The Auckland Grand central station  This amazing piece of architecture was built in 1930 to provide a gateway for visitors to see New Zealand via rail till the early 1980s now used as serviced apartment living for students and visitors to Auckland. To me this place represents the elegance of the past, with its beautiful high windows, brick walls and granite floors, it was built to emulate the American railway stations of the 20th century.   Inside of the building looks amazing with the walls and amazing floor to ceiling design keeping to the original 1930s look with the rounded To View More >>

The History of Kingseat Hospital  Kingseat hospital was a psychiatric hospital just south of Auckland city which was open between 1932 to 1999 to house and treat mentally unwell people during that time there was untold reports of severe abuse and neglect,  the doors closed in 1999  when the government went through reform in regards to mental health and Kingseat hospital was closed down,  it is now used as housing for winz and two adventure fun businesses, one being Asylum paintball and the other is Spookers which is a scare fun business in the nursing quarters, To View More >>

Woohoo Time to shine  Hi Guys  This blog is about photographing waterfalls and the process I go through to create some the iages your about to see, first of all thank you.  This morning I decided to head out to capture some images related to a project i have been doing called Franklin; This place is just south of Auckland, New Zealand;  So I grabbed the keys, turned the car on and just started driving thinking about where i was gonna go I thought what about a little place just outside of Waiuku this is Waitangi Falls not everyone knows about it, so I pulled into the carpark To View More >>

New year, new plans for 2023 this was the first year celebrating new years in the great outdoors, my partener and I decided to hike the Holdsworth - Jumbo track for four days even though it can be done in a full day we decided to do it over 4 days allowing us to take our time 2-3 hours each day hiking and givess me time to take millions of photos haha. Day 1 Carpark - Atiwhakatu hut It was an amazing four days with conditions changing rapidly, first day was beautiful sunny day no wind and hot, walking from carpark to Atiwhakatu hut following the river after getting to the hut we went for a dip, To View More >>

Raymond says hello  Welcome to my photography blog  Capturing the essence of a story whether it be in nature or on the streets, capturing that what matters most to him and turning it into a piece of art and then telling a story about the image that people can then relate to and having something that people can relate or connect too is the most rewarding of all.  Like the one below capturing the light on the hill just below the Remarkables in Queenstown.  Ray To View More >>