Where wild places feel like home.

Ocean and natural world photography with feeling.

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A curated image archive of ocean, coastal and New Zealand photography captured across Mount Maunganui and wider Aotearoa shorelines, available for editorial, campaign, tourism, and interior use.

Imagery is created in natural coastal conditions and translates cleanly across digital, print, and spatial environments.

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A woman in a black swimsuit standing on the beach, raising her arms above her head with crossed wrists, facing the ocean at sunset or dusk, with a full moon in the pink and purple sky.

Two women in swimwear on a surfboard holding hands and balancing on a wave in the ocean.

A woman in a brown swimsuit standing outdoors with her arms outstretched and head tilted back, near a hot tub, with lush green trees and foliage in the background, viewed through glass panels.

Group of women at the beach with surfboards standing against a wooden fence, ocean and cloudy sky in the background.

From the journal

Stories, photography, and local discoveries from life by the ocean.

Sunrise surf lifestyle scene captured in Mount Maunganui coastal photography

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New Zealand ocean photographer Lou Lou B photographing coastal landscape

11 beginner photography mistakes I made (so you don’t have to)

Lifestyle photography captured at Watercliff eco retreat Tauranga New Zealand by ocean photographer Lou Lou B

A rainy weekend getaway at Watercliff Stay eco retreat in New Zealand

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