Combining my passion for storytelling with photography

Antarctic peninsula aboard the Ocean Endeavour

In February 2024 I travelled to the Antarctic peninsula with my father, a very fit octogenarian, though if anyone asked him his age on the trip he would tell you he was 22. Having talked about going to Antarctica for a long time, when Intrepid put up a great...

Best tips for photographing Vivid Sydney

I attended Vivid for the first time this year (2024) and found it hard to find a lot of information on where and how to get good photos of the event. These tips for photographing Vivid Sydney are based on this first visit...

Autumn colours in Twizel: My top 10 places

We all know autumn is beautiful across New Zealand. Autumn colours in Twizel draw me to the MacKenzie every year. This blog captures some of my favourite places to gather shots of the stunning displays. There are photography tips at the end if you’re interested....

10 spots to explore in and around Golden Bay

On a recent holiday in our camper, we had more time to explore in and around Golden Bay. This is an amazing part of New Zealand and it was great see it in more depth. [ngg src="galleries" ids="97"...

New Zealand Birds

This blog documents the New Zealand birds I have photographed . Some are endemic (only found in NZ) some native (naturally occur in NZ). I have put a table of contents at the back if you want to look for a particular bird. I put this together almost 2 years ago so am...

Devon & Cornwall – 2016 trip

Apr 30, 2016

Devon and Cornwall I am 'sat here' as the locals would say, writing another blog well behind now. Cam has gone into the Fleet Air Museum in Yeovile and usually I would be quite happy to go too but just wasn’t in the mood hence catching up on a blogs. We left...

Hawaii, Honalulu and Maui

Apr 23, 2013

Honolulu here we come So yes I do know we have not long ago, if a year is not long ago, already had a trip the two of us but here we go again, and for the same reason as last year- this is Cams third attempt to go on the Governance course. I vetoed it three years ago...

Sabah, Borneo: a families adventure

Apr 8, 2013

A family trip to explore Sabah in Borneo with lot of ideas, few solid plans and lots of adventure

Vietnam and Cambodia family trip

Oct 19, 2006

This blog is made up of emails sent back from our Vietnam family travels, it wasn't easy to find places to send them in 2006 and you had to type and send so no time for proof reading! It should give a flavour of our trip. Trip was from the 23 September to 18th of...