Two weeks in New Zealand just flew by. I was there to attend the Annual Convention of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) held this year in Wellington. Prior to the Convention, I was in Auckland for the Society’s Board meeting. I’ve served as the Chair of the Freelance Council for the last two years — my term ended on the final night of the Wellington Convention. I’ve enjoyed my time on the Board immensely but also look forward to taking some time off to return more focus to my own freelance business. I have lots of thoughts floating around for tweaking my business model and will now have the time to start implementing some of those ideas. 2012 promises to be an exciting year. More on that as it happens.

Since I didn’t have time to post while in New Zealand, I’ll share images now as I go through post-processing. First up is a shot I took on Day One in Auckland. I had just landed that morning and took advantage of some rare free time to walk the city and get my bearings. This is a kinetic sculpture on the waterfront with Auckland’s iconic Sky Tower in the background.