The Guardian
The highest of mountains, Aoraki Mt Cook, keeping watch over the shores of the South Island in a purple haze of light and salt.
West Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Letting go
The subtle retreat and refraction of light.
Bruce Bay, South Island New Zealand (2022)
The Calm
The often ink like and eerily calm waters of the inner fiords can easily fool you to thinking you’re inland and not on the surface of the sea. Although the occasional gull, dolphin or seal have a way of breaking the silence to remind you.
Wet Jacket Arm, Fiordland South Island New Zealand (2022)
Gold Coast
The late summers sun makes its way to the horizon, painting the land, sea and sky in a golden palete fit for royalty.
Motukiekie, West Coast New Zealand (2022)
Upon The Sand
Sand and light, beside the edge of the sea once winters afternoon as the sun began to descend.
Masons Bay, Stewart Island South Island New Zealand (2022)
Survival
A lone pinnacle of rock, continues to withstand the storm, refusing to fall.
Karitane, New Zealand (2022)
Energy
Sun, waves, bird-life and remnants of a former time. An endless energy set in motion, which we are but humble participants.
Motukiekie, West Coast New Zealand (2022)
Emerald Wave
A momentary figure of water and light.
St Clair Beach, Dunedin South Island New Zealand (2022)
Creation From Destruction
The ongoing erosion and scarring of storms, has slowly shaped and worn upon this vast coastal wilderness. A relatable process that can initially seem destructive on the surface, but in time, gives way to a marvellous new creation.
Fiordland Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Water And Light
The surface of the sea, adorned in a golden flood of light.
Gemstone Beach, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Aloft
Water, mountains and a flood of glorious light across a land once born from adversity.
Jackson Bay, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Breakthrough
Fiordland is defined by water and light, with its grand beauty on full display here, as the evening sun separates a multitude of valleys and paints the surface of the sea.
Breaksea Sound, Fiordland South Island New Zealand (2022)
Timeless
As the sun made it’s awaited descent, I sat and beheld the colours spread and transform in both water and sky. A mere bystander in a seemingly timeless scene of beauty and peace.
Motukiekie, West Coast New Zealand (2022)
Sparkle
The Aurora Australis, breaking the darkness as it sparkled and glowed all through the night. This particularly image has been 4 years in the making and what a gift it was, to finally behold this sight in Fiordland.
Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Spectre
A frozen world greeted by a hint of winters light, in the heart of the mountains.
West Coast, New Zealand (2021)
Solace
At the feet of glacially carved mountains, where temperate rainforest greets the salt waters of the sea. This is Fiordland.
Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound Fiordland New Zealand (2021)
Clothed In Light
Frozen giants embracing the subtle warmth of winters light.
West Coast, New Zealand (2021)
Snow Valley
Mountains and forest adorned in snow, in a vast wilderness.
Hollyford Valley Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Celestial
Above a sea of cloud, where mountains reign and the full moon broke the darkness of night. A cherished memory, where many conditions briefly aligned to behold this moment. Aerial perspective, single exposure.
Mt Cook and Tasman, West Coast New Zealand (2021)
Gilded
Between snow flurries, as morning light gilded the resilient forest.
Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Into The Heavens
Where valleys are shrouded in cloud and mountains break free and rise into the heavens.
West Coast, New Zealand (2021)
Land Before Time
The icons of the grand fiord.
Bowen Falls and Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, Fiordland New Zealand (2021)
Grand Awakening
A sublime moment as falling snow soon gave way to a chorus of angelic light, in the heart of the valley.
Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Sun Drenched
Sun drenched wilderness above the fiords.
Vancouver Arm, Dusky Sound Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Snow Wave
Afternoon light scattered across waves of fresh snow and ice.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Empire Of Ice
The frozen kingdom of the Southern Alps.
Mount Tasman and Fox Neve, New Zealand (2021)
Revealing
A brief clearing amidst the wonders of a snow storm.
Hollyford Valley, Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Storm Heart
An approaching storm embraces the rigid walls of the mightiest fiord.
Milford Sound, Fiordland New Zealand (2021)
Tranquility
In the far, remote shores of Wet Jacket Arm in the Fiordland wilderness. A special place where rainforest greets the edge of the sea and mountains rise from the deepest of depths.
Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound Fiordland New Zealand (2021)