Photography & Stories by Cormac McCreesh

Travel and underwater photography.
Wildlife and light.
Quiet stories from the road, the trail, and below the surface.

I’m Cormac McCreesh—photographer, writer, and observer of the overlooked. I split my time between my home in South Africa and the landscapes I travel through, often slowly, often with my camera in hand. I usually travel with my girlfriend, whose quiet companionship and shared curiosity shape much of this work. I’m also an accountant by profession, and my analytical mind often filters into how I frame a photograph or reflect on a place.

This site is a slow-travel and photography journal. It’s a place to gather images and words that come from walking, waiting, and watching. Most entries are short—sometimes just a photo and a few lines. Others include notes, reflections, or fragments of conversation. I’m not documenting grand adventures. I’m documenting what it’s like to be present in a landscape or city at a particular moment.

Most of the photography here comes from southern Africa, Europe, and the UK—rural towns, coastal paths, empty roads, mountain ridges, city margins. The where often matters less than the feel of a place. I look for quiet textures, strong natural light, and the emotion a setting can hold when nothing is happening.

Because we miss things when we move too fast. Photography, for me, is a way of paying attention—to space, light, weather, and time. This site is both archive and exercise: a place to slow down, to observe more carefully, and to share a way of seeing that values restraint and reflection.

This site has grown slowly, like the work itself. Posts appear in fits and starts, depending on where I’ve been and what I’ve seen. There’s no schedule, no content strategy—only photographs and writing that feel worth sharing. Most were taken in the last decade, but some reach further back.

What You’ll Find Here
• Single Image Posts
Often a single photograph—sometimes captioned, sometimes not. A moment that stood out, held still.
• Photo Essays
Small sets of images from a walk, a town, or a stretch of road—gathered more for atmosphere than narrative.
• Notes & Reflections
Occasional writing on travel, creativity, photography, or the discipline of paying attention.
• Behind the Frame
Short insights into how or why a photo was made: the light, the decision, the silence, the instinct.

This is a quiet space. If you’re drawn to minimalism, solitude, or the poetry of travel without performance—welcome. If you’re looking for gear reviews, sponsored adventures, or itineraries, you won’t find them here. But if you’re curious about how places feel—how light shifts over a small Karoo town at dusk, or how weather shapes a footpath—you may feel at home.

Stay Awhile

Browse slowly. There’s no hurry here.