Community | TNR Protography

Not Just A Place
A Reason To Show Up.

The West Coast shaped the way Dean sees light: wild weather, hard-working people, dark skies, rugged landscapes and community groups that keep showing up for each other. TNR Protography is not West Coast exclusive, but the Coast is the backbone of the work — and giving back to that community matters.

Local Groups

Free & Discounted Shoots

Dean has supported community groups with free or discounted photography and video, including Blackball Community and Their Voice. Sometimes a group needs polished imagery more than it needs another invoice.

Long-Term Support

Coastguard & Squash

For several years Dean has helped Lake Brunner Coastguard with photography and videography, and has also spent years behind the camera for Greymouth Squash Club.

Built Locally

Spot The Aurora

Spot The Aurora grew from local aurora chasing into a world-class forecasting app designed to help people understand when the sky is worth chasing.

Community Projects

The Work Around
The Work.

Community work is often less glamorous than a perfect sunset or a dramatic aurora, but it is the kind of work that becomes part of a place. It is the club photos, event coverage, awareness campaigns, volunteer groups, local launches and people putting their hands up because something matters.

That is where TNR Protography fits best: using professional photos, video, editing and design to help local groups tell their story properly.

Photography and video support for local groups and community events.
Ongoing visual support for Lake Brunner Coastguard and Greymouth Squash Club.
Spot The Aurora forecasting tools for aurora chasers across New Zealand and beyond.
Campaign visuals, graphics, social content and documentary-style video for causes that need attention.

A Campaign With
A Real Purpose.

Dean has also been helping Nicole White’s Why Not Me? campaign, which is raising awareness and money for brain tumour support as Nicole prepares to run the Queenstown Marathon in November 2026.

The campaign has involved hours of footage, many hours of editing, hundreds of photos and graphics, and a 25-minute documentary-style piece designed to give the story the time and weight it deserves.