{"id":6087,"date":"2016-08-13T21:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T21:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/?page_id=6087"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:14:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6160 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phillip.jpg\" alt=\"phillip\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was born in Nelson, at the top of the South Island. From an early age I was fascinated with the great outdoors, and it was a natural progression\u00a0to start photographing the landscapes I was so captivated by. Coming from a line of landscape oil painters I may have inadvertently inherited an artistic gene as I am more drawn to the complexities of tones, subtleties of light and shadow and the contrast of elements than a formulaic approach which relies heavily on searing colour to gain attention.<\/p>\n<p>I started photographing using analog medium-format panoramic cameras, among which was a Fuji G617. After many years of shooting 35mm format digital I have now come full circle and am primarily using the Fuji GFX 50S system.\u00a0My work is held in private collections worldwide, and is licensed for local and international use.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 I established a photo workshop company, <a href=\"http:\/\/capturenewzealand.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capture New Zealand Photo Expeditions<\/a>, to give photographers the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of locations and seasonal nuances I have gained over the years to make their time in the field productive. I also partner with international photographers bringing groups to New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The almost unbelievable diversity of landscapes which God has packed into this compact country constantly amazes me and challenges me to continually search for fresh and unique compositions. As I grew up close to the sea, the coastlines of New Zealand are always calling. There are many locations which I have visited and re-visited where the photo I want to make still eludes me. And that is what fuels the passion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipbartlett.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}