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Rocking it out without a tripod in Fiji. Note to self: Always remember the base plate! What is one to do when one has no tripod and needs a little elevation and a sturdy shot? I pondered this question recently at the Sonaisali Island Resort and this little gem of a setup is what I came Complete silence with farmland, mountains and a whole lot of gorgeous yellow tinged sunlight thrown in for good measure. Ballooning is awesome! Apart from the gentle breeze and an occasional forlorn cry from a farm animal 2000 feet below, there wasn’t a sound to be heard. An hour of sun capped off the shoot at Shangri La's Fijian Resort nicely! Lemon juice, lemonade, tequila and rain. . .it’s day 6 and it’s all blurring into one hectic, non-stop experience. We’ve got one day to go and the wheels have almost fallen off. Synapses are firing at half to one quarter speed, motor Side by side. The EX1 with the wide angle and the 5D MKII with the 50mm. Unlikely friends! Drip. . .Drip. . .Drip. . .Drip. . . As my consciousness climbed slowly out of slumber I registered the dampness of the sheets around me and an incessant tapping in the centre of my chest. I was Tropical Fiji Weather If life deals you lemons. . .pass the tequila and salt! Well, that’s what I say. Brett seems to think it’s ‘make lemon juice’, but nobody really drinks straight, freshly squeezed lemon juice (apart from sadists) and clearly tequila, lemon and salt are complimentary flavours. Everybody loves the old lick, sip and suck These are my glasses. I have a penchant for Senior Citizens fashion. What can I say? I'm an old soul! Fiji is really turning it on! The weather is perfect, just enough cloud to give the sky some interest without compromising the light every 2 minutes and light winds most of the time. One of the pools we were shooting and not swimming in. . . As I sit in this warm and cosy bed, a lone ant marches erratically across my screen, just one of many of the little buggers that seem to be crawling all over this room at the Sheraton. Our gear is spread all Possibly one of the best blurry photo’s ever taken with a Nokia N96 I’m currently writing this from the room, where wireless internet is charged out at the exorbitant rate of $25 a day. So this post is definitely worth it’s weight in gold! Last night I started off on the Sunshine Coast, drove Tomorrow morning myself and a some colleagues are off to Fiji for a lifestyle, tourism and resort shoot. I went on a similar shoot in Fiji at the end of last year with the same crew, for the same client, that literally ended in disaster – cyclonic weather, insane flooding, closed airports, trapped tourists and. . |
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