Whoa, check this out!! It's amazing what we can do with focus, determination, practice and skilll..

New Commercial Website Design... sort of ;)

So I haven't been uber-happy with my commercial site design for a while and although it will be getting a full make over soon, I just couldn't wait any longer. There were a few issues with the old one that just weren't working for me and were grinding away at me, so I've designed one that I'm happy with that will carry me through until the proper one comes. In the meantime, even though it is quite a simple make up, this one allows me to change the image galleries easily, which I find I need, most especially the 'recent work' page as I think it is important to show my recent work to my clients. The only problem with it is you have to click the back on the browser from the galleries, but I don't think thats a biggie and as it is a temp site that will have to just be I'm afraid.
Anyways, you can check it out here: www.markharris.co.nz

oh, and a bonus, I won a flip video recorder the other day.. I'm stoked & can't wait to have a play :D

Editorial- by the canal

So we had a shoot last night down in the new outdoor area by the Huatoki stream. I've been checking it out as a backdrop for a while as it has awesome possibilities, this time we had a brief to work to which made it even better as it fitted the brief and we got to utilize it quite well. I'm still looking forward to getting some more higher end fashion/editorial images there in the future though:)
Anyway, here's a couple from last night...

O.k., so I've been a slacker=)

Not really, but I have been very busy! Over the past couple of weeks/month I've had a few good things going on. Firstly, I am now a member of AIPA(Advertising & Illustrative Photographers Association)NZ. It's been part of the plan for a while now and I'm glad I've eventually joined. Being a photographer is quite a singular profession, so it's a good feeling to know you're a part of something bigger, and be in contact with others who have similar aspirations. On another note, I've been working together with someone in the UK who is designing a CMS(content management system) for photographers, basically they build and sell website templates that are designed specifically for photographers, so anyway, they will be using my images on their site to market their new template designs. The site won't be up until August September, when it goes live I'll post the link :) I'll also have a brand spanking new commercial website around the same time which I'm looking forward to!
Some more news that I'm extremely happy about is that I have signed with an agency in Spain! They are an exclusive image agency who are one of THE suppliers of front cover images to the book publication industry. I've been looking for a few years now for the right agency to supply my imagery to and at last have found the right one. Least to say, I'm very happy!


Well, thats about it for now, I'd better get ready for my shoot this afternoon...