Debbie reading the newspaper outside the town library in Kaikoura, New zealand. Kaikoura is all about whale watching - hence this mural of a whale. I like the composition of this shot so that you can't see the rest of…
In Cambodia, like lots of places in South East Asia, the locals have a very flexible view of road safety. Helmets? Who needs 'em? The basic idea is to pile as many as you can on to the motorbike (children…
Debbie and I meet this young girl in Tonle Sap Cambodia. Tonle Sap is near Ankor Wat but few travellers ever visit. The whole community is cut off when the lake floods for much of the year. The houses are built…
I woke up about an hour earlier than I needed to get this sunrise shot of the Nugget point light house in New Zealand. I had to scramble up a hill and sit in the cold freezing my nuts off…
This is probably the most photographed waterfall in New Zealand. Purakaunui Waterfall is in the Catlins on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island.
A goldminer's cottage in the historic town of Arrowtown, near Queenstown in New Zealand. There was lots of bright dappled light and dark shadows so it isn't as good as it would be if I had returned when the light…
This shot was taken on the West Coast road to Karame, heading towards the Kahurangi National Park. It was right on sunset so I did three exsposures using a tripod to capture the colours in the sky and in the…
I love this sheep – well not literally of course – but check out his horns. He was in a paddock full of rams with equally impressive head gear but this one was decent enough to look straight at me.…
These little fellas are fairly common in New Zealand. The black ones like these are called Variable Oystercatchers and the black and white ones are called Pied Oystercatchers. They live on sandy beaches just above the tide line.
These springs in the South Island of New Zealand claim to be some of the world’s clearest fresh water. If you want to photograph them at their best you need an absolutely windless day without a ripple on the water…
This Mountain Gorilla lives on the top of what I'm sure must be the steepest volcano in the Congo, a country renowned for steep volcanoes. But ain't he beautiful? The trick is,’ explained our guide, ‘don’t show any fear. If…
This young Hamer girl is from Southern Ethiopia. I meet her at a market near a small dusty place called Tumi while researching the Ethiopian guidebook for Lonely Planet. The Hamer are one of the more friendly tribes in the…
This photo pretty much speaks for itself. While researching the Lonely Planet guide for Ethiopia I went to Omo Valley and met their most famous tribe – the Mursi. While it may appear as freaky as hell to us, it…
Crocs are a dime a dozen in the Uganda section of the White Nile in Murchison Falls National Park. They lay all over each other basking in the sun on the banks. A telephoto lens comes in handy if you…
This shot was taken in Moria Gate, Kahurangi National Park, on the west coast of the South Island in New Zealand. The biggest challenge - getting the campervan up the metal road to the car park. It had been raining…