Alan, at Ohtel by Christian Houge

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 + FUJI 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 ’Protest’ - capturing the Freedom Coalition rallies in the Capital confirm his ability to capture the emotion and essence of any situation.

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"