Our latest (2015) trip to New Zealand has seen Andy develop a more distinctive style to his photography that can best be described as Shan Shui. Although this literally translates to “Mountain and Water”, it is actually a very well defined style in landscape art and paintings. The style includes conventions in balance, composition, and form. This includes paths that should be meandering and never straight, a threshold such as a mountain that the path may lead, and a heart or focal point. Colour is considered immaterial. This landscape image taken in torrential rain near the Homer Tunnel is I feel an example of this style, as are the 2nd and 4th images in this album.