doors, very heavy stands and Courtney stands, etc., etc. Any ideas?

Well, how can we help? I love to have it in NZ but shipping could be costly (I already have 4 x 500 Watt/second units) – somebody out there may have an idea? Share your thoughts here please.

Economic woes

Why is it that our New Zealand banks can not lower some interest rates to start injecting some spare cash in this suffering economy, everywhere I hear my clients complaining about the lack of funds or work or have I got the wrong clients?

Not that I suffer from those interest rates, but many are and it seems to me a logic way to assist us in creating some more activity. If I could find a solution – that would be nice – so meanwhile I’ll keep searching for more new clients with a desire to have  their products photographed by me and who are not hindered by a lack of funds. The hunt is on….!