About Me
Kia ora koutou
Thank you for taking the time to look at my site and for having an interest in photography, I hope you have found some images that you have enjoyed.
Photography has been a commitment of mine for many years. I have passion for reportage and documentary style photography that is candid and shows real moments in time that we cannot recreate. I enjoy working on location in dynamic and fast changing environments.
I am a musician and educator having worked as a music teacher for many years before moving to Aotearoa, New Zealand. As such, I have an empathy for people and love hearing stories and getting to know who they are and what is important to them. I try to bring this sensibility into my work
In 2020 I graduated from the Photography Institute with a diploma in Professional Photography. Since this I have begun work on a new photographic exploration professional netball whist continuing some of my other long term projects, including photographing the unique birdlife in New Zealand amongst other projects for New Zealand Premium Foods, Department of Conservation and the Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust.
I would really like to hear from you and help you plan your next visual story please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any ideas you may have.
Hei konā,
Tom
Visual Story Telling
I believe that storytelling is a medium that can be accomplished in many forms. Humankind has been telling stories with imagery from neolithic times and will continue to do so for millennia to come I am sure. I am currently working on some long form story telling projects and can’t wait to share them with you on this site. If you have a desire for telling your story through images, please get in touch with me to discuss your ideas.
Costs
All projects are unique and so it is very difficult to give a pricing list on a website. I am generally happy to work within your budgetary scope so please contact me to discuss.
Gear
As a 10 year old I was gifted an Olympus point and shoot film camera, but this disappeared following a family holiday. However, it lit the fire of interest in photography. Years later I started taking photography more seriously on an early mirrorless from Samsung the NX10. This was a great way to experiment with imagery and I used many vintage lenses with an adapter with this camera.
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The Samsung NX series was ahead of its time in terms of camera development and the mirrorless concept and I wanted something quicker and more reliable. Encouraged by a photographer I knew I invested in a DSLR. I then went between several Canon cameras including 750D and the 7D Mkii. Then in December 2019 things changed again and a chance encounter with a camera salesman in Auckland led me to the Fuji System that I now use and back to mirrorless cameras where it all began. You can read about this in more detail on the Fujilove Magazine article I wrote on the topic.
So I am now a very happy Fujifilm shooter with the following gear:
Fujifilm XT5 & Fujifilm XPro3, 23mm f2, 16mm f1.4, 90mm f2, 50-140mm f2.8, and 56mm f1.2
I also keep a film camera handy for trying film stocks and general fun, currently using an Olympus OM1 with a 50mm F1.4!