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31/08/2026

Tidal mud flats, The Kimberley, Western Australia from 2000ft up.

I recently had a conversation with someone while out in this region last month that made me question my style, my creative direction and really the core of who I am as a photographer, and dare I say artist.

It was an off the cuff comment, but it was one of those rare moments, thankfully these days they are rarer, that made me question the direction I was heading creatively and the ethos behind my work.

I want my imagery to push my own boundaries. I want to see and interpret the world in a way that triggers that childlike wonder I still get from this planet, especially when viewing it from above. I don’t necessarily want to show things exactly as they are unedited, I want to show how they make me feel.

After 15 years of chasing this dream of being a photographer, from the patchy and rocky start, to slowly finding my way and where I am today, if there is one thing I can pass on that has become fundamental to me, it’s to stay true to yourself and that inner voice guiding your creative direction.

Learn the ropes, take advice, listen and grow, but don’t let the noise guide you.

Let your own inner voice speak, trust it, and see where it takes you on this amazing journey through photography and the world 👊

29/08/2026

Big Lagoon, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

One of the coolest dolphin and light interactions I’ve had the pleasure of capturing. Everything just aligned this day in terms of wind, light and behaviour.

This dude just cruised through the shallows, creating these mesmerising ripples in his wake. I’ve photographed dolphins from the air plenty of times over the years, but I’ve never quite seen an interaction like this.

Truly mind blowing and almost hauntingly beautiful to watch from above 🙏

28/08/2026

Pretty stoked to have taken 2nd Place in the Cityscapes category at the 2026 International Photography Awards with this series I shot over Shinjuku, Tokyo earlier this year. 🙏

Cityscapes aren’t something I photograph a lot of, which probably makes this one even cooler for me. I was in Tokyo back in February and really wanted to have a crack at capturing that almost cyberpunk look Shinjuku is so well known for, but from my own perspective.

I think this is around my 10th year entering the IPA now, and it’s been incredible watching the awards grow and grow on the international circuit over that time.

It’s always a real honour to have your work recognised amongst photographers from all over the world, and to grab a second place in a category a little outside my normal wheelhouse is pretty bloody cool. 🇯🇵🙏

24/08/2026

I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time over the last few years flying above the incredible tidal mudflats around Derby, Western Australia.

Derby has the largest tidal range of any major port in Australia, with the difference between low and high tide reaching more than 11 metres at its most extreme.

That constant movement of water creates an ever changing abstract playground from the air. Channels shift, colours change, huge areas disappear beneath the water and slowly reveal themselves again as the tide retreats.

No two shoots here are ever quite the same, and I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing what this incredible landscape creates. 🙏

20/08/2026

Tailing dams found deep out in the Western Australian Goldfields, a never-ending source of incredible abstracts, colour, texture and scale from the air.

They’re visually fascinating places to photograph, but there’s also a much deeper story beneath these landscapes. They speak to our relationship with the land, the resources we extract from it, the industries that underpin so much of our modern way of life, and the environmental footprint that remains behind.

They’re landscapes that can be beautiful, confronting and thought-provoking all at once, particularly when viewed from above. They also sit within Country that has been cared for by Traditional Owners for tens of thousands of years, adding another important layer to the story of these places.

I’ve spent years exploring the Goldfields from the air and ground, and somehow these landscapes continue to produce completely new compositions every time I return. 🙏

If you’d like to join us next year exploring and photographing these incredible areas, we’re now taking bookings for our 2027 Western Australian adventures. 👊

06/08/2026

Gold mine tailings deep in the West Australian Goldfields.

This particular series takes on another dimension for me. Every time I fly over these places, it feels less like I’m photographing Earth and more like I’m peering through an electron microscope or looking out across some distant galaxy. The colours, textures and patterns are so completely removed from what we experience at ground level that it’s hard to believe they’re part of the same planet.

It’s a strange mix of science, industry and art. These landscapes exist because of human activity, yet from a few thousand feet in the air they transform into something that feels almost organic, like cells dividing, nebulae forming or rivers flowing across an alien world.

That’s one of the things I love most about aerial photography. Change your perspective and the world transforms.

01/08/2026

Mining has become one of those subjects that I keep finding myself coming back to.

When I first started photographing these places, I was almost entirely drawn in by the colours, textures and the sheer scale of what humans are capable of creating. Years later, I still find them visually fascinating, but the longer I spend documenting them, the more complicated my thoughts become.

These landscapes constantly make me question my own views, how I perceive them, and how I interact with them. They can be incredibly beautiful from above, yet they’re also reminders of just how dramatically we’ve reshaped parts of Western Australia.

The interesting part is that there isn’t a simple answer. Mining has undeniably helped build modern Western Australia and remains woven into everyday life. The phone I’m writing this on, the drone I fly, the camera I carry, the car I drive and countless other things we all use every day only exist because of the resources extracted from places like these.

I don’t photograph these landscapes to celebrate them or criticise them. I photograph them because they’re part of our story. They’re visually extraordinary, environmentally complex, economically important, and they continue to challenge the way I think every time I fly over them.

I suspect that’s why I keep going back. Every visit leaves me with more questions than answers, and perhaps that’s exactly what makes documenting them so fascinating. 👊

29/07/2026

The Kimberley in Western Australia… you can spend so much time shooting aerial photography up here that it’s actually hard to genuinely focus on one thing. You head out wanting to shoot a sandbar and on the way spot a pair of eagle rays, then a school of fish, then you’re back photographing another incredible sandbar. It’s a non stop roller coaster of nature and abstracts at their best, the best kind of problem to have as a creative and photographer, all in one of the most beautiful untouched parts of the world. 👊

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