Recently Seen
See what Ewen has been up to lately with pictures from recent photo tours and commissioned shoots...
Penguins and Friends - Heritage Expeditions
December 2009
Macquarie Island is a remarkable and remote island hidden away in the Southern Ocean, the crowning jewel of the Sub-Antarctic Islands. Penguins, Albatross, Seals and Sea Lions are everywhere. It was a dream of mine for decades to visit this island, and as a bonus I got a chance to visit a few others along the way...
Sub-Antarctic Wildlife Down South
From Rutherglen to Queenscliff - Tourism Victoria
December 2009
There's no doubt that commission shoots are hard work with tight deadlines, challenging locations and no control over the fickle Victorian weather. But sometiems a little pressure adds to your experience. While my journalist colleagues were writing notes for the story, I was shooting stills to accompany the words.
Rolling from Rutherglen to Yackandandah
Ancient Kingdoms of South-East Asia
November 2009
This is easily one of the least adventurous but most rewarding trips for a travel photographer. Thailand, Laos and Cambodia are the backdrops for
sensational photographic inspiration. Temples, monks and mayhem everywhere we go. Fabulous food. I love this part of the world.
Which Wats We Like In Cambodia
Kham Tibet - Sichuan and Yunnan
October 2009
Very rarely I get a chance to travel without a brief. No client to specify a shoot list, no commissioned
story to guide my attention and no itinerary to lead me from start to finish. This October I spent a couple
of weeks learning the charms of public bus travel in the far western counties of Sichuan province. I met
some charming Tibetans, crazy monks and finally got a chance to shoot the MeiLi Snow Mountains...
Snow Mountains and Kham of Yunnan
China Photography Tour - Grasshopper Adventures
September 2009
China is in the middle of great change but is still a haven for photographers and travellers. I look forward to
the China photography tour each year for many reasons - the food, the friends and the fabulous photos. There's
a double edge to China for me, because it's so familiar that you can overlook its treasures. Taking a fresh
group of people every year gives me a fresh insight however.
Daylesford Spa Country - Tourism Victoria
July 2009
I have really enjoyed seeing more of my own state this year, from the Goldfields to Ovens Valley and the
Great Ocean Road. This week I had a commissioned shoot in Daylesford, Kyneton and surrounds to gather
images of the winter warmth on offer. We visited lambs and piglets, met lovely locals and reviewed a
range of boutique accommodation centres. And for four days it either rained or was fogged in, which turns
out to have a certain charm for photographers...
Winter charms in Black and White
Colourful charms in the country
Hong Kong Treasures - Five Star Treats
July 2009
At the end of working on a new manuscript I took a little time out to photograph some treasures in Hong Kong. This is one of my favourite cities, but all the better when you get to sample some luscious bars, sizzling cuisine and savour the street life. Thanks to Small Luxury Hotels and Virgin Atlantic for the chance to travel and shoot...
Photography for Travellers - New Editions
July 2009
I first started this book for our the photo tours in Asia. The collective knowledge of my experience on the road distilled into a compilation of images and words. It is written to accompany your journey with the camera, on and off the road. It's not a technical manual, rather "Photography for Travellers" offers practical philosophies for photographic journeys...
Outback Flying Photo Tour - Air Adventure Australia
June 2009
This has to be the best photo tour ever. A private plane hopping across the outback, landing at cattle stations and remote airstrips to explore the very best of Australian landscapes, wildlife and wilderness. We spotted rock wallabies in Wilpena Pound, walked the length of Kings Canyon, saw the sunrise over Purnululu, toured the Kimberley Coast by boat, shot Uluru from almost every angle, joined stockmen for a sunset river crossing at the Cockburn Ranges and went wild with the wetlands of the Mary River...
Images from the 2009 Outback photography tour
Sabah
May 2009
I have to admit I just cant say no to a trip in Borneo. I loved seeing the jungles and islands of this beautiful region, so the chance to pop over and shoot some new places around Kota Kinabalu was impossible to resist. After all, you never know what treasures you might find that could be ideal for the next photo tour in Borneo...
Ovens Valley
May 2009
I only had a few days to shoot this story, but it turned out to be a sensational few days. We visited three of the top chefs from Victoria's north-east and followed them from restaurant to farm gate in search of yummy produce. Autumn is filled with colour around the town of Bright, but in some very unexpected ways...
Scandinavia
April 2009
It was all about the reindeer. Last year someone told me about the reindeer racing world cup in Arctic Norway and I decided I had to see it. What started as a whim of fantasy to explore the snow filled landscapes of the Scandinavian Arctic turned into a sensational few weeks exploring the Sami culture of Sweden, remote national parks, Norwegian fjords and a few days of reindeer racing that I'll never forget...
Yunnan Research Trip - Grasshopper Adventures
March 2009
There can be no better way to explore an intimate part of China than with a private driver and a small band of dedicated photographers. We started in Kunming and headed north. This is an amazingly diverse province, with colourful ethnic minorities, beautiful traditional landscapes and yummy culinary indlugences. We finished the trip with a few days in the Kampa Tibet region around Zhongdian, recently renamed Shangri-La by the Chinese government...
