An unseasonably calm winter’s day took me well offshore exploring by boat into Cook Strait where I witnessed and recorded a wildlife feeding frenzy not often seen.  In the water, New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri) were diving to catch Frostfish (Lepidopus caudatus), a very long almost snake like fish, but their length required the seal to bring the fish to the surface in order the thrash and rip them apart, taking several minutes per fish. The splashing and commotion caused a large collection of Mollymawks (small albatrosses) to arrive and battle over any morsels flung from th ..read more

A science background made shooting the BRANZ Annual Review an interesting undertaking.  Meeting and capturing the work of many of our top building and materials scientists dealing with applied real world issues in the building industry was fascinating, and working alongside an experienced and capable team of in house designers, writers and publishers was satisfying.  The final report we crafted has just been released here.   Below are a few example pages and a brief explanation of the design and photographic themes involved… The sections were based around light based themes, ‘l ..read more

We licensed our third photo for tattoo use recently, and our client shared the result, committing the photo to skin forever. Original file is here, and the other tattoo photos are here ..read more

We specialise in large image files for superior mural reproduction quality, especially in close viewing distance murals.  Here are some recent examples clients have shared with us: Hospital waiting room mural for calming influence. Awhitu Peninsula. Image ID: 53147   Spectacular glass splashback (printed by Thermaseal, Chch). Image ID: 62829   Kitchen splashback. Otago, New Zealand. Image ID: 63425   Laundry glass splashback. Tongariro National Park. Image ID: 37304 ..read more

We do a lot of kitchen splashbacks, because we’re one of the few NZ image providers that specifically shoot massive panorama type files for high quality large images with close viewing distances like kitchens. Here are a few that customers have shared with us -we love see final use images like these shared. Drop us a line if you need a quote, and we can also often help recommend high quality glass printers and installers ..read more

We do a lot of large interior murals due to our very large file creation processes. This one stood out today, printed on Contra Vision film (perforated window film often seen on buses) and applied to a large boardroom glass wall. It looks so realistic that we wonder how many people might accidentally try to walk through it?  Original photo, Nelson Lakes National Park track, at: https://www.naturespic.com/newzealand/image.asp?id=25963 ..read more

Finalist in the Photographer of the Year again with this frame recently taken to illustrate sea level rise. “While documenting sea-level rise, Rob Suisted attempted to create an image that showed the built environment under attack at the coast. “Hence the focus on the dynamic battle of textures and energy in the foreground,” says Suisted, “while homes sit above as benign observers seeming oblivious to the changes happening.” Click to go vote for your favourites amongst some outstanding work now ..read more

We do a lot of kitchen splashbacks. Posting this one because we love our endemic native Kea, the true alpine expert, and this was a cool use. Here’s the original photo file that was used to print direct to glass by Thermaseal in Christchurch with an advanced ceramic printer ..read more

Been a run of enjoyable story portraits for www.NZGeo.com recently. NZ Story Portraits of, Ocean Mercier, Meng Foon, Linda Shum, Kirsten Wong with Gordon Wu These are portraits of I’ll explain them in more detail below… Ocean Mercier, Super Conductor Dr Ocean Mercier become the first Māori woman to earn a doctorate in physics, with a thesis on superconducting materials.  Soon, she became a superconductor herself—a powerful conduit between stories, people and knowledge, between Western science and mātauranga Māori, traditional knowledge. Mercier is now head of Te Kawa a Māui, the School ..read more

Nice interview with Emile Donovan, Radio New Zealand, about recent projects, winning NZ photographer of the year, and a few other things we gassed on about.  Audio link here ..read more