My happiest place is photographing the World Cup MTB series. I’ve shot in countries all over the world for various magazines and companies.
I’ve been lucky enough to win a couple of awards including the Australian Mountain Bike Photographer of the year in 2024! I've also had images on the front cover of magazines a few times. It’s always a thrill!
In 2015 and 2016 I competed in The Yak Attack; the worlds highest (and one of the toughest) mountain bike races in Nepal. The event is a stage race that climbs up to 5416m (17770ft) and follows trails into some of the most remote places of Nepal. As a competitor I was able to capture some amazing photographs along the 500km race route through the Himalaya.
Both of my 2015 and 2016 trips had articles and photographs published at Pinkbike and Mtb Mag Asia.
Elephant In The Room was my first solo exhibition in 2011, Hobart, Tasmania. The idea behind the exhibition was to fundraise to relocate an Asian Elephant from a life of cruelty to an Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand. The exhibition was a huge success and went on to feature positively in National media.
It was also the springboard for my solo bike ride from Melbourne to Cairns (Ride Bikes, Not Elephants) to continue fundraising and complete the project. A detailed website about the 2 year project can be found at www.ridebikesnotelephants.net
Travelling to photograph sporting events takes me to some beautiful places that stand out all by themselves. A selection of these images will be for sale as canvas prints in the near future.
On March 29, 2017 Kristoff Allegaert, Mike Hall and Sarah Hammond rode from Omeo up and over Falls Creek. They were the leaders of the inaugural Indian Pacific Wheel Race (IPWR), a road time trial race from Perth to Sydney. The 5500km race took the racers through the Nullarbor Plains Desert, the Great Ocean Road and up over the Australian Alps, it truly is an epic race!
All 70 of the competitors left as a group only 12 days ago and dramatically the lead changed for the first time today. Mike caught Kristoff at the top of one the toughest climbs in Australia at Falls Creek.
What promised to be a great battle to Sydney ended in tragedy as only a couple of days later Mike Hall would be hit by a car and killed just south of Canberra. It was a huge shock to everyone who had been following the race and for those who know of Mike. He was a legendary cyclist but more than that he embodied true spirit, the courage to follow dreams and inspire others to do so as well.
These images of these 3 amazing athletes will always inspire me. Be sure to follow next years race over at: IPWR