Above the Fog
The valley fills. The ridgeline holds.
There are mornings when the world below disappears. Valleys fill with cloud, ridgelines emerge like islands, and the familiar landscape becomes something else entirely — vast, quiet, and strangely weightless. These images are made from above the weather, where fog and mist have transformed the land at scale. The elevation changes everything.
Ethereal Valley | Hawke's Bay
Golden Mist in the Tukituki Valley | Hawke's Bay
Land against Fog | Hawke's Bay
Most mornings the fog is gone before most people are awake. These images were made in the hour before that — when the valleys were still full and the light was just arriving. Te Mata Peak is fifteen minutes from my front door. I've made that drive more times than I can count.
Light up the Peak | Hawke's Bay
Early Gift | Havelock North, Hawke's Bay
Whatawhata Morning Fog | Waikato
Fog inversion is a specific thing. It needs cold air settling overnight, still conditions, and enough moisture in the valley. When it works, the landscape you thought you knew disappears entirely. Like discovering a new world.
Ethereal Cadence | Tukituki Valley, Hawke's Bay
Trees on the Edge | Hawke's Bay
Nature's Autumn Palette | Arrowtown, Otago
The forecast is not always reliable for this. You go anyway, because the mornings you stay home are the ones you regret. Sometimes you get nothing. Sometimes you get everything. The hills don't negotiate.
Mist over the Routeburn River | Mount Aspiring National Park
The Hills’ Little Guardians | Hawke's Bay
Hues of Surprise | Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay
Connected Perspectives
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Explore the regional geography and specific local horizons that provided the canvas for these works:
BY NARRATIVE
Read the stories into the 'why' behind the work — the method, personal reflections and the journey:
Bring the Stillness Home
Selected images from this collection are available as archival fine art prints. If one of these images has stayed with you, it can stay with you properly.
