firstpic® is a collective of professional photographers, based in various locations around New Zealand.


Our photographers regularly travel within their particular region and in some cases, the length and breadth of the country, capturing unique images of the real New Zealand. We also stock a range of images of other countries.

Firstpic® Image Library offers rights managed or licensed images. We do not offer royalty free images. Our images are available for editorial, advertising and corporate use and many images are available for exclusive use (please specify in your request for quote if you are seeking exclusive use of an image).

If your intended use of an image is outside our standard pricing structure, simply add your selected images to your lightbox and request a quote. We will require details of the intended use so that we can offer you the best price. All images are supplied in digital format.

firstpic® photgraphers:

John Bougen
John is a Canterbury sheep farmer, businessman and the photographer of several books, including the award-winning Taste of Morocco (with Julie le Clerc), Southern Men and The Road to Castle Hill (the illustrated biography of his wife Christine Fernyhough). John is at home in the high country or almost any part of the globe. His mid-life high speed travels were recounted in his book 'An Absolutely Outrageous Adventure', and a book about children of the world 'My Dream', proceeds to Save the Children Fund, a result of the same trip.
John uses Canon. View John's portfolio.

Brendon O'Hagan
Auckland-based photographer Brendon O'Hagan is responsible for many stunning images shot for national publications, agencies, corporates and organisations, including  Rally of NZ, Reuters, Getty Images, AFP  Nike, All Blacks and Rugby Sevens. After more than a decade as a freelance photographer and time with the NZ Herald, Brendon now focuses mainly on corporate, editorial and sport photography but also fits in overseas travel, including trips to Greece, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Islands over the last few years. He and John have recently completed a book of their trip to India to play cricket with the locals.
Brendon uses Canon. View Brendon's portfolio.

Roy Emerson
Roy has worked as a professional photographer in Auckland for 30 years, specialising in fashion, architecture, corporate, still life and food. But his passions are landscape and travel photography and nowadays Roy prefers to travel with his wife Rebecca and his artistic images can be seen in the couple's photo essays in many magazines. Roy has also supplied stock images to magazines and airlines in NZ, US and Europe. Recently Roy's travels have taken him to France, the Mediterranean, North and South America.
Roy uses Nikon. View Roy's portfolio.

Malcolm Pullman
Malcolm, a keen surfer from Sandy Bay, north of Whangarei, who's passionate about adventure photography and the natural environment. If not shooting extreme snowboarding or skiing on the snowy slopes he can be found at the coast, capturing bird life and the natural elements or images at sea with Greenpeace. Malcolm also specialises in corporate and media work in the Northland area.
Malcolm uses Nikon. View Malcolm's portfolio.

Sue Ferens
Sue is a photo-journalist and an ex-ad agency director who has been a keen photographer for more 35 years. Photography is now her major focus and Sue is passionate about her Far North home at Houhora.  Her preferred subject matter is the natural environment, forgotten places, horticulture and when out of NZ, exotic countries, of which India and Nepal are favourite destinations.
Sue uses Canon. View Sue's portfolio.

Dave Curtis
Dave, based in Dunedin in the deep south, is a computer engineer and photographer with a passion for astrophotography, landscape and wildlife photography. Dave has a keen interest in the outdoors and has been photographing for 35 years, largely as an amateur. In recent years, he's become adept at digital raw development and fine art printing. When on holiday Dave enjoys street photography in Europe.
Daves uses Canon. View Dave's portfolio.

Rick Allender
Rick has had a lengthy career as cinematographer on some of NZ's most well known feature films, television series and documentaries. His still photography features the nautical and natural landscape. Rick is a regular traveler and recent trips have taken him around NZ as well as overseas to Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
Rick uses Canon. View Rick's portfolio.

Iain Galloway
Iain is an avid photographer, based in Palmerston North. Ian has spent 38 as a teacher and during the last nine years, has been an occasional freelance writer and photographer contributing to news papers and magazines. Now retired, Iain has more time to indulge his passion. His favourite subjects are landscapes, wildlife and sport. Iain uses Nikon. View Iain's portfolio.

Pierre-André Fautrier
Pierre-André was born on the south coast of France and has always been captivated by nature and the strength of the elements, especially wind and raging sea. He initially became a sound engineer, recording jazz and philarmonia and sees his earlier interest in audio perception relating to his current interest in visual perception and how the brain interprets the signals it receives. Pierre-André has always had a strong affinity with landscapes and the wild nature. He loves to show life through nature, especially the element of water and is always in search of purity in worldwide landscapes. Pierre-André uses a large format 4x5 camera. View Pierre-Andrés portfolio.