About Me
My name is Bex and I’m a photographer with a passion for women’s sports and outdoor adventure!
On location for the annual NZ Firefighters Calendar shoot
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!
Sports
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.
Outdoors
I live in West Auckland, surrounded by the natural beauty of the Waitākere Ranges, with its bounty of bush walks and rugged coastline and wild beaches.
What is life for, if not to enjoy family, friends, sports, and adventures to beautiful places?
The view above my local beach, Bethells Beach on Auckland’s west coast