Spotted in Paperplus, Merivale. I'm very happy to announce that Our Mountains was officially launched nationwide in New Zealand last week. A collaboration with author Paul Hersey, Our Mountains is…
It's exciting to see that advance copies of Our Mountains have arrived on Aotearoa's shores and will be going out to early reviewers soon. Shooting the photography for this book…
A hilly 95km mini-tour on Banks Peninsula (one evening and two days) with 3075m of climbing. To usher in my 43rd year Hana and I had been planning to go…
A trip that's long been on my hit list is the Dragon's Teeth High Traverse in Kahurangi National Park, a high traverse of the Douglas Range from the Aorere Valley…
Chris and the Gouland Downs. One of the prize jewels in Kahurangi National Park's crown is the Heaphy Track. I last rode this track 17 years ago (back before the…
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein, letter to his son Eduard, 1930 Yunnan, China. Mindoro, Philippines. Wellington, New Zealand.…
Pre dawn light on Mount Sefton and Mueller Hut. One of the workshop locations. In May this year I'm running a four-day mountain photography workshop for the NZ Alpine Club,…
It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog. My priority for the last few months has been shooting for the Our Mountains book project I'm working…
Back in February this year I headed into the Central Darrans with John McCallum, Tom Riley and Alan Thomas. We were on a mission to get into Turner's Eyrie, an…
Couple of weekends ago (August 16-19) I headed to Queenstown to take photos at the inaugural Remarkables Ice & Mixed Festival. Brainchild of psyched climber Daniel Joll and organised by…
Thanks for visiting the blog of Mark Watson & Highlux Photography. Here, you can find the full account of our Alaska to Patagonia (2016–2020, 2022–2023) bikepacking journey, as well as our New Zealand adventures.