AperturePriorityNZ
A collection of photographs, stories and random thoughts by New Zealand photographer Rick Harvey
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Create A Retro Look Photo With Photolab and FilmPack
When I first tried FilmPack 7 back in October 2023, I felt I didn’t need the full version for my own personal use. After all, if I wanted photographs with…
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A Good Eye For Photography
“You have a good eye for photography” the woman in the camera shop told me after she saw some of my early photos posted on line. It might sound rude…
Aspect Ratio As A Creative Tool
It is often said that the best way to become a better photographer is to invest time in making images, rather than invest money in gear. I wholeheartedly agree, however,…
DxO PureRAW 5 Will Be Available On April 15, 2025.
DxO PureRAW 5 Is Just Around The Corner This is a first for me in that this is the first time on my blog that I have talked about a…
Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8
Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8 . I have been lucky enough to have been provided complimentary copies of Photolab 8 and Nik Collection 7 by DxO. I am also fortunate…
One Camera One Lens
One camera one lens is not my new philosophical, inspirational or creative approach to my photography. It is just my new common sense approach to my photography. Prior to swapping…
5 Reasons Why I Bought A Nikon D7500
Yes – you read that right – I bought a Nikon D7500 – not a used model, but a brand new Nikon D7500. And I love it! Released in mid-2017,…
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Photographing Trees
Photographing Trees I never really stopped to think about taking photographs of trees as a specific niche genre of photography. But apparently, it is! A Google search throws up…
Breathe Old Life Into New Photos
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 story about how to breathe…
Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8
Black-and-White Conversion using Photolab 8 . I have been lucky enough to have been provided complimentary copies of Photolab 8 and Nik Collection 7 by DxO. I am also fortunate…
Black and white Photos Converted With Nik
In his 1970s song, Kodachrome, Paul Simon sang that “Everything looks worse in black and white“. So with that in mind, I set about trying to prove him wrong with…
Hello – I’m Rick Harvey
Apertureprioritynz.com is my space on the ‘net where I share photography-related stories and many of the images I take. 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.
