astrophotography with hakan nedjat

On CFM recently, I spoke with local Coromandel Photographer, Hakan Nedjat about his Astrophotography. I originally discovered Hakan’s work on the Whiti ChitChat facebook group in early 2019. Upon looking into his work, I discovered Hakan is a Sony Digital Imaging Advocate – shooting with the Sony A7 series of cameras, which I was introduced to a few years ago …

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it’s been a while

As an administrator in my day job, and a voice actor in the other part of my professional life; the opportunities to get back to my old days of radio imaging production have been fairly rare. So whilst taking a couple of days leave, I was inspired to give a little freshen up to some Request promos. Apparently, I’m not …

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it’s about local

During the Covid-19 lockdown April 2020, I was asked to work on a series of radio promotional spots, pushing local. There were a number of scripts in the series, some got to air, some didn’t. As this particular script came together, I could really hear in my head how I wanted it to sound more than the others – and …

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vegan ice-cream cakes

ingredients: 350 gram Raw cashews 1 tbs Coconut Oil 20 mil Vanilla paste/essence or variation 80 mil Maple syrup 1 tbs Mesquite powder (alternative less flavour impact – Lucuma Powder) 400 mil MYLK (nut/rice/coconut milk blend – quite creamy) method: blend/grind cashews as fine as possible – set aside. add coconut oil, vanilla, maple syrup, mesquite and some MYLK, start …

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alan hopping

The Lost Spring is returning magic to the lives of many and we are driven by a commitment to excellence www.thelostspring.co.nz Following 50th birthday celebrations, I was fortunate enough to spend a few weeks working on air for Coromandel’s CFM. This was a wonderful opportunity to make some new stories and share them. My dear friend, Alan Hopping – is …

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the return…

After commencing my involvement with the CFM in January 2019. (different blog post) John & Lynda invited me to discover Whitianga, New Zealand for my first time… and to fill in for Casey (Production & Onair) while she went on holidays. I was also tasked with setting up some Production processes and mentoring Casey in her role of Commercial Producer. …

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the branding

I don’t really understand this one; but the branding started in a simple email like this… Hey Ed, The story is, I’ve been doing some work remotely, into a place in New Zealand called Whitianga. Te Whitianga o Kupe – meaning Kupe’s crossing place… Kupe being a great Polynesian navigator… i was thinking ocean-fish-canoe …all having Polynesian and Māori symbols…see …

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jason k myatt

Voice Actor | Audio Editor | Radio Broadcaster | Voice Acting Mentor | Consultant