In my first few months of moving to Queenstown, I wanted to get to know some people in the community and get involved with local events. I had been shooting triathlons, marathons, and ocean swimming up in Auckland and I remembered there was this cool event called the Whakatipu Legend that happens every year in Lake Whakatipu, Queenstown.
I reached out to the organiser and asked if I could just come shoot for fun, and he allowed me to tag along because of all my past experience. They do a winter swim each year as well, and this one was bone chilling cold! It was actually warmer in the water than it was outside of the water!
Shooting an open-water swim from a boat
I had a full winter wetsuit on, jumped into the lifeguard boat…and got to taking photos. It felt great to be right back in my element, capturing fast paced sports and I think I came out with some pretty unique content. Enjoy!
