Paul Wilson Images

Paul Wilson Images New Zealand Astrophotographer and Landscape Photographer ✨

Wedding Photography over at Paul Wilson Weddings

Paul Wilson is a leading astrophotographer based in New Zealand. He is known for his bright vibrant nightscapes and a pioneer for multi row high resolution panoramas. Constantly pushing creative boundaries and planning new projects keeps Paul’s work fresh and unique. Paul shoots under some of the clearest and darkest skies in the world. He is also a keen 4x4 enthusiast which takes him to New Zeala

nd alpine mountain ranges and back country rivers. When Paul is not shooting astro and landscapes he is a professional wedding photographer.

Photos showing the Earth's rotation 🌀✨
06/09/2026

Photos showing the Earth's rotation 🌀✨

04/09/2026

Does anyone still have the 105mm sigma art for Canon? 💎

Three recent photos with the Asterra Z+ astro tracking mount by Asterra Tech info:The first shot is at 85mm, 30 secondsT...
03/09/2026

Three recent photos with the Asterra Z+ astro tracking mount by Asterra

Tech info:
The first shot is at 85mm, 30 seconds

The second is a 28mm, 60 second panorama.

The last one is a huge 85mm panorama. The megapixel count got pretty ridiculous on that one. There was a bit of thin hazy cloud around, which caused some star bloat, but I actually really liked the effect it gave the sky. It did make stitching the pano together a bit of a pain though.

After using the Z+ for a few months now, it’s become the main tracker that lives in my bag. Every tool has its place, but the size and weight of this thing make it so easy to grab when I’m moving quickly, travelling light, or trying to get set up before the next wall of cloud rolls in.

Can’t wait to share what’s next ✨

Link in bio if you want to check the Z+ out, and happy to answer any questions about how I’ve been using it.

Photos I took from earth ✨
02/09/2026

Photos I took from earth ✨

02/09/2026

Sometimes the most memorable part of a Flockhill evening is simply looking up ✨

Book a Southern Sky Tour with me at Flockhill Lodge this spring and experience an exclusive evening beneath one of the world's darkest skies.

A variety of my photography work. I saved my favourite for last!Remember to follow on insta too ✨
31/08/2026

A variety of my photography work. I saved my favourite for last!
Remember to follow on insta too ✨

Castle Hill, New Zealand. Recommend travelling here if you're in the area!
31/08/2026

Castle Hill, New Zealand.
Recommend travelling here if you're in the area!

Photos of cool trees near Christchurch, NZ.
28/08/2026

Photos of cool trees near Christchurch, NZ.

I just want to clear the air on this because I’ve been tagged in a few posts and comments around the recent DarkSky Inte...
27/08/2026

I just want to clear the air on this because I’ve been tagged in a few posts and comments around the recent DarkSky International competition discussion, and my winning image has been pulled into some of it.

My image followed the published rules ✅

There seems to be some confusion around the fact that I used two different camera bodies. The rules did not state that the same camera body had to be used. For this type of image, the important requirements were that the components were photographed on the same night, from the same position and at the same focal length. Tracked skies blended with untracked foregrounds were allowed.

For Razorback, I photographed the foreground panorama on my unmodified Canon R5. I then set up and polar-aligned my tracker and photographed the sky panorama on my astro-modified Canon R6 II, from the same location, on the same night, using the same 28mm focal length.

And realistically, why wouldn’t I use the R5 for the foreground?

I could have used the modified R6 II for both, but it simply isn’t the optimal tool for the landscape portion. The R5 gives me a higher-resolution, conventionally filtered file for the foreground, while the modified R6 II is specifically better suited to recording the H-alpha emission in the night sky.

That isn’t bending a rule. It’s using the right tool for each part of the photograph while staying completely within the rules governing how those parts could be captured and combined.

I’m also not going to comment on what other photographers did or didn’t do. It isn’t my competition to run, and it isn’t my place to adjudicate other people’s entries. There are plenty of people already having that discussion.

Not my circus.

But this is my image, my process and my story, so I do think it’s worth correcting the record when my work is being used as an example of something it wasn’t.

Everything in Razorback was photographed by me, from that location, on that night, and within the published rules.

And I’m still very proud of the image and of winning the Nightscapes category.

I'll link an article below as well.

I also added some extra shots from Razorback

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