About Me

My name is Bex and I’m a sports photographer and social media planner with a passion for women’s sports and outdoor adventure!

Inspiration

I am inspired by women who rock at sports and outdoor adventure; women who are strong, brave, skilled, graceful, fun, bold and passionate.

I play football (soccer) and I’m inspired by women who play football at a national or international level. They inspire me to keep improving my own ball skills, to work on my strength and flexibility and fitness, and to get out there and play with skill next time I'm out on the field.

I'm also inspired by my friends who rock at their sports, like Elise who is a rock climbing queen and can climb pretty much anything! Or Nicola, who is a mum of two and has competed internationally in World’s Toughest Mudder competitions. Or Maria, who is insanely fast on skis and leaves everyone in her dust. Or my aunty Lisa, who has run marathons all over the world, including Antarctica. These women inspire me so much!

My Background

Growing up on the West Coast of Auckland, surrounded by wild beaches and rugged coastline, I spent a lot of time outdoors, at the beach or going on bush walks through the Waitakere Ranges.

Every summer, my family would go camping somewhere new; to a beach in the Bay of Islands in Northland, or to the Abel Tasman great walk in the South Island, or black water rafting at Waitomo to see the legendary glow worm caves.

During winter, we would get up insanely early and drive to Mt Ruapehu to go snowboarding, then at the end of the day we would pitch tents at a nearby DOC campsite. There is something unforgettable about using a bucket to scoop your own drinking water out of a freezing cold river surrounded by ice and snow! 

Throughout my teenage years, I belonged to a group called Christian Surfers, where I met my husband, Tim. We would go on surfing road trips around the North Island, getting up a dark o'clock so that we could arrive at the surf just as the sun was coming up. Since then, Tim and I have travelled around New Zealand in our converted van, with our giant brown dog, Mango.

Sports and Outdoor Adventure

I love sports.

I've played football (soccer) since high school and am still obsessed with it, over 20 years later! That's me, in the photo, wearing blue and white. All year round, I play different combinations of football: winter 11-aside, indoor soccer, futsal and summer soccer!

I also love jogging (I think it’s pronounced “yogging”), yoga, snowboarding, and rock climbing.

Photography

In high school, I picked up a black-and-white film camera and fell in love with photography. Let’s not talk about me failing photography that year! But I’ve been learning and growing as a photographer since then. I've worked professionally in the photo industry since 2006, including a few years as a military photographer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Some of my favourite memories of the Air Force include jumping out the back of a Hercules for a tandem parachute jump, travelling to Kiribati on a Search and Rescue mission, and photographing the New Zealand Defence Force football teams playing in Sydney.

Family

I live at Bethells Beach in West Auckland with my husband, Tim, our son and daughter, and our giant brown dog, Mango.

We are blessed to be surrounded by the natural beauty of the Waitakere Ranges, with its bounty of bush walks and rugged coastline and wild beaches.

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