Mike’s passion is travel photography and travel book publishing with over 26 books to his name. Mike is a Master Photog. III and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and a Fellow and Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP). He has been a professional photographer for over 30 years and an International Awards judge and lecturer for 20 years. He has been awarded Australian Geographic Photographer of the Year, NSW AIPP Photographer of the Year, twice AIPP Landscape Photographer of the Year, the NZIPP Photographer of the Year, NZIPP Corporate/Industrial Photographer of the Year and NZIPP Landscape Photographer of the Year and is the current AIPP Travel Photographer of the Year. He is also the President of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography, an EOS Master & is co director the Queenstown Centre for Creative Photography with his wife Jackie Ranken).