So here is some shots of the last gig i did in the Theatre Royal in Christchurch. I hear it is very damaged from the feb. 22nd quake but has stood up due to the earthquake strengthening that was put in. Could be up to two years maybe til its open for use again. This was a fundraiser or a something for some company regarding the Sept. Earthquake. Can’t remember it was late 2010. Enjoy 
I had to fly from Christchurch to New Plymouth to pick up the truck and drive it to Auckland. The truck had left Christchurch with the gear for 42nd Street in New Plymouth a week or two earlier and the gear for Miss Saigon in Auckland was in the front of it. Was a slow drive due to the weather being really shit. Was pouring down and was rather had to see. Stopped off in Hamilton for dinner with one of my very close friends Ruthie. She is one amazing person! Someone stole our table out side the pizza shop so we ended up eating it the back of the truck, good times. She just got a new job in Auckland, so being that I seem to spend alot of time in Auckland I should get to see her alot more! YAY!! Met the boss at the airport and picked him up and headed to our accommodation. Hes there for a month operating the show. When we turned up to the apartment, we had to lift the fold out couch down into the downstairs room so i had something to sleep on, as the room I was sleeping in didn’t have a bed. But hey, i’v stayed in worse places with work and it was only for a few nights. Below are some shots I took on day one, my flight and the drive from New Plymouth to Auckland.
Took these shots while I was out and about at night on one of my many late night photo missions. There seemed to be a bunch of Asian’s with the same idea in front of me. This is an HDR image. Basically its three shots at different exposures stacked on top of them using a program i like called Photomatix.
So when I get back to Christchurch, If I can get into the square I’ll be quite keen to take the same shots again of the damaged Cathedral and use the same processing for a before and after shot.
