Aperture Priority NZ
A collection of photographs and stories by Rick Harvey, Invercargill, New Zealand
Latest Stories
When It Comes To Shooting JPEGs Only…
I haven’t got any staying power! I’ve already given up on my JPEG project. Just a month ago, I put up a case for shooting JPEG only – but the novelty has already…
DxO PureRAW 6 Doesn’t Fit My Workflow
Unfortunately, because DxO PureRAW 6 doesn’t fit my existing workflow I am trying not to get too excited about it.
That may seem like a silly thing to say (I am prone to say silly things from time to time), especially as DxO PureRAW 6 is good – very, very good in fact, in my opinion.
A Case For Shooting JPEG Only
Shooting JPEG only was never front of mind for me because I had bought into the “always shoot RAW” school of thinking from the first day I had a camera capable of shooting…
Be A Tourist In Your Own Backyard
Sometimes it takes something really special to make you get off your butt and go and be a tourist in your own backyard. In my case that something special was actually someone special…
My 2026 Creativity Action List
In my first story for the year I told you that I don’t make New Year Resolutions, but that I had, however, made a creativity action list at the start of 2025 of…
Welcome to 2026 -and Happy New Year
Welcome to 2026, and a belated Happy New Year to you all! I don’t do New Year Resolutions mainly because I know from past experience I never keep them. However, at the beginning…
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Hello – I’m Rick Harvey
Welcome to Aperture Priority NZ
This 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.
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