Art is all very well, but I think it’s important to use our skills to assist our communities. Sonja and I have been donating our time to help with the Gravel in Paradise cycle event in Otago by providing images from each race to go on Facebook, plus higher resolution versions for newspaper coverage and for the next year’s publicity. This year there were three races and it takes us three days or so of intense work for each one (scouting locations, photographing the event and post processing). So not really a big chunk of the year to do it. It supports something that brings visitors into the region, helps strengthen the cycling community and, we hope, benefits the whole town.
I’ve added a small gallery to the portfolio section of this website with a few images from the last couple of years.