Checkout the new Yunnan Brochure
Images from the 2009 Yunnan Research Trip
New Brochures for GAP dventures
February
GAP Adventures are one of the world's most interesting small group adventure companies. In recent years I've shot images for their brochures in Africa, Europe and Peru - and it's a treat to see so many of my pics on display across their website and brochures. This year I was lucky enough to have another brochure cover as well...
See the 2009 brochure for South America
Regional Victoria - Tourism Victoria
January 2009
My mission for this month was to shoot as much as I could of regional Victoria. Last month I did my Great Ocean Road trip, so this month I wanted to see if I could dig up a few lesser known icons to fill the image libraries at Tourism Victoria. Canon lent me their new 1DS MkIII for a few months too, which made the travel all the more enjoyable...
Great Ocean Road - Tourism Victoria
December 2008
It was embarassing to live so close to the Great Ocean Road and yet never have photographed it. Tourism Victoria gave me a hand to plan to a research trip plus I had a few days on the road with talented landscape photographer Mark Gray. He runs his own tours along the Shipwreck Coast too, for people who are dedicated to landscapes...
China Photography Tour - Grasshopper Adventures
November 2008
This was out 8th time running this tour and it just keeps getting better. The really special treat for our group in this departure was the stunning weather when we hit Guilin. Usually the hazy skies of Southern China give an eerie glow to the limestone karsts of the region, but this time we were treated to a colourful sunset with dappled tones...
Images from the 2008 China Photo Tour (November)
Silk Road Photography Tour - Grasshopper Adventures
October 2008
My whole life I've wanted to travel the Silk Road, and finally it happened. We had the services of a guidebook author to design the trip and set off from Xian to Kashgar to find out what the photographic fuss was about. I ended up putting together my largest photo book ever for this trip, double the usual size and just filled with lovely images...
Checkout the new Silk Road Brochure
Silk Road - sold online at Blurb
Images from the 2008 Silk Road Photo Tour
Angkor Brochure Shoot - RAW Travel
October 2008
I have travelled in Cambodia a few times but never had a proper chance to make a photographic study of the Angkor region, until now. RAW Travel needed a series of images for their new cycling adventures around the temples, and I needed to research some locations for the Ancient Kingdoms Photo Tour starting in 2009. A perfect match...
Checkout the new Ancient Kingdoms Brochure
Siem Reap - sold online at Blurb
China Photography Tour - Grasshopper Adventures
September 2008
Last year I did a little research in a remote part of the Longji Rice Terraces, and this tour was the first to explore them on the China Photo Tour. It was stunning. Getting up for the early sunrises was not an easy job, but it was worth it. We also got treated to some colorful angles on the iconic Terracotta Warriors...
Images from the 2008 China Photo Tour (September)
Scandinavia
August 2008
Some things in life are worth waiting for. I was very fortunate to have a chance to experience the wilderness of Sweden and Finland in the autumn, plus a quick visit to some of the more stylish cities in Scandinavia. This is easily one of my favourite parts of the world, for the wild open spaces and embracing kindness of those who live there...
Scandinava - sold online at Blurb
Nukubati Resort - Select Hotels
June 2008
I do love the people who manage public relations for Select Hotels, and when they came up with the idea to run a story on their premier Fiji resort I loved them even more. Nukubati is way off the radar - two planes, one 4WD and a boat ride away from the international airport at Nadi. What a journey, but what a location. A pearl amongst coconuts.
Guizhou Research Trip - Grasshopper Adventures
May 2008
This is a whole new way of travelling, and it's fabulous. With the help of Grasshopper Adventures we arranged a local operator to provide a driver and a van for a group of just 4 people to travel across the remote areas of Guizhou province. It was heaven. We crashed into the May Week celebrations, were forced to drink rice wine and watched an amazing encounter of rural style bull-fighting. But the people were the key, they were wonderful, charming and ever so photogenic...
Checkout the new Guizhou Brochure
Estivation of the Guizhou Four - sold online at Blurb
Images from the 2008 Guizhou Research Trip
Queenstown NZ - Select Hotels
April 2008
I have to admit I had put aside the idea of travelling to New Zealand for many years. When the chance to shoot some alpine scenery around the south island came up I was pretty excited, but doubly so when there was a Harley Davidson thrown into the mix. Photos and bikes are a tough combination, you always end up enjoying one at the sacrifice of the other...
And here's where Ewen will be in the coming months...
Dates
| 2010 | March 04 - March 19 | Nepal - fully booked |
| 2010 | March 22 - April 06 | Nepal - fully booked |
| 2010 | April 26 - May 10 | Guizhou Research Trip - fully booked |
| 2010 | May 31 - June 13 | Australia by Air - 2 places left |
| 2010 | September 12 - 26 | China - 5 places left |
| 2010 | November 14 - 27 | Ancient Kingdoms - 3 places left |
| 2011 | March 10 - March 25 | Nepal |
| 2011 | March 27 - April 09 | Yunnan |
| 2011 | May 30 - June 12 | Australia by Air |
| 2011 | September 04 - September 18 | China |
| 2011 | November 13 - November 26 | Ancient Kingdoms |
