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Photography and Film Work from Queenstown, New Zealand
Case studies and educational guides from real shoots across New Zealand and abroad. Each post shows how the work was planned, what happened on the day, and how the client used the images.
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Featured Case Study
Tru Women’s Gym Remodel and Rebrand
- Commercial Brand Photography
Tru Gym, a women's-only gym in Frankton, won my half-day commercial package at the Bayleys Frankton charity golf auction. Owner Carla wanted the finished remodel documented — architectural frames, individual workouts and group scenes across up to 50 images, some destined for Queenstown bus advertising.
Latest Case Studies and Educational Guides
- Videography & Film
2025 Queenstown Business Awards Walker & Co Sponsor Video
Walker & Co sponsored the Good Sort Award at the 2025 Queenstown Business Awards and needed a video to introduce the category. Interviews with all three sets of nominees, filmed, edited and delivered inside a week, then played on awards night and run as a sponsored ad beforehand.
- Adventure Sports And Tourism, Videography & Film
2026 Queenstown Mountain Bike Festival Video
My entry to the 2026 Queenstown Bike Festival video competition, cut to focus on people rather than podiums — the volunteers, the crowd, the amateurs alongside the athletes. Filmed and edited solo across the festival, and placed third.
- Commercial Brand Photography, Videography & Film
Global Games HERO Video, Queenstown Football Tournament
Three days covering the inaugural Queenstown International Football Cup for Global Games — 70+ teams, with matches running simultaneously across the fields. Delivered a five-to-seven minute hero film plus daily social recaps, shot and cut solo around changeable Queenstown weather.
- Adventure Sports And Tourism, Commercial Brand Photography
Refreshing Pinewood Lodge’s Visual Story
Pinewood Lodge needed its visual library to catch up with the property as it is now. A refresh covering rooms, communal spaces and the Queenstown setting, built as a versatile set for the website, booking platforms and social channels, shot alongside video by Storyworks.
- Commercial Brand Photography
Photographing Bathe by Aluume: Six Weeks From Building Site to Opening Day, Queenstown
Documenting the build and opening of Bathe by Aluume's first Queenstown location: six weekly construction videos tracking site progress, weekly photography sets covering textures and atmosphere, and hero images of the pools for the website and paid ads. The work ran in QT magazine and on travel partner sites.
- Adventure Sports And Tourism
Queenstown Client Testimonial Video, Foxfolk
A client testimonial video for Foxfolk, a Queenstown mountain-bike innovation company, filmed at The Workshop. Candid interviews and b-roll about what changes when you stop working from home, delivered alongside headshot photography for the team.
- Commercial Brand Photography
Headshots for Publicis Media NYC
Two hundred corporate headshots in five hours at a Publicis Media staff conference in New York. Two photographers running two stations at three to four minutes a person, matched to names by timecode and delivered through an online gallery — two to three finished frames each.
- Adventure Sports And Tourism, Events Photography
Surfbreaker Triathlon
Practice triathlon photography at the 2024 Surfbreaker Triathlon in Mount Maunganui, shot over a Christmas break. Swim, bike and run coverage across 22 images — self-directed work to sharpen multi-discipline race shooting before taking on paid endurance events.
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Whether you have an idea for a commercial brand photo or video shoot, an action or adventure sports event that needs coverage, a branded documentary film or corporate event, I offer a variety of services to suit your needs.
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Photographer, filmmaker and educator. Capturing the human connection through relatable, impactful and candid imagery.
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