A Brief Guide to Success on Instagram: The Easy Way! If your measure of photographic success involves getting more creative, expanding your portfolio, improving your skills, or increasing sales, then read no further, cos’ that’s just ridiculous. No, [...]
A Brief Guide to Lake Tekapo Once a small town you passed through on the way to somewhere else, over the last few years Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, has become a major destination in its own right. [...]
My 2017 in review
A Brief Guide to Karamea Tucked away in the remote north-west corner of the South Island at the end of a no-exit road, Karamea is the quintessential slice of paradise. With relatively few people and vast wildness [...]
A Brief Guide to Lupins Or A Brief Guide to Lupines, If You’re That Way Inclined. Let's cut to the chase. Russell lupins may be pretty (holy moly they're pretty), but in Canterbury, New Zealand, they're an introduced [...]
A Brief Guide to Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park New Zealand has 20 peaks which climb over 3,000m above sea level. Ever the greedy national park when it comes to scenery, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is home to [...]
A Brief Guide to Milford and Doubtful Sounds Fiordland National Park, which makes up a sizable chunk of the 2.6 million hectare Te Wāhipounamu – South West New Zealand World Heritage Area, is home to 15 named [...]
My photography philosophy 'Objective reality' is sometimes defined as being the world that exists outside our minds. It's the physical form of the mountains, the colour of the sky, and the way in which trees sway in the wind, as [...]
My 2016 in review
North Island Adventure with Wilderness Motorhomes I started my last Wilderness trip report by saying I’ve lived in the South Island for most of my life. To expand, the only other place I’ve settled down for any period of [...]