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richard subscribes to the image factory (professionals online) so all your images are available for viewing, sharing & purchasing 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world (yet to be launched) and to the image archives, so your images are protected for life.

associates

I have a wonderful group of people that I know & work with & I am very happy to recommend them to you, should you need any of their services directly:

richardleonardlimited dot com. sorry for the selfless plug upfront! I do a certain number of limited edition prints & I am just beginning to get organised online. If you want to know more, or see what I have to offer before the site is up & running, just let me know.

www.richardleonardlimited.com

Giclee Print Ltd. I get all my canvases from this great company. Despite the french sounding name they are kiwi through & through. Superb quality & great customer service - and they’re friendly too! Based in campbells bay on the north shore, they are one of only two companies I would trust to produce my canvases (and I’m not using the other one at the moment!)

www.gicleeprint.co.nz

Factory Frames. The frames I supply all come from this great store, & I use the main north shore branch (I like to shop local if I can). If you want good, simple frames at an affordable price, you couldn’t do much better... and you can also order a range of their frames online.

www.factoryframes.co.nz

Never Forget. A truly fabulous idea for everyone! Simply register all the important dates you never want to forget, like birthdays, anniversaries or even your own special days, then the team at never forget will make sure you never forget! Does what is says on the tin, to coin a phrase. You can even choose and order a gift online to go with the special occasion you have just been reminded of... of course, I would hope you would choose me!

www.neverforget.co.nz

Beauty2You. Gorgeous Michelle provides most of my hair & makeup services. She is very friendly, efficient, always on time & very good! She would be great for your wedding or special event & she even does galvanic spa treatments...

www.beauty2you.co.nz

The Littlest Heroes Project. A fantastic & growing not for profit organization founded to give children with life altering illnesses & their families a free professional photo session. I have signed up to this wonderful cause, & all you need to do if you unfortunately find yourself in this camp, or know someone who is, is to visit their website & make an application. Depending on what area you are in, they will send you some choices of photographers from whom you can select one.

www.littlestheroesproject.org

The Image Archives. Another one of mine! I run an image archiving service for professional photographers. 3 copies of each file stored offline on hard disk in 3 separate fireproof safes in 3 separate locations & tested 3 times a year...

www.theimagearchives.com

Computer Food. All the ink & most of the paper I use to produce prints comes from the albany branch of this consumables supplier. Friendly service & good value means I hardy ever go elsewhere.

www.consumables.co.nz

ProGear. Buying expensive camera equipment in NZ can be a bit of a lottery. These guys relaunched themselves & really do try harder. If yo want to look at professional gear & get some good advice, pop in & just ask...

www.progear.co.nz

Finda. Obviously google is still the king of search engines & mapping, but I do find that this online directory is the most useful when trying to locate businesses.

www.finda.co.nz

Deep Origin. New Zealand’s best artesian water. It was my pleasure to photograph the owners of this new business & taste their water. It’s great, I heartily recommend it to all. There can be nothing better in this life than meeting beautiful people with beautiful products, can there? Not only is the water great tasting, Deep Origin also brings back the concept of a refund when you return the bottles (if you can bear part with them - they are exquisite!)

www.deeporigin.co.nz

theWriteIdea. if you have kids & they love writing (or you think they should!) check out the write idea. Workshops, tutorials, tips & tricks in creative writing for 11-14 year-olds (mostly)

www.thewriteidea.co.nz

Blind River. fabulous boutique winery in the Malborough region. Their wines have a recognisable, signature aroma & flavour, enough to win ‘the Sisters’ 2009 Sauvignon Blanc a Highly Commended in the Sydney International Wine Competition this year... I’ve been there, tried it & loved it... If you missed out on your chance to get 3 bottles for free in my September Offer, go here to order some direct (if they’ve got any left!) - http://shop.blindriver.co.nz. I can’t recommend them highly enough!