Welcome to KORU Wilderness Images.

Home to some of New Zealand’s best Landscape Photography!

“Take only Photos, and Leave only Footprints”

About Us

We are a New Zealand based wilderness, wildlife, and landscape photography business. We are dedicated to bringing to life, and to your wall, the wonders of New Zealand. We specialise in high quality photographic canvas prints.

We have brought our best images to this website for you to review and purchase as artworks. We also maintain a photo library of several thousand other images which we are happy to search through to find just the right image for you. Please Contact Us.

“It’s not just a Photo – It’s a Lifestyle Enhancement!”

The Photographer

Alan MacKay is a keen outdoors type, and previous trekking guide in New Zealand’s deep-south. Alan has a driving passion to bring the wonders of New Zealand’s back country landscapes to life for those less fortunate to have spent time in the great outdoors. As a previous hobby photographer, he has developed a passion for the artistic media that is photography.

Alan’s subject of choice is the mountains and coastlines that make up the more remote areas of our great country, with special emphasis on the South Island. The Fiordland, and Aoraki / Mt Cook National Parks fare particularly well.

Alan, Yumi, and their two small children, reside in Christchurch.

“We shoot wildlife with a Canon. What do you use?”

The Photos

Prior to 2006, we were shooting almost exclusively, Fujichrome Velvia Slide Film. The quality of this film is unsurpassed when it comes to landscapes, and indeed it is only in the last few years that digital photography equipment has even come close to the quality we seek.

In 2006 we switched to digital photography, with the purchase of a Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR. (See The Gear section below). The resultant switch has given us images every bit as good as the slide images before, while allowing more control and flexibility over our imagery.

The majority of our photography concentrates on the New Zealand Landscape. We do also carry Wild-life, and Plant-life imagery, and maintain a small International Gallery within our website.

The images on our website are divided into a number of  Galleries that cover a diverse range of topics. Each image may belong to one or more galleries, depending on the subject(s) depicted. So it is quite possible for a sunset photo of Aoraki/Mt Cook with a car in the foreground to fit in the Alpine, Sunrise/Sunset, and Transport Galleries. Thus, if you’re browsing multiple Galleries you may see the same image more than once!

Your chosen image will be presented to you as a complete, ready to hang, high quality canvas artwork in your choice of sizes, ranging from A4 (about 30cm x 20cm) to A0 (about 119cm x 84cm). See Size Options for the full range. We can finish your chosen image in various other formats, if required. Please Contact Us if you wish to enquire further.

“Your first 10,000 photos will be your worst – Henri Cartier-Bresson”

The Gear

Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera

Canon EF 24-105 F4 L IS USM Standard Zoom Lens. This is our favourite!

Canon EF 75-300 F4-5.6 IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Canon EF 100 F4 Macro Close-up lens

Sigma 17-35 F2.8-4.5 Ultra Wide Zoom

Slik Heavy Duty Tripod

And lots of batteries, memory cards, and other paraphernalia!

“Get a Koru Wilderness Image, and Enhance Your Lifestyle!”