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Previous guests are our best advertisement. Are we really that good? Through the guest's lens. Our clients say: Client Comments"Your willingness to share your professional skills and talents, time and time again, was greatly appreciated. I know this was a BIG bonus to us, me in particular, over the entire three weeks. It took me more than a week to recuperate from the early mornings, late evenings, and go-go-go characteristic of the entire tour, but I have absolutely NO complaints. I never did feel like I was a "tourist" while in your care. Good food, outstanding wine, and exceptional companionship. We came, we saw, we did, we conquered (I think), and we returned home with real quality memories." "I was particularly impressed by the care that Phillip took in encouraging me to 'fine tune' my choice of viewpoint in order to make the most of a location and maximise the impact of a shot. He was also very good at making sure my non-photographer partner was involved in everything (apart from getting up for the dawn) and made to feel included. His advice on the best wine to accompany a meal was also well worth following." "Over the last 30 years I have shot 35mm, medium format, and 4x5 large format films. I now shoot with a Canon 1Ds Mk III, and thus consider myself to be a fairly advanced amateur. It was therefore an added bonus that Phillip, a consummate professional, also taught me many new approaches to photography as I was capturing the stunning scenery of New Zealand. Phillip never tried to impose his own views on me, and probably would have kept his advice to a minimum if that had been my preference. But I encouraged the opposite, and it was an unexpected added bonus to the trip." Marty M, USA "With an exquisite countryside, photographic opportunities around each bend and a guide with a wonderful sense of humor we couldn't have had more fun. We would unequivocally and without hesitation recommend Phillip to anyone looking for a once-in-a-lifetime experience in New Zealand." Ron & Donna S, USA "Phillip took me to some incredible locations, many of them very remote. The kind of stuff you don't ever see in mainstream tour brochures. If I had tried to see all the places on the tour by myself with a rental vehicle I would have come up very short I think. Phillip's local knowledge is extensive and on top of that, being a photographer he knows each location's best time to be photographed. At certain points in the tour I felt rather overwhelmed with the sheer amount of photographic opportunities. I was definitely kept busy with shots to take." Dean T, Australia "Phillip's organization was wonderful and the timing of the tides and light was just right. His knowledge of each area was very extensive. A fabulous guide!" Wendy & Andy M, USA "I cannot imagine a better way to see New Zealand. Flawless." Prof. Chris W, USA "He took us to several well off the track locations that there is no way I would have known about or ever found - but yielded spectacular photographs. The second is that he gave us room to work, but was always on hand for questions or queries. I like to work at my own methodical pace and don't require photographic instruction - but I often did want to know how Phillip as a local saw the shot in his minds eye and where he felt it worked best based on his experience with the area. To this end he was extremely helpful and I owe him a debt of gratitude in this respect as it has contributed to the quality of shots I was able to get. Many photographers often think the best way to shoot a new location is on their own, but those of us who have been to a new area with a good guide know that there is no substitute for local knowledge. And that local knowledge saves a huge amount of time (and time is money) and contributes to images of far greater quality. To this end Phillip was nothing short of brilliant - a better guide could not be had." Joshua H, Australia |
