Beautiful, captivating India.
Renegade Peach has been in the South West of this magnificent and complex country. We've been visiting Munnar tea plantations 1800m above sea level, treading the well worn roads of Kochi and boating the Backwaters of Kerala - happily navigating the never ending sea of people and colour.
Photography
The Upbeats #NOSLEEPTILJAPAN
It's hard to believe we're finished this leg of our journey with The Upbeats! What a time. It was such a privilege to get to know this crew and document this collaboration project with The Upbeats, Noisia and Kitty Izu Studio. Filming goals.
どうもありがとう Japan! We also captured many stills along the way - here are a few of them.
Much aroha + thanks to The Upbeats.
Great Barrier Starscapes - Astrophotography Workshop, GBI
The Renegade Peach Project's Mark Russell flew over to Great Barrier Island this weekend to host an astrophotography workshop for GBI residents. The photography and star enthusiasts learnt more about their cameras' manual settings and were able to experiment with them. Due to poor weather conditions we weren't able to photograph outside, but each participant left equipped with the know-how and practical workshop experience to capture the stars in their own time.
Great feedback for those involved, and looking forward to future workshops (and to seeing some of those starscapes!)
'Colours of the Night' - exhibiting at Tutere Gallery, Kapiti Coast
We are very pleased that Tutere Gallery in Waikanae Beach is exhibiting a selection of Mark's astrophotography as part of the Kapiti Arts Trail.
There are 9 framed photographs up featuring the celestial wonders above Great Barrier Island and Kapiti Island. The photographs will be exhibited until 04 November.
DARK SKY SANCTUARY - Great Barrier Island
We have been very immersed promoting and working with the islanders involved in establishing the Dark Sky sanctuary on Great Barrier Island. Mark contributed many photographs to raise funds for the project and also donated photographs for the Dark Sky sanctuary book, "Sanctuary".
The sanctuary is one of only three places on Earth that have been made into a Dark Sky sanctuary, protecting it from developing potential light pollution. The island, being completely off the electrical grid, is the perfect place for star enthusiasts, star photographers, and astronomers.
STARSCAPES
The Renegade Peach Project's lovely Mark has been busy on Great Barrier Island capturing a new series of photographs of the stars + The Milky Way with the Nikon D750. What a sky we live under.
Medlands Moments - Great Barrier Island exhibition
Mark has been working hard on our online creative videography tutorials - and they're looking great! But more on them soon. Mark has also been busy organising an exhibition of his photographs which opened today. The exhibition 'Medlands Moments' runs 23 July - 06 August and features 10 x A1 prints and postcards of photographs captured on Great Barrier Island.
LOCATED! MORE Tora!Tora!Tora! 2016 pictures
Hahaha! Sorry everyone.
Post-Tora!Tora!Tora! we're still on the road. Sometimes important things are temporarily overlooked. Such as SD cards with 100 more photos on them...
We found them! And they're now uploaded along with the rest of them to our Facebook Page. There are more photos of those Richter City Rebels, more George Rutherford + The Ba$h, more Imon Starr + King Home Boy (and Zoe Moon!) and we're introducing some photos of Electric Wire Hustle. BOOM!
TORA TORA TORA 2016
Tora Tora Tora 2016!! Our favourite 3-day coastal music festival amped it up a notch YET AGAIN this year. Great vibes, fantastic line-up, superb eats + coffee.
Next to the sea on the welcoming Bramley family's land, it feels like home away from home.
2016 delivered another whopper line-up - and our highlights video will incorporate some of the captured live audio. After a rainy start to the festivities, the clouds quickly parted and allowed patrons to shrug off their gumboots and dance in the sunshine.
This year also heralded a new addition to the Bramley family - 6 week old Willo Tora experienced her very first Tora Festival!
We focused on filming the event, but here are some photos we managed to snap along our 3 day adventures. Huge thanks to the Bramley family for their hospitality + generosity. For more photos, head to our Facebook page.
The Renegade Peaches lose their fuzz!
The Renegade Peach Project got on board supporting Bald Angels Charitable Trust's event The Big Shave 2015, taking photographs of participants 'Before' and 'After' they underwent an extreme trim! The event was raising funds and showing support for underprivileged Northland children suffering from the impact of cancer and terminal illness - AND going for the Guinness World Record for the most number of people shaving their hair for a cause, by 10 hairdressers, in one hour. Here are some quick behind-the-scenes photos from our Instafeed.
462 volunteers shaved off their hair - shattering the previous Guinness World Record of 375.
A great show of community spirit and support. Well done Bald Angels!
For more: www.renegadepeach.com/sophis-big-head-shave
www.facebook.com/sophisbigheadshave
To get involved, find out more about Bald Angels projects, or donate online head to:
www.baldangels.org.nz
CUBA DUPA + 2 Eva Street
28 - 29 March - If you're in Wellington for the inaugural CUBA DUPA festival we'll be out and about filming a fine selection of amping bands. There are some enchanting events happening around the Cuba St area, including an opera showcase up Leeds St, many live bands, a Fuse circus expo, exhibitions, fundraisers, shops and food stalls galore. It's going to be a good one and the weather's going to be great.
As well as filming, Sophi is part of an exhibition taking place at 2 Eva Street, a shared studio space that is having an open studio + exhibit of works, curated by Carolin Prinn and Lance Ravenswood. If you've wandered past the space for years and wondered what on Earth goes on in there - here's your chance for an insiders guide. There are some remarkable pieces on offer - so if you're in the area enjoy browsing and chatting to the guest artists and artists in residence before meandering further up the street to the Wellington Chocolate Factory, Leeds St Bakery. Head back down to enjoy a Six Barrell Soda or try a coffee with sweet live music at Memphis Belle Coffee House. We're also going to have some of our music videos playing in virtual reality goggles at Little Thunder Cafe.
2 Eva Street - Exhibit 1 - Artists
Aitken Hawkins + Arlo Edwards + Carolin Prinn + Erica Sklenars + Hamish Coleman + Lance Ravenswood + Laura Walker + Roydon Misseldine + Salvatore Strati + Sophi Reinholt + Suzanne Tamaki + Zayyar Win Thein
For more Exhibit 1