Camilla Rutherford (born 7 August 1983) is a Scottish photojournalist who lives in Wānaka, New Zealand. Rutherford specializes in outdoor sports photography and often shoots in the mountains of New Zealand. She shoots things from sports, travel, and lifestyle. Personal Rutherford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 7 August 1983 to a family of five children. She later became a ski instructor. She studied at St. Martins College of Art in London where she earned an Arts Honors Degree. Rutherford traveled to South Island of New Zealand went to Wānaka. She married Tim Rutherford and has a son. Before she moved to Wānaka, she alternated between Verbier, Switzerland, and Wānaka so that she could both live in the southern and northern hemisphere. After she married Tim, she moved to his farm in Tarras. She settled down officially in Wānaka. The South Island is filled with peaks and lakes where the bottom can be seen from the top. She went to Wānaka for the outdoor factor and that is where she likes to photograph the most. According to Rutherford, the outdoors are where the pictures turn out the best. Rutherford shoots mostly in the mountains all over New Zealand to get her perfect shots. She says, Beautiful things happen when people and the mountains meet. Career Rutherford grew up in Scotland and has worked as a freelance photographer since graduating from St. Martins College in London, with a major in Theatre Design. Her background in theatre led to her interest in photography and her love of skiing. She started as a ski instructor with a camera and is now an award-winning photographer. To add to her interest in photography, she launched her new website, in 2009. The Faction Collective ski company advertised her website to their users to promote her work. Rutherford left her home in Scotland to go to New Zealand to resume her love for skiing. She started shooting with her iPhone 4 before getting her Canon camera. She shot in the winter for four years before moving to Wānaka and shooting her first summer photos there. Wānaka is not far from Mount Aspiring National Park where she sometimes takes photographs. She also travels to Nepal, China, Japan, India and Switzerland to get some shots as well. Usually using her Canon 5D Mark 3 camera, she says capturing the athletes in their element is the most critical part in