Antipodean Summer 1
I’m writing this sitting outside the hut on Antipodes Island, 870km southeast of New Zealand. The fact that I can write and post blogs from here is a bit startling,…
Two penguins and a PhD
Kia ora! It's been a while. Here's an update from me: I handed in my doctorate at the end of May, defended in August, and now I am done. PhD,…
Slick
I've been looking for monochrome images while out shooting recently - paying more attention to light, shade, and contrast rather than colour. This photo - shot on an Albatross Encounter…
In the spray
On a windy, choppy afternoon at the Rotorua lakefront, Dad and I photographed this male pāpango - New Zealand scaup - hunker down in a pretty wet and horrible perch…
Wings overhead
I posted this photo to Instagram a while back, but it's a bad platform for landscape-orientation images. They don't lend themselves to the scroll well. Here it is in all…
Summer bloom
I promise this is a wildlife photo! See if you can spot someone making the most of an abundance of pōhutukawa nectar in this image. I shot this from a…
2022 in review
Happy New Year! As always, I spend the quiet period over the holiday break doing a bit of reflection on the year past, and preparation for the year coming. 2022…
Tākapu Australasian Gannet at Muriwai
Recently
I'm busy writing up my Doctoral thesis, which doesn't leave time for much else in life, apart from work. But here's a few images from recent adventures, to let you…
Otago Wildlife Masterclass November 2022
We had another stunning weekend in Ōtepoti for the Wildlife Photography Masterclass a few weeks ago! I've not run a workshop in spring before, so it was interesting to see…
Freeze-frame
This image is actually a still taken from a video, shot handheld on a rolling boat! There are four species of seabird cruising through the frame, and while the video…
Blue morning
A wee while ago I went up to Tāwharanui for a morning wander with Yusuf (see his photos here!), looking for birds, looking for light, looking for nice images. The…
Wildlife in portrait
Kotoreke / Marsh Crake | Nikon Z9 + 800mm f/6.3 I've been shooting a lot in portrait mode recently, flipping the camera on its side and trying a different perspective.…
Bird Photography with the new Nikon Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S
Impressions of the new Nikon Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens for bird photography - what a dream lens!
Spongey inspiration
Some time last year, I stopped editing and sharing photos. I didn't stop making photos, but after the shutter-clicked, the process stopped. I just couldn't get excited enough about my…