Ruapehu Photography Course

After a fun bit of climbing at Whakapapa, the course members began assembling. First we joined Amanda and Catherine. Soon Dion and Rom arrived, closely followed by Marty Blumen and his partner Shiva Nami. The final participants Gerard and Joanne turned up just before we were all about to leave.

Marty began by giving us a general course outline and generic tips. Soon we were wandering up the skifield in the decaying light. Every now and again Marty would stop and make comments about lighting, composition and settings then we would snap away merrily trying to take his comments into consideration.

As night fell, the headlamps came out and there was a little bit of confusion about which way to the hut, but eventually we all found our way.

As we cooked dinner, Marty made some more comments and observations before retiring outside to his tent to await the pre-dawn photo session.

Next morning after the sunrise photo shoot, we strolled down to Whakapapa village for breaky.

Check out Marty's Photos and Catherine's Photos from the same workshop.