It’s been a while! Hope you all had a chilled out holiday season! Straight into it. It seems as though the nominations for the very first New Zealand SOTY have ruffled a few feathers, huh? I guess it has to be expected. I’m in this kinda… More ›
Here are a few recent pics… some have been in print, some on my website and others haven’t been seen at all. Check them out below. Watch this if you want a laugh. More ›
I was just remembering that photo of the business man riding the suitcase scooter from a couple of weeks ago, and how awesome he was. I kinda got psyched on him and his whole vibe, and started searching stock image libraries for really embarrassing skateboarding… More ›
Last week I moved to Bondi Beach, that oasis of hipsterdom, home of the Oportos triple fillet, refuge of the expat Kiwi and the great sun burnt beacon for all British travelers. Most people would be pretty psyched to be close to the beach with… More ›
A friend sent me a link to a new travel product the other week. An integrated wheelie case scooter. It’s target market? Very obviously the jet set commuter. The type of person who flies short distances, say between Auckland and Wellington, or Sydney and Melbourne… More ›
I don’t know whether I did something awful in a past life or if I’ve just had really bad luck, but ever since I started shooting the same shitty thing has been happening to me. Right from the outset, the very first photo I had… More ›
I went back to New Zealand last weekend to help my Mum move house. My long suffering Mother, bless her heart, has kept pretty much every magazine I’ve ever been published in. She’s also kept every old hat, T-Shirt, school book, roll of film and… More ›
I’m off back to New Zealand for a weekend to visit friends and family, and it dawned on me it’s the first time in recent memory that I’ve travelled without all of my photographic junk. I’m pretty excited to turn up, check in and get… More ›
There is a lot of pressure on skate photographers to come up with new and interesting ways to interpret tricks and spots these days. For whatever reason, be it the location or the actual trick, it’s often not possible to go crazy with your technique… More ›
So, you’ve got your Opteka 6.5mm Fish-eye. It’s just arrived from B&H, and you’ve chucked it on the front of your 7D, because of course you film too, and now you’re off down the park to shoot some snaps. You’re thinking how sick it’s gonna… More ›
Recently I’ve been deep in skate photos, but believe it or not, skating isn’t everything. Here are three photographers, that over the last decade or so, I’ve drawn inspiration from in one way or another. These three shoot in an easily discernible documentary style, as… More ›
I’ve got some pics this week, no crooked opinion or stream of consciousness from me. I seem to be shooting all my photos on Instagram lately, so for a change here are some pics that have either been in print, or on the flip side,… More ›
I started to write a blog about what I felt was missing from the excellent video Jake posted earlier this week, from skate photographer Michael Burnett. I was going to say he didn’t really touch on how mind numbingly boring a centred composition is, but… More ›
I remember vividly the last time I fanned out on a pro skater. The Circa team came out to NZ in 2001/2 and did a decent tour around the country. I bumped into Jamie Thomas and Adrian Lopez at the departure terminal in Auckland Airport… More ›
“We spend more time in schools than most paedophiles” This quote from Jake Mein regarding skate photographers made me laugh. He’s right though. Going into schools to skate is probably my least favourite thing to do. I’m hyper aware of the damage caused by skating,… More ›
I am often asked what gear I use by eager young skate photographers, especially my flash equipment, so I thought I’d try my best to talk a bit about the lighting gear I have, and where I think is a good place to start. The… More ›
So the Issue of SLAM with my Creature Tour coverage is on the shelves today. I think I mentioned in a previous blog that it rained a lot of the time, so here are a few of the left over shots of us chilling and… More ›