During my travels I came across this field with a hedge running through it. It is a simple composition but I wanted to explore the shapes and planes without the distraction of details in the scene.Sometimes I over complicate a photograph so it is refreshing...
One of the things about living in a provincial city is that its not far to some rural country side where I can explore the landscape. Yesterday while driving out of town I noticed some dramatic light, I was able to pull to the side...
Today I went for a drive, a bit aimless but off I went. I found a new gravel road that I didn't know existed, so I drove down it and found new landscapes that I had never seen before. I found this stand of trees...
Today on my drive home I noticed the sun heading towards the horizon, all day there have been layers of cloud and the position of the sun added to the layered effect. To emphasise the layers in the clouds I needed a simple foreground that...
One of the challenges in landscape photography is keeping it simple, we see so much that we want to get it all in, when sometimes the shot is in the details.Like this tree, it caught my eye as I was driving back to town. The...
Any one who knows me knows that I am a sucker for reflections, always looking for reflections in my photographs. Reflecting on my own work is also important, this is the reason that I enter the NZIPP awards and try to get to the awards...
Photography is about light and I love chasing spectacular light. While I was on the beach the other day the sun went down behind some clearing rain clouds and the sun burst through around the clouds. Some people say to me that I am lucky to...
In my pre digital days there was nothing that pleased me more than working with my 4x5 inch large format camera, shooting black and white film and developing it in my darkroom. Since changing to digital I have worked mainly in colour and when colleagues...
Today we had a bit of storm cloud coming through, so I did what any sane person would do I headed for the beach. Sunsets after storms are usually stunning, while this one did not reach great heights it was still quite colourful.It is interesting...
I have been exploring a new piece of coastline, for me anyway as it has always been there. As I was clambering over rocks to get the the spot that I wanted to take a photo I heard a loud scrapping sound, thinking that it...