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Client work keeps the lights on. Personal projects are where I sharpen the eye: action, culture, and the people who make it all happen. Nobody briefs these. I go out and make them because I love it.

Skater cruising a boardwalk through the dunes, arms out, sea behind her
01.

Skate at the Mount

In progress · 2026

The brief I set myself: capture Mount Maunganui's skate scene the way the riders see it. Low angles, big air, and the crew cheering every landed trick (and every slam).

I'm shooting with the team riders from The Good Room. I also bought a board and started learning to skate myself. Strictly for research, obviously.

Skater carving the bowl barefoot, arms out, with Mauao (the Mount) behind her
Skater popping off the bowl lip, arms up against a blue sky
Skater crouched low, carving the bowl wall on an orange board
Skater crouched on her board, rolling down a coastal path
Black and white: skater mid-carve, arms flung wide
Black and white: skater leaning hard into a turn
02.

SCENE

Ongoing series

A portrait series for the people who make local sport happen and rarely get the spotlight: the coaches, the volunteers, the regulars who show up every single session.

First up was JoJo from Alliance Athletics. Know someone who deserves to be seen? Send them my way.

JoJo, arms crossed and smiling, in the gym
Athlete grinning mid-session on the bike at Alliance Athletics
Black and white: athlete racking a barbell, eyes up
Next on the list

Where I'm heading

Surfer tucked into a green barrel, spray off the lip
Planned

Surf

Bay of Plenty breaks at first light, from the water and from the air.

[Describe the moto photo]
Planned

Moto

Dirt, roost and riders who live for the next jump.

[Describe the mountain bike photo]
Planned

Mountain biking

Rotorua's trails, from local shredders to the big race weekends.

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