One of the latest big canvases commissioned
It's weird that I can recall just about every detail from a good shoot aye? Like this one, it's Haratoanga, Great Barrier Island. I was on a family boat trip and was scouting possible images for The Big Little Beach Book [it's sold out and out of print now]. The evening before this end of the beach was scoped, looked good. My brother Kent and I got up before dawn and took the tender in. I'd like to think it looked like a Navy Seals Opp, me with my Pelican case and us both beanied up and in our wetties, just in case the inflatable took a tumble in the shorey. We wouldn't have had looked like Navy Seals. The morning was perfect, not a breath of wind. I set up in the middle of the stream's shallows, if you look closely you can see the sandy bottom. Framed up the Pohutukawa and its reflection. Then waited for the ripples to dissipate. Shot the pano, felt good. Turned around, ushered Kent out of the frame and shot this. Back to the boat for coffee and bacon and eggs. A perfect morning.
Both these panos were used in The Big Little Beach Book. And if that's all that happened with them, that's more than enough. However, for the last decade the PhotoCPL website has been building. Signature images added for clients to buy. It's been a good income stream to be frank. Probably not as busy as wanted, but the prints and canvases are a significant part of what I do. I'd love for it to be all I do, like trip around the country in the camper, making panoramics knowing that you're making something people may want. Fair to say there's a lot of photogs out there dreaming and trying to do that too.
Here's a terrible phone pic of Pohutukawa Reflection on canvas at 1600mm wide. Which is a custom size. The real print is bewty, took me back to the morning's mini Navy Seal adventure.