Hi Ken,
I was disappointed to see you have posted the email I sent you as spam on your blog.
It was in fact a message offering you a genuine opportunity to take part in a day long event where you can learn some trade secrets of food photographers – from a chef and pro photographer. This has obvious benefits for you as a food blogger and it has generated a lot of interest.
Feel free to contact me personally if you have any further issues, my details are below.
Kind Regards
Hamish Kirkpatrick
Education & Events Manager
Camera Action Camera House
217 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne 3000
Ph +613 96706901 Fax +613 96025572
hamish@cameraaction.com.au
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Hi Hamish! My name is Kenny. Just having some fun, mate. If it offends, I’ll remove it. No biggie. However, if you’d taken even a little time to look at my western suburbs cheap eats work, you’d have perhaps realised that the very concept of “food styling” is the very antithesis of what I’m about. I’m sure it has generated has generated a lot of interest, but – you’ll just have to believe me on this – what you are offering has absolutely no benefits to me as a food blogger. At all. LOL! Besides, my cheeky post has got back to you somehow, which presumably means people are reading it. Is that a bad thing for you?
Cheers, Kenny
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Hi Kenny,
Thank you for your quick reply. The day is all about improving the results of your photographic endeavours. You never know, you might just pick up a couple of tips that will dramatically improve the images you post on your blog. It might be the angle you shoot from, or the camera mode you select, but I guarantee there is something in it for you.
Your post ‘came back to me’ via one of my staff members who was following up with people I hadn’t heard back from. I’m happy for you to leave it there, and I hope you’ll reconsider what you might gain and how it could potentially (visually) improve your blog.
All the best,
Hamish (born and bred in Dunedin) Kirkpatrick
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Hamish, that’s the spirit!
My take on it may have been negative, but at least its out there you know!
And maybe I’m being too presumptious about the content of your workshop. Send me more info! What date is it?
Mind you, even at the blogger discount rate, I’m a non-starter when even paying the rent is an issue (got a great whacking rent rise in the mail today).
Dunedin, eh? What school, year etc etc?
I watched NZ/Oz schoolboys “test” on Foxtel the other day, and got a kick out of some of the scenery. And I still dream about central Otago and Wanaka. But me mum always reminds that I’ve been in Melbourne a looooong time now and continue to enjoy opportunities that would hardly ever eventuate in NZ, or Dunedin anyway. It would be a drag to pull up stix only to find out Melbourne really is my home – and where I belong. (having a son here keeps my mind from wandering too far as well!)
Cheers, Kenny
p.s. you mind if I put our correspondence up on my blog?
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Sorry to hear about the rent hike Kenny. The MasterClass is set for Saturday October 30th and is essentially aimed at anyone who wants to take better images of food. From cafe owners, to chefs, to foodie bloggers, to photographers, the class will have benefits for everyone. Not all of it will apply across the board, but everyone will learn something that will ensure they can get better end results. On a personal note – I was educated at OBHS and OU. I have family all through central Otago and spent the school holidays of my youth in Roxburgh, Alexandra, Cromwell, Wanaka, & Queenstown. I also spent three years living in Queenstown in the late 90’s. I’ve been in Australia since 2000 and don’t go back to NZ too much, usually work related or for a funeral – sad but true!
Feel free to post our discussion and I hope you can find the spare cash to attend!
Kind Regards
The teenage union match I spoke of was at OBHS. Man, when I was captain of the KHS hockey team we used to love beating you buggers – although we allus got creamed at rowing coz your lot had superior equipment. Ho ho!
Central Otago rocks – you know what I mean. My Australian friends have been going to NZ more frequently, but always the Bay Of Islands and so on. Tis a shame for them!
OK – thanks for the info. You never know, I may just front up on an impulse basis. Also, since the Bloggers Picnic I think more of my fellow Melbourne foodie bloggers are dropping into mine regularly, so they’ll know about it, too.
Of course, apart from my son maybe the main, biggest reason I can never leave Melbourne is the funky, cheap ethnic eats!
Kenny (in Melb since 1986)
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Ah the old inter-school rivalry. We ‘hated’ you Kings guys! I was more of a basketballer than a rugby head but still managed to make my way to the front row to perform the school haka during the 1st XV matches. And yes Central rocks, I am really enjoying the vino that’s coming out of Otago now too. On the drive from Dunedin to Queenstown you certainly notice that there are a lot less sheep, a lot less stone fruit, and a whole lot more grapes. Tell your friends to get to the South Island, the scenery is better, the air is better, and there’s only about 50 people left so they can have the place pretty much to themselves!
Kind Regards,
Hamish
consider the sauce 
Kenny, you crack me up…hilarious!!
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