I’m a long-time hobbyist photographer who currently lives in New Zealand. I love landscape and travel photography but will dabble in all sorts of photographic techniques and styles.

My day job involves working on environments for feature films and television (have a look at benwalkerportfolio.com)

Other places you can find my work are instagram and behance.

Instagram @_surfacedetail

For landscape and travel photography

The postcard-perfect Lake Matheson this time last year. #lakematheson #nzlakes #nzlandscape #nzsouthisland #nzwestcoast #landscapephotography #lakes #mirrorlake
I realised today that exactly one year ago we were in Arthur’s pass on the start of a South Island trip. Here’s a photo from Devil’s Punchbowl; a beautiful waterfall a short walk from Arthur’s pass village. #waterfall #newze
I was going through some old photos for work and found this cool shot from a heli flight with @wanakahelicopters from a trip to NZ way back in 2011 (!) A really amazing experience. Will post more soon!
Tawhai Falls (Gollum’s Pool) / Pond on the Waitonga track / Waitonga Falls #waterfall #waterfalls #tongarironationalpark #nz #purenz #purenewzealand #purenature #gollumspool #waitongafalls #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature
Dawson Falls, Mt Taranaki, September 2020 #waterfall #mounttaranaki #egmontnationalpark #waterfalls #newzealand #purenz #nz #nzwaterfalls
Doubtful Sound, November 2020 #doubtfulsound #newzealand #waterfall #waterfalls #fjordland
Island, May 2019
Kaikoura Mountains, November 2019
Doubtful Sound, November 2020
Moody Milford vibes (from back in November) #milfordsound #mitrepeak #newzealand #nz
Devils Punchbowl Waterfall in Arthur’s Pass flowing strong after heavy rains. The mist coming off the falls would just drench us when the breeze whipped around, so taking photos was pretty tricky! By the end I was just smearing water around my

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For everything else

The stunning Waimamgu valley 🌋
Low tide, distant rain and oppressive heat.
What the sea wants, the sea will have. #costal #beach #southaustralia #yorkepeninsula
There’s been some spectacular misty clouds the last few days! #wellington #seatoun #dawn
Catching the sunrise.
Getting an early taste of those long summer evenings. #breakerbay #seatoun #wellington
Butchers Track to Cattle Ridge track and return along the Orongorongo river trail. It was blustery and cold up on the ridge with lots of trees down, but still made a great walk. First time we’ve been here for aaages! #remutakaforestpark #oron
More Pāuā shell macro photography (that I’ve had sitting in my drafts for a while.) #paua #pauashell #macro #macrophotography #macrophoto #abstractart #abstractnature #naturescolors #beachcombing
More big swells at Breakers. #wellington #newzealand #ocean #crashingwaves #wellingtonsouthcoast
Big swells at Breaker Bay over the last few days. #wellington #newzealand #ocean #waves #crashingwaves
A day trip on Kapiti Island with mum and dad. I think I’ll stick to more landscape photography; birds are too fast!
Weta New Years Party (the Christmas party was postponed until the new year). Such an amazing event, we had a really great time. An excellent way to kick off the year! The bands and djs were fantastic and varied, which made for a really nice vibe to t