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    Welcome to mode de vie and thanks for visiting. I'm Helen a lifestyle photographer. Lifestyle I hear you ask, what is that? Lifestyle photography to me is breaking out of the confines of traditional portraiture. I like to take photographs in a natural environment and I use this as a backdrop to enhance the photograph. I like to document the lives of people and their surroundings in real life situations.

    I equate my style to being a documentary photographer, where a story is told. My style has been termed creative and vibrant with a touch of vintage. I love textures and borders and use these in a lot of my photographs.

    My other passion is urban and landscape photography. I also love gymnastics photography. I enjoy capturing the essence of this amazing sport.

    Have a look around and check back often to see recent shoots and other digital art.

    If you are interested in a session, please contact me via the contact form.

Feb 08 2012

aoraki / mt cook & milford sound

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Aoraki /Mt Cook was in full view for a change.  It is often shrouded in cloud and can be a little elusive to see.  Lake Pukaki has an amazing aqua blue colour due to the glacial feed to the lake.  It is known as glacial flour which is produced from extremely ground rock particles from the glaciers.   The second photo in this series seemed like something out of the Sound of Music.

Milford Sound was stunning and a place that really deserves an overnight stay there.  Mitre Peak at 1692 metres stands out.  It is one of the highest mountains in the world that directly rise out from the ocean floor.

The last shot is on the way to Milford Sound.  The huge cliff faces, some still with snow on them, jutted out on our journey to Milford.

These images and many others are available for purchase over at the Mode de vie photocart – www.modedevie.co.nz/cart

 

 

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Feb 07 2012

south island landscapes

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More beautiful South Island landscapes are featured in this series of shots.  Queenstown was stunning as normal and Fiordland was very moody and misty.

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Feb 01 2012

tekapo

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We were in Tekapo a year ago admiring the amazing scenery but the shots I took then were completely different to this time around.  Last years post is here.

 

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Jan 25 2012

going, going, gone

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These shots were all taken from August 2011 onwards.  They show buildings that have now been demolished or are in the process of being demolished. This series of shots show the constant change that is happening in the city. There are still so many buildings to be demolished.

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Dec 24 2011

just when we thought it was over…

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…December 23rd happened!  It was just a normal day as usual.  We hadn’t had any sizeable quakes since a 5.4 in October.  Then it was all on….here we go again we all groaned.  A magnitude 5.8 quake on a new fault off the coast of New Brighton was our reminder that it is not all finished.  Many sizeable aftershocks followed and then the magnitude 6.0 hit with a massive jolt to the right.  I was outside at the time and it was incredible to see everything shift and shake at such speed.  ”That was huge” I remarked to my Dad who was visiting from Taupo….Welcome to Christchurch!!!

These photos are from around Parklands in North East Christchurch and show the liquefaction and the opening up of sinkholes again.  Waimairi Golf Club had just repaired their course after suffering flooding and liquefaction from February and June and yet again they were hit.  Residents were out cleaning up their properties and road just 2 days before Christmas and unfortunately it hit the same residents as the February and June quakes.  Burwood Forest had loads of liquefaction in it along with trees on a precarious lean.  Trucks were making numerous trips into the forest to drop off all the silt.

 

 

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