Douglas Thorne Photography

Douglas Thorne Photography Based in Te Anau, New Zealand. Specialising in Wildlife, Weddings, Landscapes and Real Estate I'm a New Zealand photographer based in Te Anau, Southland.

Photographing New Zealand sceneries and wildlife are my specialty. However, I'm also able to use my skills to professionally photograph or videograph weddings, portraits, Real Estate and events. Contact me for further questions/quotes. Website: http://www.douglasthorne.photo/
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Mark Hollows, what an absolute legend. Over the years, you took me and so many of my clients to some truly incredible pl...
17/06/2026

Mark Hollows, what an absolute legend. Over the years, you took me and so many of my clients to some truly incredible places. It was an honor to work alongside you. You will be deeply missed by me and the wider Fiordland community.

14/06/2026

The Night Sky of New Zealand ✨

Crystal and Sky 🤍I had the ultimate pleasure of photographing these two up in the mountains last month. We ended up hiki...
27/05/2026

Crystal and Sky 🤍

I had the ultimate pleasure of photographing these two up in the mountains last month. We ended up hiking up to this stunning spot and camped overnight. I’m used to choppering in to mountainous spots for photoshoots, but walking in and having loads of time was so rewarding.

It’s insane how cameras can cut through fog like this 🤯With my torch on I could barely see anything. I was happy to capt...
24/05/2026

It’s insane how cameras can cut through fog like this 🤯
With my torch on I could barely see anything. I was happy to capture this before the fog got too thick! There was even a little bit of air glow around.

Tracked Sky:
Sony a7iv astro modified
2 minute exposures
20mm 2.2
ISO 400
Integrated HA data in post

Foreground:
Sony a7iv astro modified
3 minute exposures
20mm 2.2
ISO 400

Spencer's Camera & Photo
Fiordland NZ
Sky-Watcher Australia
Southland NZ

Only two days to go until I participate in the Sky Tower Challenge! I'm racing up the Sky Tower in my full firefighting ...
20/05/2026

Only two days to go until I participate in the Sky Tower Challenge!

I'm racing up the Sky Tower in my full firefighting kit to raise funds and awareness for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand.

You can make a donation here:

https://firefighterschallenge.org.nz/douglas-thorne

Darcy & Hannah 💍🌧I had this fun proposal shoot in the rain the other day up in the mountains. The location and condition...
12/05/2026

Darcy & Hannah 💍🌧

I had this fun proposal shoot in the rain the other day up in the mountains. The location and conditions were a little challenging, but they did well!

Portal to the Cosmos - Tunnel beach, Dunedin ✨I’ve been meaning to re visit this spot for a while now, and finally condi...
28/04/2026

Portal to the Cosmos - Tunnel beach, Dunedin ✨

I’ve been meaning to re visit this spot for a while now, and finally conditions were perfect earlier in the month.
I’ve been here many times over the years, but this was the first time coming with the star tracker. It was also the first time there wasn’t an available car park! 😅
Thanks K Chay Photography for tagging along.

Tracked Sky: Sony 50mm .2, iso 400, 2 min exposures, Sony a7iv Astro modded

Foreground: Sony 20mm .2, iso 400, 2 min exposures
Stitched in Autopano Giga

Jack and Veronika 🤍Here's a beautiful wedding from late last year. Te Anau Helicopter Services flew us to a stunning loc...
08/04/2026

Jack and Veronika 🤍

Here's a beautiful wedding from late last year. Te Anau Helicopter Services flew us to a stunning location near Lake Norwest. I just loved the moody conditions too!

Glenorchy Wedding Celebrant

31/03/2026

It's almost a full moon again. Will the clouds clear to get another moon alignment like this one that I got 2 months ago?

p.s. There's also the slim possibility of an aurora tonight. I've given more details about that in the new private group I created the other day (Taranaki Astro Alerts & Trips).

Moke Lake Milky Way 💫This has possibly been the most challenging panorama to create for me to date. I used the 50mm lens...
25/03/2026

Moke Lake Milky Way 💫

This has possibly been the most challenging panorama to create for me to date. I used the 50mm lens for the sky, as I wanted as much detail in the milky way as possible. However, the challenge was later on whilst I was shooting the foreground, the aurora decided to show a few brighter beams! So I had to re photograph parts of the sky and blend them together. Jess wasn't too impressed how long this took me to edit 😅

It has been a bit of a goal of mine to shoot the stars here, as I recall seeing one of Undersoul Photography 's images at this lake in the Otago Daily Times many years ago - quite the inspiring image for me to see.

Sky, 20 images - Sony A7iv Tracked f2
60 second exposures
iso 500

Foreground, 4 images - Sony a7iv f2.8
120 second exposures

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