Party Central | Ben Lomond, Queenstown
New Year’s Eve was biting at my heels. Queenstown was the last place I wanted to be on December 31st. The Hills beckoned beyond the...
North of the South | Cape Farewell
Cape Farewell is the northern-most point of the South Island of New Zealand. This breath-taking landmark was discovered by Abel Tasman in...
Good Weather is Bad | Blue Lake, St Bathans
There are at least five Blue Lakes in New Zealand. But this is the only man-made Blue Lake, created as a result of dredging for gold in...
Flat White | Hooker Lake, Mt Cook National Park
In the heart of a cold Kiwi winter, we scored a window of fine weather. Under a blazing blue Canterbury sky, Tom and I ventured out of...
Best of Both Worlds
The iconic Boat Shed Cafe cantilevers over the waters of Nelson Haven. Using buildings within landscape photos does not follow the purist...
Arrow Rock | Nelson, NZ
Sometimes the most interesting landscape shots are a combination of several critical factors; a perfect storm coming together at the...
Boulder Bank | Nelson, NZ
Photographs are merely two-dimensional representations of a 3D reality. To create the illusion of depth, we can layer the subject matter...
First Light
Confession time. I am NOT a morning person. It takes a lot of commitment to set that alarm clock for 5am. But it pays big-time, when you...
Steampunk : Dereliction Revisited
My challenge was to get close enough to eliminate distracting objects. Sometimes there were too many interesting items together. Composition
Delightful Dereliction
Isn't photography is all about recording beauty, or making images which are 'aesthetically pleasing.'