26/04/2026
In March I headed to Belize for the first time. I’m not sure Belize is a place you shoot as much as it’s a place that slowly teaches you to look again.
Flying over the Blue Hole, I remember putting the camera down for a few minutes, not because I didn’t want the shot, but because it almost like a shame to just see it through a viewfinder.
Inland, it’s different. Slower. For example standing in a cacao grove with a farmer, camera in hand, but just listening, watching, understanding his story. Same with the jungle rivers, winding through thick green forests as for as the eye ca see. You start to realise the best moments aren’t always the ones you plan to capture.
And then the ruins. Rising out of the forest, you frame the shot, of course you do. But it’s the feeling of being there that stays with you more than the image.
I came back with photos I’m proud of. But more than that, I came back reminded that sometimes being a better photographer is just about knowing when not to take the shot.
