Title: Geothermal Engineer

''It was a freezing cold morning which amplified the steam at the geothermal vents we were shooting. I grabbed hundred images of our engineer as she worked in the swirling mist, backlit by the winter sun.

Sometimes you have to go to the ends of the earth to capture the best imagery; intrepid journeys to remote work sites in harsh conditions. Sometimes you do. Sometimes you don't... It was 7:30 am on a cold, clear morning in sunny Lake Taupo, New Zealand. I had just been handed a flat white and a delicious looking almond croissant by our shoot producer, when Gabby, our geo-engineer appeared heroically through the swirling mist. She was beautifully backlit by the low sun, with clouds of steam aglow against the darkened backdrop. A perfect image revealed before me. This was to be one of life’s hard choices: grab the photo... or grab the croissant? As any true professional would, I grabbed both.''