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  • Visual Stories to fuel your wanderlust and guide your next adventure.

  • In-Depth Tutorials covering everything from mastering camera settings to advanced editing techniques.

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Here’s a sample of previous articles

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Master Lightroom’s Tone Controls to Perfect Exposure, Contrast, and Balance
Master Lightroom’s Tone Controls to Perfect Exposure, Contrast, and Balance

Lightroom’s Tone controls are some of the most powerful tools for shaping the light, depth, and mood of your photos. In this guide, I break down how to use the five essential sliders — Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks — to correct common issues, recover detail, and add creative impact. You’ll also learn how these controls interact with the histogram, and how to apply them with confidence to achieve balanced, natural-looking results. By the end, you’ll know how to turn good photos into stunning images with depth, richness, and polish.

Golden Hours: Four Mornings in the Mist
Golden Hours: Four Mornings in the Mist

Over several mist‑filled mornings below Te Mata Peak, I set out to capture more than just the view — I wanted to express the quiet mood and shifting light of the Tukituki Valley. This series presents images with a more interpretive approach, revealing the beauty, atmosphere, and subtle rhythms of Hawke’s Bay in golden light.

Through Moss and Mist: Hiking the Routeburn Track
Through Moss and Mist: Hiking the Routeburn Track

An itinerary with photos, gear tips, and a personal account of a 3-day hike of the Routeburn Track, one of New Zealand’s most scenic Great Walks.

Photographing Northland
Photographing Northland

This visual journey follows Northland’s Twin Coast Discovery Highway, taking you through the Kauri Coast to the Far North, before returning via the Bay of Islands to Whangārei. Travelling in our motorhome, we dedicated two weeks to thoroughly revisit familiar spots and uncover new ones.