The Why
Why do I take photos? Why do I carry around heavy, clunky gear to wild places, to be battered by the elements? Why do I then spend time sitting in…
Why do I take photos? Why do I carry around heavy, clunky gear to wild places, to be battered by the elements? Why do I then spend time sitting in…
I spend a lot of time on the Bridge when we're at sea. Usually I'm looking for birds, but I also really enjoyed using the Nikon 10.5mm fisheye on my…
It started with this photo: On New Year's day 2016, leaving Campbell Island, I made this image of a Campbell albatross with cloud-wreathed Campbell Island in the background. It ended…
The Pyramid (Tarakoikoia) is a mighty rise of rock at the southern end of the Chatham Islands. It's classified as an Important Bird Area because it's the only place in…
This photograph of a Southern Royal albatross and a Black-bellied Storm petrel is one of my favourite images. Not because it's a particularly stunning image, it's quite ordinary in every…
I have never seen so many seabirds in my life. The air above the Bounty Islands is dark - a mist that resolves through binoculars into a flurry of whirling albatross.…
If you read the blog I posted before I left, you'll recognise this map: When I mention the subantarctic to people, they often comment on how much ice I'm going…
"Sometimes, a day will so utterly change you, that when you look in the mirror at the end of the day, there is someone you do not wholly recognise yet…
All adventures come to an end, and it's often not easy to leave the wilds behind to come home. On Monday the 5th of December, I flew home from Dunedin…
Where has this year gone? It's certainly been a busy one for me, leaving little time for photography and blogging. So here's a few exciting things in my life recently:…
52° 32′ 24″ S 169° 8′ 42″ E - 46° 35′ 30″ S 168° 20′ 0″ E Campbell Island is vanishing behind us. There are birds in our wake, skimming the rising swells. The cliffs of the eastern coast…
54° 29' 59" S 158° 56' 14" E - 52° 32′ 24″S 169° 8′ 42″E The water, the sky, the whole world is bright and clear. Calm seas soothe our…
54° 29' 59" S 158° 56' 14" E We appear to have lost Macquarie Island. We know where it is - just a little to the west of us -…