A female surfer on a beer can? Cheers to that!

I am so pumped to be able to share this photography collaboration with Deep Creek Brewing Co. in New Zealand, which we’ve had to keep quiet for a very long time…

What is the cost involved in getting started with water photography? What should I look for in a camera? What is your must-have lens? I answer all these questions and more, from you, for you. Lessgo.

When it comes to water photography, there are so many environments to explore, which is probably one of the most exciting things about embarking on a journey to learn and practice water photography. In this blog post, I will share some tips and insights on how to get started in water photography and capture the beauty of…

In October 2022, I joined up with Fujifilm New Zealand to offer a photography workshop in Papamoa, New Zealand. In this blog post, I’ll give you the TLDR from the event, outline the ideation and production processes and showcase some of my favourite stills from the event.

Four days deep into winter and Lisa’s surfing in her knitwear…

As I look forward to the new year, I feel excitement and zero regrets for the best and worst year of my life so far. While I typically wouldn’t go into very personal details about myself, this year I feel it makes sense to because it’s affected my work so monumentally. 2021 has been a mega year for me; I grew and birthed my little girl Lola, bought a house with my partner Mark (and subsequently moved house with a 10 week old baby), I’ve experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life so far as I’ve…

While 2020 was the year that brought us many challenges as a global society, it marks a year of change. A year that, perhaps we’d all secretly been waiting for. How else could we sustain the rapid destruction to the planet that our modern lives involve? For a virus to destroy travel and air traffic as we know it, to give in and let nature run…

My name is Lou (@louloubphoto). I live in a beach town in New Zealand called Mount Maunganui, named after the extinct volcano just down the road. I’m originally from England but New Zealand is where I call home now. I work full time for a tech company and spend as much of my spare time as possible documenting the ocean and nature locally and across the region here in the North Island of New Zealand.

New Zealand. August 2019. It was time to escape winter for tropical climes.

Almost a year on, hopping on a plane to a small South Pacific island just three hours north of our home country, seems like a distant dream.

1 June 2020. The winter begins again…

On 13 March 2020, I headed down to Ohope Beach for the inaugral West End Wiggle longboard comp where I was set to shoot action both in and out of the water the following day on the 14th. Mark (my partner) and I headed down to Whakatane with our good mates Chris & Jess (and Jess’ frother of a Dad who was over from the US at the time) where we settled in for the night with beers, nachos and a few treats from…

It took me 30 years to journey to New Zealand.

At 18,695km away, and the antipodal point to my home country England, United Kingdom, some might say it’s no surprise I hadn’t set foot on NZ soil yet.

In this journal post, I’ll share with you a little bit about where my passion for nature and photography began and how and why I started LouLouB Photo many years later...