Darcy Ward’s love of filmmaking can be traced way, way back to the bitterly cold backcountry New Zealand. Way, way back to his grandad Trevor Booth. Trev was an avid photographer who possessed a creative eye.

“My grandad had a dark room set up at his house and I remember looking through all his imagery of old buildings and landscapes and just general moments captured over time and thinking ‘this is amazing that you can capture memories and moments in life’ and when you see that image it’s like you can have a connection to it and almost relive it. Wherever he went he took his cameras with him. It was part of him,”
remembers Darcy.

Then in August of 2009, Trev passed away, leaving Darcy his quiver of cameras, lenses and flashes and from there, Darcy’s love affair blossomed.

The right people noticed his constant work, dug his vibe and from there the jobs began trickling in and suddenly his resume began to bulge with clients keen to get a piece.

At the time of writing this piece Darcy has worked for everyone from interior decorators to wedding planners, television producers, Red Bull, Surfing’s governing bodies as well World Champion surfers and surf brands.