NZPhotographer Issue 45, July 2021

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A Lifelong Passion For Photography Interview with Mark Trufitt MARK, TELL US ABOUT YOU AND YOUR JOURNEY WITH PHOTOGRAPHY... Educated in Surrey, England I completed a foundation course in art and design at Reigate School of Art & Design. I had every intention of doing a degree in photography but was talked into taking Graphic Design and Illustration. Incorporating as much photography in my degree course as I could, I graduated in 1983 and pursued my career, working for advertising agencies in South London for three years. But I always felt a need to be involved in photography so I joined a partnership in a sales and promotion company and became creative lead which meant I got involved in studio product photography and the odd onsite model shoot. I also became more active in social photography, I wouldn’t travel without my trusty Pentax gear and spent hours in the darkroom developing and printing black and white film. In 1992 I met my wife to be and visited New Zealand (yes she was a Kiwi doing her OE), I loved New Zealand so much that after nine years, I decided to leave my partnership and move across to the other side of the world and start a new life. My first job was creative and production manager for Cardmember Wines which involved hands on studio photography of wine and other supporting sales items. The major bonus was working with other photographers such as Geoff Mason of Air New Zealand and Huka Lodge fame. I was with Cardmember for two years before deciding to take a senior designer/studio managers position at Apple Art in Gisborne. At this time my photography had taken a back seat and after nine years I moved on as I was offered a position at Te Papa Tongarewa as exhibition (Day2) graphic production manager. Here I wasn’t pressing the camera button but art directing, working with amazing people and photographers who were perfectionists. This is where digital photography and pixel peeping started for me, it was especially important around printing large format and backlit images. I also started doing my own exhibition portfolio photography at this time, after working on some amazing exhibitions I wanted to keep a log of those exhibitions for my own reference and also for presentation when applying for other contracts or jobs. After moving back to Gisborne in 2008 and building our new house, my wife and I moved back up to Auckland where I was offered a position at Auckland War Memorial Museum as exhibition project manager. The job was demanding yet very rewarding and even though I was creatively hands-on, photography had taken a back seat as I had no time for my hobby. I became the exhibition manager/designer at Tauranga Art Gallery in 2015, the small team delivering 25 exhibitions in one year. As I had twice project managed the National Geographic Wildlife Photographer of the Year touring exhibition at Auckland Museum, I was lucky enough to have a third go bringing it to Tauranga Art Gallery. I was also back into pushing the camera button with product and gallery photography, this along with learning about gallery and object lighting has helped me with my general photography. For health reason I gave up working at the art gallery and after a brief 3-year career direction change working in parts and service for the motorcycle trade (I’ve always been a motorcycle fanatic and love riding, touring with my wife, and watching racing), I have now decided to get back into photography with a potential to become freelance. Following on from 16 July 2021 NZPhotographer
my career background I plan to develop and find my photographic style, focusing on maybe one or two genres, with an aim to having an exhibition that I can tour nationally by putting my experience in exhibition development to good use. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH? The things I love to photograph are wildlife, particularly birds (which takes an incredible amount of patience and stealth!) I have also just started doing landscape photography and really enjoy the technical side of setting up for long exposure scenes. I find that I cannot resist taking sunrise and sunset shots, our house is on a hill facing west looking at the Kaimai Hills so, just about every evening, I get a lot of inspiration! Having a huge interest in motorcycling, I nearly always take my camera gear to racing events, these can also be challenging shots to capture due to the speed the bikes travel at. Coming from a graphics background I also really enjoy abstract photography, commercially I see this as an opportunity for my freelance genre. I’m also planning to start macro photography, possibly within a studio environment. Shags Sony Alpha 6400, 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS @ F6.3, 1/4000s, ISO800, 188mm WHAT ARE YOU SHOOTING WITH? Since digital came onto the scene I have always been a fan of Canon equipment, using a Canon 350D for Battle of the Streets 153 Canon 350D, 75-300mm @ F8, 1/1600s, ISO400, 125mm
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Image or Illusion? The Role of Natu
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