Aperture Priority NZ is collection of photographs and stories by New Zealand photographer Rick Harvey.
What do AI and the Olympus Trip 35 have in common? Well – nothing really, but please bear with me and read on. Maybe it’s because I am part of the older generation that resists change, but I have a mistrust of, almost
Your Google Drive is almost full… My Google Photos/Drive account has been accumulating thousands and thousands of photos, all automatically uploaded, over the last few years. Most of the photos are snapshots taken on the spur of the moment with
Shortly I’ll share 5 great things about the MacBook Air M3 after having been using mine for a while now, but first a bit of background. A few months ago I was faced with the prospect of having to replace
DxO describe Nik Collection 7 as being “the essential plugin suite for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and more.” And I won’t argue with that. But have you ever wondered how to install Nik Collection 7 as plugins to On1 Photo RAW?
Having just arrived home after being on the road in our motorhome for the best part of 5 months I was very keen to get stuck into a couple of things in particular: I had treated myself to a new
Postcards From The North Island Growing up I remember listening to a radio programme by Alistair Cook called Letter From America. I loved his mellifluous voice, and the stories he told, and often thought it would be wonderful to be
Back in April I wrote a story called Our Favourite Freedom Camping Sites – Part 1. This isn’t Part 2 – that is still to come – probably after we finish our jaunt around the lower half of the
This is a story about some of our favourite freedom camping spots – or at least about five of the 26 freedom camping spots we have stayed at so far in the South Island during our motorhome travels. More specifically,
What I am learning is that learning to see in black and white is an ongoing process – at least until it becomes a
I bet you found your way to this story by searching for “how to breathe new life into old photos”. What you’ve found is a
Should you use photography presets? Do real photographers use photography presets? I ask those questions, especially the second one, a little tongue in cheek because
We were very lucky that New Zealand, except for Auckland, moved from Covid Alert Level 3 to Level 2 at one minute to midnight,
I’ve never really tackled any candid street photography before, but an opportunity arose recently so I took a crack at it. There is a major
Diane Arbus, a doyen of black and white photography, once said “It’s important to take bad pictures”, the rationale being that by recognising
Before I get to the 6 reasons to use Nik Collection 5 – first things first. What is the Nik Collection? The Nik Collection is
Most of my great ideas for stories come to me while I am out walking the dogs. Likewise, most of my bad ideas come to
Shortly I’ll tell you my 5 reasons to use On1 Photo RAW 2022, but first a little background. The last full version of On1 Photo
Apertureprioritynz.com is my space on the ‘net where I share photography-related stories and many of the images I take, and as my blog title suggests, I shoot primarily in aperture priority mode.
I often debate with myself whether this photo blog drives my photography, or whether my photography drives my photo blog. Whichever way round it is, I take photographs for fun, and my primary goal is to create pictures that please me – and if they please you when you come to visit here, then that is so much better.
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