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…

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...