This was the view I arrived to at my over-water bungalow at Tahiti’s Taha’a Island, and what an amazing four days of shooting we’ve just had. I’m on my way back to Australia now so I’ll post some pictures shortly. To my son, a quick message: This is where your inheritance is going. What a...
Ok, now this is an exceptional experience.
First we swum with the stingrays in a stunning turquoise lagoon bordering Tahiti’s Moorea Island. I spent two hours in the water, hugely entertained as the metre wide stingrays gently danced around us (sometimes over us) – often three at a time. Then we sat around on a nearby atoll eating lunch, with stingrays (and sharks) weaving through the legs of our table. All in glorious weather (remarkable considering how the day began).
If I was heading to the Cook Islands on a week’s holiday with my partner and I decided to spend it on Rarotonga, I’d either rent a house on the beach with some friends or I’d stay here (above) at Little Polynesian – a charming, boutique property nestled between palm trees on the south coast of the...
It’s been a bit of a frantic shoot, working around inclement weather, but you’d have to say, when the sun’s out (and the fish are biting), its hard not to come back with an appealing picture of the Cook Islands. Early morning yoga, some ariels, a bit of underwater stuff and, hopefully, some nice light...
As a professional travel and tourism photographer, it occurred to me some time ago that I would have given anything (within reason, he rushes to add) to have known what I know now – 20 years ago. Oh, I lamented, the time I could have saved, the mistakes I may have avoided and the photographs I might have captured, if only I’d been given the opportunity to learn from the photographer I am today.
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