GM Nostriches 🌅 The year is drawing to an end, so it’s time for a little round up! Over the next week or two I’m going to flood this feed with some of my favourite pictures from 2025. A bit like a retrospective. Some of them will be “work” pictures, some will be ones that are available in my print store and some will be family truck life from our travels. All of them have a story. In today’s five: 1. This is home. A couple of days before we nearly rolled the truck down a hill, we were enjoying the Assay Plateau near a former Soviet Observatory in Kazakhstan. Great light, great scenery, friendly locals. 2. Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan. One of the best star fields I’ve seen anywhere, and that includes sailing across the Atlantic. 3. Dalmatian Pelican, Lake Kerkini. These enigmatic birds are huge and menacing in look. They were under threat of extinction, but thanks to great conservation efforts, especially around Lake Kerkini, they’re making a strong comeback. 4. The Tien Shan Mountains on the Kumtor Goldmine Route in Kyrgyzstan. A spectacular route, a slightly nervy bridge crossing, glorious scenery and the joy of bumping in to other overlanders. 5. Otis. Posing remarkably motionless in a waterfall in Georgia. Overlanding takes us to these kind out of the way places. Places where few others get to. And we get to explore them from the comfort of our home. Which is your favourite? #photography #overland #fineart #travel

GE Nostriches 🌇 Dinner is served… on the beach in Oman. One of the joys of my job is the incredible table settings (and great food) I get to photograph and eat. And this one, on the beach in Salalah, Oman, was no exception. A really beautiful tablescape, backed by the ocean and overhead fairy lights completing the scene. For those curious, I’m the photographer for the Abercrombie&Kent Private Jet around the world tours. This trip was cultural based, while my upcoming February trip is all about wildlife. And then… after that trip, we will get back to travelling in the truck! I promise! #alternativelifestyle #photography #travel

GM Nostr 🌅 In case you think my work trip was all candid portraits (there were a lot and I will post more) here’s something a little different. Pre-dawn reflected in the fountain at the front of the Raffles Hotel, Udaipur. The Raffles in Udaipur is one of their newest properties and is located on a secluded island in the middle of one of the lakes. It’s genuinely a beautiful hotel and the staff are, as you may expect, super helpful. #photography #sunrise #india #borderlessliving

GE Nostriches 🌆 Udaipur, India. A lady sitting outside her house near the temple cleans her chai set and prepares a cup of chai. I was drawn to the simple, but vibrant, colour palette and the “unseen moment” soothing that happens hundreds or thousands of times every day across India, but normally goes unnoticed. India is a photographer’s paradise. There is something about the light there…. It’s bright, but the thickness of the air, or some may say the smog, makes it diffuse and flattering for people photography. And it really helps the colours of their vibrant clothing, that despite the mess they find themselves surrounded by are always clean, crisp and glowing, pop. 📍 Udaipur, India #photography #art #chai #borderlessliving

GE Nostriches 🌇 Sticking with our Laos stop on my work trip, we visited an artists house and got to see incredible art work being produced, including by this young Buddhist monk who was making paper stencil cutouts that would later be used in repainting the inside of his temple. The calm attention to detail and precision of his work was mesmerising to watch and the beautiful natural light, especially that bouncing up from the paper he was cutting, made for an incredible scene I had to watch for a while before capturing. Also, I have a new website for anyone interested in buying physical artwork… www.newtonphoto.art All thoughts and feedback welcome 🙏🏻 #photography #art #travel #boundlessliving #beborderless

GM Nostr 🌅 We stopped at a temple in Laos on my work trip to receive a blessing from the monks. Once it was over I was hanging around in the temple as all our guests filed out, when I saw this monk come out from the main body of the temple (right of picture) and walk straight towards me. The patches of light from the windows along the corridor and the door in the background gave a sense of depth and intrigue to the picture and his natural, calm demeanour completed the scene. He then, as he reached the end of the corridor, turned to walk out of the door, the light catching his face and eye as he glanced up on his way through the doorway. #photography #borderlessliving #globalexploration #art

GE Nostr 🌇 Another shot from my work trip - this on our final stop of the trip in Malta where one excursion was to watch the gun salute. I took up my position overlooking the saluting battery and selected a fast shutter speed and high speed continuous shooting. Watching a cannon fire, even dry firing with no cannonball, is quite the experience. #travellinglife #borderlessliving #photography

GM Nostr! 🌅 Good news… I’m still alive! After a month of work on a global private jet tour where I work as the photographer, I got back to Almaty and we decided we should head back to the UK to sort some family stuff out for my Mum. So that’s what we’ve been working on. Jess and Isla flew back two days ago, Otis and I are currently in Istanbul airport waiting for our second flight. The truck stays in Kazakhstan and we’ll be reuniting with her in January with the goal of getting in to Mongolia in late spring. So for now, you’re going to get a bit of a back catalogue from my month away working, starting with this shot of Masaai warriors performing on the beach in Zanzibar. #photography #lifewelltravelled #alternativeliving #liveborderless

GN Nostr! There’ll be a change in content for a few weeks as I’ve parked the family and truck in Almaty and I’m flying off for a month of work. First stop - transit through Istanbul to Lisbon. So pictures from my travels incoming! #needsmust #worklifebalance

We completed the Pamir Highway and then continued looping around back in to Kyrgyzstan, so here’s a video travel fact from the Toktogul Dam. You won’t believe quite how much water that holds back! We’re putting in the kilometres right now as we head back to Almaty. I’ll then be flying out for a month of work taking me to 8 countries. Everyone else will chill out in Kazakhstan until I return and our adventures continue. #overlanding #travelfacts #kyrgyzstan