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Beekeeper Kevin

Yesterday I spent the late afternoon with Kevin who I met at the North Canterbury Beekeepers Club AGM last week, and we shot his portrait at his Christchurch property. He and his wife were so friendly, as per all keepers I’m meeting, and I captured Kevin inside his home and yard.

Kevin has been into beekeeping for more than 30 years and it started with his Father who kept bees. He sent a link to a video made by David Alexander, another NC Beekeeping Club member and former photography tutor, for his 70th birthday in 2020. You can see Kevins story and passion for bees here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Nb_ThteJQ

Kevin wanted the painting that sits above the family TV captured as it’s quite special to him, and is of a scene from Ikoraki Bay, an isolated bay on the southern coast of Banks Peninsula. It shows a Family holiday, with their tent and Fathers combi van against the rolling hills and ocean.

What’s being reinforced as this series builds is just how different the aesthetics of every set of images are on film, and check out the different characteristics and mood of the Yashica635 (monochrome) and Rolleicord VB (colour) with the Yashy showing off some true SOUL. It loves to seperate the background wide open, and that lens flare too! My desert island camera for sure. Yes I’m doubling up here, but felt the need to shoot both, and a pretty interest comparison for sure.