A lot of people have been asking me about this image, a cropped version of which appears on the masthead of this blog, so here’s the story of how it came about. I shot this photograph in 2007 whilst on a 2 month tour of south west China.

Philippines An ethereal underwater ballet at twenty fathoms Firstly, apologies for missing a week with my posts to this blog.  It was probably a little ambitious of me to expect a decent internet connection from the middle of the South China Sea....

Sabah Take a deep breath... If you read my last post from here in Sabah then you’ll be well aware that this part of the globe looks very nice from the air.  So, now let me take you through that turquoise sheen to take a peek at what’s going on...

Sabah The coral triangle... where everyone gets a sea view I must admit, I wasn’t expecting to see this sight when I woke up this morning.  We’ve been suffering the periphery of typhoon Parma since I arrived here in Sabah, shrouding the Celebes sea...

Indonesia Indonesia is one of my favourite countries in the world.  I spent a lot of time here in my twenties, just roaming around, visiting as many as I could of the seventeen odd thousand islands that make up this immense archipelago.  Back then,...

Abbie Trayler-Smith in Norway  We join the Sami people of Arctic Norway at an intense time of year: for the next 2-3 weeks the Sami will be herding their reindeer, who have been roaming free for the summer, down from the snow dusted mountains and...