Anita Harrison, Hikurangi, controls the ball on attack

Nick Bean on the attack sen men Mangpai vs Springfield

The 2012 hockey season, Whangarei, Northland is well underway. More hockey photo galleries can be seen at my photo hosting site:Link to Hockey Photos

By artist Sandra Whyte

Sandra Whyte created this stunning painting of a Kokako living on the island bird sanctuary of Tiritiri Matangi, Auckland, New Zealand. Titled “Still In The Picture”, the painting is the first of a series entitled “Birds on The Brink”. The painting is the view looking towards Auckland from the sanctuary.

Sandra donated the painting and it has been auctioned off to raise funds for research to save these birds from extinction..

Measuring 75 x 45cm the painting was carefully scanned in a sequence of high resolution images. They were joined together, then proof printed to match the colours of the original painting. Detailed canvas and art paper copies faithful to the original have been made and are for sale. More information on Tiritiri Matangi can be found here Sandra Whyte and more of her work can be seen here..

If you’re interested in having artworks copied contact us here

Graeme Byles from Oakleigh, south of Whangarei, NZ, dropped in to have this photo tidied up and re-printed. It shows a train running where State Highway 1 is now located, south of the Caltex Service Station at Oakleigh. Graeme thinks this was taken around 1925 and the railway line was supposed to run to Waipu. But the officials decided to tear it up and build a road instead.

Canvas print of zebras on Safari

Sue Shepherd from the Whangarei Camera Club called in to see me about having this and another safari photo printed onto canvas in black and white. Sue had prepared the image with the styilised border. These were printed 19inces (475mm) wide. Sue loved the look of the prints and the true neutral black and whites. One canvas print is to be donated towards fundraising for Northland Hockey Black Stick Representatives at the coming London Olympics. For more canvas printing information click Here

Ben saw me about having this photo put onto canvas. Ben’s son Max was born prematurely by quite a few weeks. Happily, he was in the skilled hands of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, one of the best facilities in the world.

Ben had this photo taken with Max holding his hand. It was cropped from a larger photo, turned to black and white and had a white misty vignette surround added. It was printed on to canvas and looked excellent. Ben says Max is doing fine and now weighs a few kilos. It won’t be long before Max will be home..

Three piece 25 x 25cm canvas print reproductions

Jenny Bennett contacted me to make some canvas and art print reproductions of her work. She’d been referred by artist Steve Moase about the good quality of work I made.

Jenny brought some of her art works and had art and canvas prints made from them. Jenny was extremely happy with the final result. More of her work can be found on her website www.jennybennett.com

This faded photo looked beyond repair...

With age the photo had lost virtually all its detail and colour. However I was able to bring a resaonable amount of detail to turn it into a black and white photo. Even though it’s still not perfect, Jone was more than happy with the end result.

Robyn had a modern aerial photo of the land and wanted the old one bought up to scratch. I suggested to Robyn, first if she was able to locate the photographers that took it they may have the original negative and get a copy.
Robyn was able to track the image down to Aerial Surveys, previously called Geosmart. They sold her a high quality scan, whereupon Robyn came back to see me to get it printed. It looked like new and was a very close match to the new photo – apart from all the houses!

Aerial Surveys can be found at Aerial Surveys

Terry from Making Waves with another great Kiwi illustration

Closeup of some of the stamps

Welcome 2012! 2011 was a good year considering trading conditions, with more photographers and artists using our services. The first week back saw Terry from Making Waves ordering new art prints – a stamp sheet of kiwiana images. Printed on our 310gm Elegance Velvet 100% cotton paper, the images look stunning. The top image represents an approx 900 x 500mm print, with the bottom image showing more of the detail.

Terry’s website and contact details for purchasing this print can be found at www.makingwaves.co.nz

1500mm wide Panorama Print on Canvas

Lisa contacted me about having this lovely panorama photo printed onto canvas as a birthday present for her husband. It is the view from their house they used to live in, located in Snowdale, Mt Pember Station in the Lees Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand.

I advised Lisa a 1500mm wide canvas would be ideal. I made some enhancements to the sky and extended the sky and paddocks so the original image wouldn’t be wrapped around the sides. (The above image has the extensions, partial mirror image, partial detailed additions).

When the canvas was opened on her husband’s birthday, Lisa wrote back: “Hi Neal. Just a quick email to let you know that the photo is fantastic!! It has come up amazing and is just like looking out our old windows! Have just opened it and he absolutely loved it!!
Many thanks
Lisa”

Lisa’s step daughter had taken the photo with a new but small digital camera. They had stitched the photo together and produced a brilliant image. It’s a view from their house, and the view was exactly like looking out of their bedroom, lounge and kitchen. Lisa said they never tired of looking at the view.

Lisa went on to say: “Had the thought to take a photo before we left after seeing some panoramic photos on canvas elsewhere, but didn’t really think that we could do it ourselves!! But with your magic worked on the photo, it is now just exactly like looking out our old windows!!