I made a dolly with things around the house that was pretty rickety. I ended up using an old Lego set to make a gear box that would slow down the dolly to run over three hours. The stars were shot with a 1.4 24mm on a Canon 5DmII.

I didn’t end up having much time to complete many, but thought I might as well put a few into a little clip. I hope you enjoy.

Here are a few more images from along the way.

A young boy dries off on the end of a fishing boat on the Mekong river.

A young girl playing outside her family’s shack.

The local soccer team prepare for kick off

Mother and baby go for an afternoon stroll.

A toddler hides from me behind his father’s bike.

A family’s footwear gathers outside their front door.

A  young girls peels the skin off a root vegetable with a big knife at a market

A family unpacks fresh vegetables from a day’s farming. They will be sold at a market the following day.

Sims, Amy and I having dinner in one of the villages we stayed in. It was pretty much just rice and leaves, not that tasty but when you haven’t got anything else its not too bad.

I’m heading to Sydney in a few days where I will be based for a little while working at the Transfer office. I hope you all have a great Christmas wherever you are. Let’s hope for plenty of new experiences and adventures in the New Year.

Most of the trip has been spent with locals in the more remote villages and away from the main tourist trail which has been great for genuine photo opportunities and some interesting experiences. But it has also been very challenging as they have barely even seen a camera before and are quite hesitant and hide away.

Here are a few snaps of the trip. I will post the best work once editorial commitments have been met.

Simsy having a go at one of the traditional Hmong games in one of the bigger villages we went to.

Two girls in their traditional  Hmong clothing  whom we got introduced to.

There are loads of kids playing on the new roads that have been built by the Chinese.  It seems really dangerous at first but you soon get used to avoiding them on the bikes.

Chillies drying on the banks of the Mekong

Coming into Luang Parbang last night on the fast boat.

It’s also been nice having some down time over the last few weeks. Yesterday we went out to Cape Kidnappers where a friend farms and did a little pest control.  It’s an amazing bit of land with grand cliffs that drop away to the to the ocean.

Credits-

Fashion Designer: Maddie Lawson
Textiles Designer: Maddie Holder
Models: Stacey McCall , Frith Armstrong
MUA , Hair: Unna at The Emerald Parlour
Assistants: Nick Holder,Oscar Bolderson, Rachael Brookfield

I have found myself a little tied up with different photography ventures lately and it’s been hard finding time to post blogs. I’m going to be making some changes to my website over the next few months reflecting developments in my work. I will start posting an image every now and then with a little description/story so check back regularly to see what’s been going on.

Since my last post there has been a few things happening. I have a new position as Photo Editor and New Zealand Editor at Transfer magazine. I’m a finalist in the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year competition, one of the first competitions I have entered, so I might start doing that more often.

I have also been putting time in to a personal project that I will hopefully be happy with and finish one day, and I just got back from an amazing Heli trip into Isobel Glacier where we camped for a night on the glacier.

Now I’m hitting the road and heading north for a while. Don’t you love this time of the year, sun on your face,  and fresh summer scents in the air.

Nick Hyne – one of the biggest storms in the last 30 odd years hit Queenstown this last winter. I took this portrait of Nick while we were out exploring a different looking Queenstown.

A shot of me getting extreme, with Queenstown in the background. It was an amazing day and I knew where to find the good snow. We had pretty amazing conditions compared to anywhere in this zone.

When I find time I like to experiment and shoot lots of arty stuff. This frame is exposed over about 20 minutes as the earth turned creating a stream from the stars.

If you live in Sydney please go and check this out next week. The exhibition is on in Bondi. I think the gallery will be open for around six weeks. I’ll have a few images on the walls.

This is Nick Brown. He grew up just around the corner from me in Havelock North and we used to go surfing together as groms before we had even got into snowboarding. He fast became a well known name in the industry as one of the top riders. I have spent a good chunk of time travelling different parts of the world and more often than not Browner is doing the same.

Below is a shot that didn’t go to print but I think is worthy of being pubished. Nick charging a pretty decent cliff in the Washington backcountry.