{"id":10979,"date":"2019-11-04T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T21:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=10979"},"modified":"2019-11-04T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T21:21:48","slug":"new-zealand-aria-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10979","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Aria 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-55.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aria 2019 winner, Elizabeth Mandeno with runner up, Ayako Ohtake.\" class=\"wp-image-10982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-55.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-55.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-55.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Aria 2019 winner, Elizabeth Mandeno with runner up, Ayako Ohtake.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend saw the finals of the New Zealand Aria 2019. This is the eleventh year that I have covered this event and it is always an enjoyable evening. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/galleries\/stage-shows\/nz-aria\/aria-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Aria 2019 gallery (opens in a new tab)\">Aria 2019 gallery<\/a> for all the images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-23.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kirsten Jones performs Puccini\u2019s Vissi d\u2019arte to gain third placing in the NZ Aria 2019\" class=\"wp-image-10980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-23.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-23.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-23.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Kirsten Jones performs Puccini\u2019s Vissi d\u2019arte to gain third placing in the NZ Aria 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is always lovely to see young talent achieve excellent results with their hard work and I really don\u2019t envy the judges their task in separating them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-39.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-39.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-39.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aria2019-web-39.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Winner of NZ Aria 2000, James Harrison, returned as guest artist in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My role is simply to photograph the event and having done it for so long I am able to relax and enjoy the performances. The current venue at the Destiny Church is a challenging one to work in because of poor lighting. This was a little better this year with the addition of a light for the performers which was absent and very frustrating last year. The downside was that the light stand obstructed my shooting position so I had to shoot from another spot that didn\u2019t have full coverage of the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One anxiety for me this year was that I have traded my deliciously quiet Nikon D810 for a D850. The only thing that I dislike about the new camera body is the shutter sound which is significantly louder. Loud shutters during a performance are not good so I decided to use live-view and completely silent shutter release is possible in this mode. I find it more difficult than using the optical viewfinder but it worked well and got the job done unobtrusively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos with Nikon D850 and Nikon 70-200mm f2.8VRII.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend saw the finals of the New Zealand Aria 2019. This is the eleventh year that I have covered this event and it is always an enjoyable evening. See the Aria 2019 gallery for all the images. 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I have photographed the NZ Aria finals for the past 8 years and each year seems better than the last. The NZ Aria 2016 was again of an amazingly high standard with the judges having the unenviable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aria&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aria","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/aria"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NZAria2016-59.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NZAria2016-59.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NZAria2016-59.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NZAria2016-59.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/499","url_meta":{"origin":10979,"position":5},"title":"NZ Aria 2012","author":"tony","date":"October 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Having spent yesterday covering the Aria I spent this morning editing the photos and had\u00a0them\u00a0all ready to upload by midday. 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