Welcome to winter! We are back in the alpine, with this season’s experiences coming from Mt Hotham Alpine Resort in Victoria Australia, to instruct and hopefully spend a lot more time shooting, creating content and getting some media work lined up and spinning. The snow has been falling and looks like it will be a pretty good start to winter this year.

A few weeks ago, I went with a couple of friends to Ohau Ski Field - first time going to the place and didn’t really know what to expect from it as a small club field in the middle of Canterbury (not like what I am used to skiing in New Zealand), but there was no way I was going to be going anywhere without my camera, of course.

Just a thought - You can have a perfect plan, everything great on paper but it’s basically pointless until you get your ass out of the chair and act. Hear me out.

If you’re reading this, you’ll find it to be a little more of a personal appreciation post rather than a business related or content related one, however I also hope it will show a more personal side to my life and what I do with myself when I am not shooting and creating content for the world to see.

I’ll apologise in advance if this article doesn’t sound quite right when you read it because Right now my brain feels a little mushy and English is hard because Japanese is harder.

So. I don’t even know where to begin. This blog is going to be a regular part of the JDK world, documenting and showcasing behind the scenes aspects of the work that goes in to produce some of these incredible images and give a general glimpse into the not so glamorous life of a photographer.