Behind The Shot with Garett Vincent GARETT, TELL US ABOUT YOU AND YOUR JOURNEY WITH PHOTOGRAPHY… My journey with photography started in late 2016 when I decided to venture out with my cell phone and explore the local area around Whangarei, Northland. During my wander, I felt a sense of connection with nature and the surrounding environment. Even though I was only using my cell phone, getting home and viewing the results gave me the inspiration to capture more as I imagined it would be a great chance to explore and capture aspects of the beautiful world we live in, especially being in New Zealand. I purchased a cheap bridge camera soon after that, then upgraded to a Nikon DSLR in 2017 and I have never looked back. TELL US ABOUT THIS IMAGE… It was late November 2019 when I heard that the Endeavour was sailing to N.Z as part of the Tuia 250 year celebrations, a celebration of Captain James Cook discovering New Zealand. A replica of the 17th century ship was to navigate N.Z on the exact same path that was sailed in 1769. I’d seen this majestic ship on the back of the 50 cent piece all my life and have an interest in history, especially Aoteroa’s history, so I went down to the port as the ship docked in Whangaerie to photograph it. There were children with icecreams, people with hard hats and hi vis vests, and a lot of vehicles surrounding the ship so I felt that the photos I’d taken lacked authenticity. I was determined to capture how it would have looked back in 1769 so I downloaded a ship tracker on my phone and a few days later I noticed it was on the move up the East coast towards the Bay of Islands so I packed up my photography gear and, racing the fading light as it was late afternoon, headed off in pursuit of the Endeavour. After a few stops and starts from the Endeavour at various bays along the coast which I picked up via the ship tracker, I wondered if I’d ever get to see the seemingly elusive ship as the light was fading fast and the petrol gauge on my car was running low. Driving 43km on the most winding and nauseating gravel roads I’d ever driven on in what seemed like the middle of nowhere my hope was fading as fast as the light but I finally came to a dead end of the council road at a settlement called Rawhiti and beautiful Oke Bay. As luck would have it, the ship tracker showed that the Endeavour had stopped on the other side of the hill in Oke Bay so I made my way up and over the hill through thick bush and there it was in all its 1769 glory along with the spirit of New Zealand and other vessels – It was like stepping back into a time warp. WHAT WERE YOU SHOOTING WITH? I used my Nikon D7100 DSLR with a 70mm‐210mm f4: 5.6 nikkor lens to take this shot. The only postprocessing applied to the photo was a slight touch of brightness, some sky attention, and a little bit of sharpening. I photographed it in jpg format to give it a slight softness which I felt gave more historic authenticity. WHAT DID YOU STRUGGLE WITH THE MOST WHEN TAKING THIS PHOTO? Because this wasn’t the most technical shot and I wanted to replicate a historic scene, I had to focus on the composition of the image. That was difficult because of the rough terrain I encountered on the cliff face with a lot of foliage present so positioning the camera was difficult. Add to this, the fact that I was racing the fading light and had forgotten my tripod so I was quite frantic to capture the shot as soon as possible – I didn’t want to add much ISO to the image and create noise in the picture due to wanting to keep post-processing to a minimum. Had I of grabbed my tripod before heading out of the door I could have selected a lower shutter speed to allow more natural light. WHY IS THIS SHOT SPECIAL TO YOU? I’ve always liked old oil paintings of historic 16th and 17th century ships on rough seas or docked in harbours but the fact that this was a part of my country’s founding, of New Zealand’s history, it meant a lot to me personally. As well as being able to nail the shot I had dreamt of, without the distractions of modern day life, I also discovered another beautiful part of Aotearoa I didn’t know existed so it was a win-win adventure. WHERE CAN WE FIND YOU ONLINE? albums.excio.io/profile/garett%20vincent www.instagram.com/ Garett_Vincent_photography www.facebook.com/ garettscottvincentphotography
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