
What I learned about working with Ice
Well that is easy! Unless it is landscape and you are photographing some epic scene in the great New Zealand outdoors, don’t work with ice.
Ok thanks for reading and have a great ...
5 Reasons Not To Work With ICE
Commercial and Events, Strobist, Tutorials

For quite a while I have been wanting to do a dark self portrait series based on the movie Fight Club. The location was a bit of a problem, but it just so happened that I found the perfect spot, so all that I needed was the ...
Fight Club Themed Self Portrait Photoshoot
Fashion - Editorial Shoots, Portraits, Strobist

I was approached here at Professional Photos by J who is an Aerial Performer with the Dust Palace. They do amazing routines and are a really talented bunch of people. A photoshoot that has something different about it, is ...
Amazing Aerial Performer Photoshoot
Fashion - Editorial Shoots, Portraits, Strobist, Uncategorized

Professionalphotos have been doing quite a bit of event work recently around Auckland and much of that, has been both private and corporate event photography. Photographing events is a little like photographing a wedding and ...
6 Tips for taking better Event Photos
Commercial and Events, Tutorials

This year I was lucky enough to be able to go to New Zealand's Premiere Nostalgic Event, the Beach Hop 2017 with some friends. While not going as an official Professional Photos photographer, I did take my camera gear along ...
Photographing at Beach Hop 2017
Commercial and Events

A Model Portfolio Photoshoot on the Edge of a Storm
This was a photoshoot that went a little wrong but we pushed through and managed to get some great images. The original plan was to do a bikini photoshoot with a model in ...
Model Photoshoot in a Storm
Fashion - Editorial Shoots, Portraits, Strobist

It has been an interesting summer in New Zealand and I managed to get back down to Lake Taupo and Mount Ruapehu towards the end of summer. There was a road trip in Spring but that was pretty much rained out. You can view ...
Photos of Lake Taupo and Mount Ruapehu
Landscapes - Postcards and Pictures

I have been wanting to take some sunrise photographs at an Auckland beach location over the summer. This location has a great wharf and a beautiful view, so that combination should surely be a winner in my landscape ...
Photos of Sunrise at Wharf with Foggy Surprise
Landscapes - Postcards and Pictures

So what is so great about a tree by the beach? In New Zealand, the Pohutukawa Tree is also called the New Zealand Christmas Tree, because it blooms with magnificent red flowers, from early December through to just after ...
Photographing Pohutukawa Trees on the Beach
Landscapes - Postcards and Pictures

Recently I had the opportunity to photograph some sisters in the Professionalphotos studio set up and this was a real joy. One of the key things about any portrait photos is to try and have fun. This means that as a ...

Here at Professionalphotos, edgy is what we do the best and the chance to take some family portraits that look as if they are straight off a music album cover, is so much fun. Once again I was approached by one of my repeat ...

Recently I went on a Professionalphotos Photo Challenge to photograph some of the best spots in Rotorua. This is a major tourist town in New Zealand and it is also the geothermal capital of the country.
My mission was to ...