Ten ways to photograph an Albatross
Classic portrait Are we surprised that I took lots of albatross photographs during three months living and working on Antipodes island? Not really. But how do you keep things fresh…
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…
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…
Up close with an albatross
Toroa / Campbell albatross It's no secret that I love albatrosses. Being at sea, watching them in their element is hands down one of my favourite things. Aotearoa is a…
Plastic Ocean
The dangers of plastics in our ecosystem is an issue that is becoming more mainstream knowledge. We've begun to realise that nothing that we throw 'away' truly vanishes - it…
More Albatross
Today's post is just a bunch more photos from my trip with Monarch Wildlife Cruises, because everyone needs a weekly dose of seabirds! Also because I'm quite busy at the…
The best thing to do in Dunedin
Without question, is a cruise with Monarch Wildlife Cruises. Dunedin has a lot going for it (and I'm seriously considering moving there in future...), but if you're like me and…
A week down south – Dunedin and Te Anau
I packed so much into the last week or so that it felt like much longer! A long-planned reunion in Dunedin combined with the BirdsNZ conference in Te Anau made…
Albatross and their Islands
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 – Chatham Islands
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…
The big and the small
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…
Bounty Islands
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.…
The Gift
The Gift
On my 23rd birthday, I woke to the ship rocking in a way that indicated one thing to me. It wasn’t looking good for us to be able to land…
Trip Log: Megaherbs and Breeding Birds
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E I forgo the hike across Campbell Island, having smashed my knee quite thoroughly on the New Year's Eve hike, and wanting to spend more time with the Southern…
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