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Time magazine chooses two New Zealand places in their list of the 2024 World’s Greatest Places

26 July 2024

Two New Zealand places have been included in Time magazine's list of the greatest 100 places in the world in 2024. There are many more wonderful places in New Zealand, especially for photographers. Do come and join us on a photography adventure in New Zealand!

Indonesia Photo Workshops website just launched!

29 May 2024

We are very excited to announce that after nearly 10 years of running photo workshops in Indonesia we have just launched the Indonesia Photo Workshops website!

Check it out here: Indonesia Photo Workshops

Additional photo workshops will be added over the next few months. Love to have you join us in incredible Indonesia!

New Zealand by train

12 January 2024

The New York Times has voted New Zealand by train as the fourth best place to visit this year in the iconic '52 places' list. Read the article here.

West Coast looking forward to summer tourism

7 September 2023

Tourism is riding high on the West Coast, and locals reckon 'the Summer of the Coast' is just around the corner. The region was hit hard during the pandemic, and it struggled to attract staff once the tourists did return.

The West Coast was in high demand last summer, surprising and delighting tourism operators after a rough few years.

Anticipation for the upcoming summer is high.

FIFA Women's World Cup

20 July 2023

With over 1.5 billion people expected to be watching the Women's World Cup games Tourism New Zealand came up with a beautiful idea...Football at Aoraki/Mt Cook.

Tourism has been recovering in New Zealand

5 April 2023

After the COVID-related lockdowns, New Zealand is seeing recovery in the tourism sector. We hope to see you here soon, on one of our New Zealand photography tours or workshops.

New Zealand honoured with National Geographic travel award

2 December 2022

The New Zealand landscape got the thumbs up in the National Geographic Reader Awards 2022 just announced. After photographing the spectacular scenery here for a few days visitors say the long flight is quickly forgotten!

New photography workshops and tours for 2023 and 2024 coming soon!

28 November 2022

We are currently planning new workshops and tours for 2023 and 2024 that will be up on our website soon. Please check our workshops page to see our current offerings. If you would like to register your interest in coming on one of our workshops, please feel free to contact us to discuss what you might be interested in.

New Zealand's COVID status and rules for travellers

2 November 2022

Good news, everyone! New Zealand's borders are completely open to international travellers. The official New Zealand government information gives all rules and advice. Please note that if you test positive for COVID while in New Zealand you will need to isolate for seven days. Stay healthy!

Testimonials

With an exquisite countryside, photographic opportunities around each bend and a guide with a wonderful sense of humor we couldn’t have had more fun. We would unequivocally and without hesitation recommend Phillip to anyone looking for a once-in-a-lifetime experience in New Zealand.

Ron and Donna Salett, USA.

I’ve attended multiple photography workshops in different countries, and Phillip is definitely one of the best photographers I’ve had the privilege to work with. Most photographers attend workshops to improve their compositional skills, as we’ve already mastered the use of our cameras. If this is what you’re looking for then you’ve found the right photographer/workshop. At each location Phillip gave individual attention to each photographer’s composition, giving advice and the rationale for it. Sometimes a small shift in the angle of the camera or stepping a little to the left or right can make or break your image, and a more experienced eye is needed to pick out the subtle nuances in your composition. I was amazed at Phillip’s compositional eye as he immediately saw what needed to be corrected when he looked at my LCD monitor. So if you’re looking for a photography workshop for New Zealand, look no further!

Hilton Chen, USA.

Phillip took me to some incredible locations, many of them very remote. The kind of stuff you don’t ever see in mainstream tour brochures. If I had tried to see all the places on the tour by myself with a rental vehicle I would have come up very short I think. Phillip’s local knowledge is extensive and on top of that, being a photographer he knows each location’s best time to be photographed. At certain points in the tour I felt rather overwhelmed with the sheer amount of photographic opportunities. I was definitely kept busy with shots to take.

Dean Turner, Australia.

The last shoot of the tour best describes my experience for the tour with Capture NZ. We hadn’t shot the sunrise like we usually did because Phillip wanted to take us to another place. We piled in the truck and off we went into the mountains. A couple of miles down the path, Phillip pulls to the side of the road and says “We’re here. Let’s set up for the shoot”. The rest of us looked at Phillip like he was crazy. “Here?”, we queried. “Are you sure?” He was adamant that this was the spot. We were quite skeptical because all around us was fog…thick fog. But we followed Phillip to the spot and set up our cameras, all the while questioning what we were here to photograph as we couldn’t see anything. About a half hour later, the sun burned through and revealed in front of us a mountain lake scene with wisps of fog lifting from the lake. And all of us got a gorgeous shot. With Capture NZ you’ll experience New Zealand with a personable and friendly guide who will always make sure your shots are spectacular. Trust him and you’ll always get your shot, even though it may not look like it at first. This guy knows what he is doing.

Nancy C, USA.

Read more feedback from our clients on our testimonials page.