Beholden
Quiet waters beneath the grand peaks of the Southern Alps, awoken in the light of a new day.
Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman, New Zealand
Oracle
Alone one morning, I was graced with this ephemeral view. A humble bystander as a rare fogbow came to life in the light of a new winters day.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Paradigm
A brief window in time, where mountains rise from a sea of cloud, into in the final rays of the sinking sun.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Oscillation
To me, the great beauty of the Southern Alps is their close proximity to the sea, where the highest peaks rise to a towering 12,000ft above the surface of the water. Finding and accessing locations that reveal this relationship is not simple, but some of these views are the greatest in the country.
Mt Tasman, West Coast New Zealand
Sawtooth
A fleeting window in time, where I was grateful to be a mere bystander amidst a greater work of art.
The Great Divide, New Zealand
Harbinger
A day where light, snow and shadow all danced across the landscape, adorning it in white.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Arcadia
A calm winters afternoon, in the heart of the mountains.
Celmisia/Tikumu beneath Aoraki/Mt Cook, New Zealand
Monarch
The tallest mountains in New Zealand, rising proudly from the lowland forests and lagoon waters on the West Coast.
Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman, New Zealand
Purity
The simplistic beauty of winter, decorating a typical Fiordland scene of mountains, forest and light.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Upon The Dawn
Compressed mountain layers, captured at 400mm when flying around the summits at 100km/h in a small plane. Lining these up can be a little tricky, particularly when being bounced around by up draughts.
Southern Alps, New Zealand
Time Of Noah
Three times higher than Niagara Falls, here is Stirling Falls in Milford Sound, captured in the midst of a torrential downpour. It’s taken me quite a few years to capture an image here that portrays all that I love about this place.
Milford Sound (2019)
Disappearing Falls
A place where wild seas break at the feet of mountains and waterfalls are lifted into the stormiest of skies.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Pulse
An aerial perspective of the West Coast of New Zealand, looking down upon a light streaked river winding its way from the mountains to the sea.
A Voice In The Silence
A temporary light that broke the veil of the storm. A face to face reminder to keep pressing forward.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Ice Blast
A display of sastrugi, mid-winter in the high mountains of the Southern Alps, New Zealand.
Storm King
Milford Sound in Fiordland, a gateway to the sea and one of the wettest places on planet earth. Glaciers once carved these giant granite towers which now endure the violent storms that blast down the fiord. Mitre Peak is the iconic jewel of the landscape, revealed here in all its storm born glory.
Fiordland, New Zealand
Firesky
Queenstown is well positioned for spectacular sunrises, with cloud often forming over the nearby mountains but clear skies present far out east. This recipe can make for some incredible dawns and I have witnessed this type of light in Queenstown a number of times. This one really went to another level though, with everything in the sky, water and land stained in rich crimson.
Vessels
Glacial meltwater flowing from distant valleys, a landscape once dominated by ice.
Glenorchy, New Zealand
Break Through
No other place stirs my heart like Fiordland, even the name itself evokes lofty thoughts. Whether in the midst of chaotic storms or amidst a window of calm, beauty abounds. Here, the veil of cloud is lifted as the sun sets over the horizon at Dusky Sound.
Rise Up
This is the closest beach to my home in New Zealand, just over an hours drive and much different than those I grew up beside in Australia. The ocean can be incredibly violent down here, with strong winds often battering the coast. On a calm day, these views are some of the finest in the world. Captured at sunset as the afternoon sun painted the land and sea gold.
Fiordland, New Zealand
From The Ruins
Where glaciers once ruled, by the smoking mountains of Fiordland, looking West over Doubtful Sound one afternoon as we waited for the sun to sink low enough to inflame the lingering cloud.
Fiordland, New Zealand
The Vision
After 2 previous trips to Patagonia and having the weather deny me, this was a sight I’ve truly longed to see. The mighty Cerro Torre framed by the unmistakable fall colours in this beautiful region of Argentina.
Cerro Torre, Patagonia
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Valley of the fiord
10,000 ft up, looking across the steep valleys to the high throne of Fiordland with Mount Tutoko and Madeline standing above the sea of petrified stone.
Fiordland, New Zealand