NZPhotographer Issue 59, September 2022

Rising Star; Callum Connell
Callum is 17 years old and lives in Tauranga. He enjoys wildlife and landscape
photography and has found a new lease of creativity through digital manipulation,
resulting in his images being a combination of photography and design.
CALLUM, TELL US ABOUT YOU AND HOW YOUR
JOURNEY INTO PHOTOGRAPHY STARTED….
When I was 7 years old, my family and I spent two
years living in England and travelling around Europe.
When we first moved to England, my parents bought
me and my sister our first devices – iPods. I loved the
idea of taking photos and I would take them of all
sorts of things wherever we went. At first, my photos
were more based on keeping memories of England
and our Europe trips than taking good photos, but
after a couple of years of being back in New Zealand,
I started getting an eye for taking better photos.
When I was about 14, I got my first DSLR camera. I
took it on any holiday we went on and even spent
time taking photos of things in my backyard. I then
decided in year 11 to take Art as a subject and
focused my studies on photography, which took me
to all sorts of different places not only in photography
but also in digital manipulation.
WHAT GEAR DO YOU HAVE TODAY?
Today I have a camera bag which has my Canon
800D camera with its standard lens, a wide-angle lens,
and a zoom lens. I also sometimes use a polarizing
filter and a variable neutral density filter. I also have a
tripod that I use often, and an extra battery.
6 September 2022 NZPhotographer