Morning Shrine
Darkness slowly gives way to the warmth of light, mid-summer on a vast stretch of coastal wilderness. Birds awaken and the sea and shore is illuminated as a new day begins.
Fiordland Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Ocean Alps
Ocean, light and ice crested mountains. Mount Cook graces the skyline, the tallest point in all of Australasia.
South Westland, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Reach
Beholding sun and storm, these towers rise to the sky on a secluded shoreline in the Fiordland wilderness, reaching for any glimpse of light. Like us all.
Fiordland Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Stand Alone
Life and hope, on a stretch of desolate shore.
Golden Bay, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Not Yet Lost
A shore of ancient ruins, torn from the land and sculpted by the sea. Bruised but not broken, their beauty and might is not yet lost.
Fiordland Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
The Gift Of Light
I’m privileged to have beheld such skies may times, but each time always feels like the first. As cloud, water and land reflect and glow the atmospheric fire for a brief moment in time.
Karitane, New Zealand (2022)
Belief
Where glaciated mountains rise from the depths of lush rainforest and the sun-kissed waters of the ocean dance at their feet. This is the real New Zealand.
Mount Cook, West Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
The Silent Teacher
A simple scene of stone and sea, on a remote coastal wilderness on the far south of Fiordland. Without speech, these resilient rocks have a way of speaking volumes to me.
Fiordland Coast, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Set Fire
A blast of blazing light cast upon the shore, one winters afternoon on a remote shoreline in the deep south.
Masons Bay, Stewart Island South Island New Zealand (2022)
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)