Alan Blundell

Alan is a photographer based in Wellington, New Zealand.  From a background in Architecture, the former Hotelier and Father of 4, decided to start a photography blog in 2016 using the handle 'bokeh street' to showcase his work with LEICA camera gear.

His Ohtel was featured in: Wallpaper, NY Times, The Guardian, Vogue Living and Urbis

2021 Wellington photographer of the year finalist and writer for NZ Photographer magazine, Alan is building a vast portfolio of Street, Portrait and Landscape work.

Emerging photo-journalism work covering events such as ’Hikoi’ and ’Protest’ - capturing Treaty Rights and Freedom Coalition rallies in the Capital confirm his ability to capture the emotion and essence of any situation.

From Wainuiomata, Alan works for Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira and is available for commissions and media engagements by appointment.

All images are original and ©

Bokeh

(Originally /ˈboʊkɛ/, /ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay — also sometimes pronounced as /ˈboʊkə/ BOH-kə, Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light"