NZ Travel Magazine Issue 15 featuring New Zealand Destinations and Activities

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ROADTRIPPN WITH RINA SJARDIN-THOMPSON - FULL TIME PHOTOGRAPHER Earlier this month I taught at a ladies only workshop in Glenorchy for NZ Kiwi Adventures… I think it’s fair to say we had THE best time…!!! Our ladies had tried out a bit of astro for the first time, one was a heli-virgin but she is no more, one had a fire lit underneath her and has gone on to upgrade her camera and looking at photography as a career and one had her self esteem boosted and is motivated to work and save for the camera she wants!!! So great to hear stories like this…. Possibly the highlight for me was their reaction to the heli flight where we stopped on the Invincibles overlooking the Rees Valley… her jaw literally dropped, eyes wide open and hand over her mouth…. She had never experienced anything like it! This was followed by a week in Christchurch staying with my gorgeous friend, Alicia and her husband Paul, and doing a series of family photos in West Melton and Sheffield only to head back down to Timaru for a few days getting prepared for a week long road trip to gather content for a promotional video for NZ Kiwi Adventures. Incredible talent in the group by way of fellow photographers Talman Madsen, Jordan McInally and Mark Smith to compile the video footage. WHAT A WEEK!!!!


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