Steampunk

Quite a busy weekend last weekend.

First up, something a bit different and not something that I had thought there was a big following about here.

A Steampunk festival.... seems it is quite popular and some awesome costumes too!

The location was Thames, and since it isn't far to go from Auckland (depending on detours!), Mark G, Rob and I decided to head down to have a look.

Unfortunately the weather didn't play ball with rain showers throughout out the day. Still, there were enough fine periods to enjoy the street parade and carnival that were on offer.

Well done to the organisers and all the people who quite enjoy getting into theme and dressing up!

Enjoy :-)

Finally, a nice little acrobatic act to finish of the day before the rain drove us off.

I think we'll definitely pop back next time.

Thanks for reading :-)

Diwali!

I've been a bit slack again with blogging, but that's because not much has been happening on the gaming / photography front of late.

Real life has been rather hectic!

So it was good to catch up with Rob last Saturday for dinner followed by some time out photographing the Auckland Diwali festival at dusk.

Previously we've been during the afternoon, but figured it would be good to check out the event at a different time.

It's certainly a very colourful and energetic event.... I'm not just talking about the performances either! The crowd were certainly loving it!!

So much so, that after awhile all the phones and heads getting in the way of the camera was all a bit much, so it was time to head off home.

Not a bad selection of shots from the few acts we did see. Enjoy.