two of my favourite things in one shot

two of my favourite things in one shot

I’m trying to psychologically prepare for the pain of my crossfit session tonight (after a few days rest), but I’m still dreading it so thought I’d “escape” for a while and write you an email. Here’s a shot that contains two of my favourite things. 1. The challenge of...
more photographers’ panic

more photographers’ panic

I’ve talked about the “Photographers Panic” recently. This shot is probably the most extreme version of the panic I’ve ever experienced! I took it in a town in NZ called Wanaka, a place which is quite famous for a particular tree (which I didn’t take any photos...
Let’s all just take a moment

Let’s all just take a moment

This is a shot of lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. About half way along the road to Glenorchy from Queenstown. Sonia and I had spent the afternoon exploring the copious stopping points along the lakes edge and came back to this spot for sunset because it had some great...
Paddy melons

Paddy melons

Don’t you love it when you hear about something amazing for the first time and it leaves you wondering “how am I only hearing about this now?!” That happened to me when I first visited Tasmania. The first half of our visit, Sonia and I were on a tour with a...
Running towards hazards

Running towards hazards

I took this shot a while back on a photography trip to Tasmania. It’s of a mountain range known as “The Hazards”. Most of the day leading up to this sunset was really dark, wet and miserable and we’d pretty much written off taking any great photos. I’d go as far as...
Speke wreck

Speke wreck

Yesterday I wrote about those rare, stunning sunrises where the intensity and colour build and build until the tipping point where the conditions climax, then in a flash, the colour and light is gone. Now on the flip side you get those mornings where it’s cold, wet,...