I was stoked to receive this message today for this image… "Congratulations, you’re a finalist in the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year competition. You’ve got reason to be proud of it—there were more than 6000 entries and the standard was very high." You can go online and vote for your choice of images here: https://www.nzgeo.com/photography/photographer-of-the-year-2021-finalists Thanks, This was an image I captured in Southland on my drive home from one of my photography workshops in the Catlins. Such a beautiful part of New Zealand ..read more

With international travel and photo expeditions on hold - it has allowed me the opportunity to create breathtaking content in my own “big backyard”. Recently I worked with the amazing team from Heli Glenorchy and Heliworks Queenstown to create a new video which was showcased last week to the travel industry. They have received fantastic feedback and interest in their products from this project. Here is a look behind the scenes during my recent commercial video/photoshoot for Heli Glenorchy and Heliworks Queenstown. We started off with a series of air-to-air shots. I was harnessed into one hel ..read more

Thanks to everyone who participated and entered the #CMflattenthecurve photo challenge. It was fantastic to see so many people taking part and keeping themselves occupied in a creative way through lock down. The judging process was difficult as there were so many quality images. Thanks everyone for being a part of this, it was a lot of fun and I hope it helped brighten your days as much as mine! A big thanks also to the suppliers of the great prizes! Rab New Zealand, Nikon New Zealand, Manfrotto and Lowepro Bags. Winner - Nikon Z50 Camera with 16-50mm Lens Sady - @sady_k_photography This ima ..read more

I created images of my own on Facebook and on my Instagram page @chris_mclennan1 everyday during New Zealand’s lock down. What started as a fun project for myself turned into a truly incredible display of photographic creativity from around the world. Thanks to Nikon NZ, Rab, Lowepro Bags and Manfrotto for getting behind this fun project and offering fantastic prizes to be given away to photographers who stayed home and got creative. There are over 1200 photos to review and I will be sharing who the lucky winners are within the next week. Please enjoy the following images from some of the amaz ..read more

I have been part of the Lowepro Bags Loweprofessional ambassador program for many years now. Recently I worked closely with Lowepro on the redesign of the Pro Trekker series which was launched a little over 6 months ago. During that process I hauled numerous samples out into the field to put them to a true test. On one of those field test, Lowepro bag designer Danny Meservey and then Lowepro photographer Aurora joined me on an incredible adventure to Moab, Utah and Navajo Nation / Monument Valley. We traveled for a few days through this beautiful landscape with our camera gear in tow to put th ..read more

I have been fortunate to explore many regions of Africa. Spectacular wildlife is all around and there is never a dull moment. Enjoy these views from the sky of the spectacular landscape and animals that roam this part of the world ..read more