Just a quick note to say I can’t believe it’s been twenty years today since the premiere of Peter Jackson’s King Kong, at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington!

I was an accredited photographer in the media pen that day (as I had been for several previous premieres of Peter Jackson films by then), and knew by this time to get there early to have the view towards the cinema along the red carpet; and, as ever the sun came out and gave us all incredible lens flare when looking back towards the stage—but eventually it set…