The Unexpected Bird
In November, I woke to a thick duvet of snow on the ground. The Eglinton Valley was having its last gasps of winter, funnelling chill winds across Knobb's Flat, where…
In November, I woke to a thick duvet of snow on the ground. The Eglinton Valley was having its last gasps of winter, funnelling chill winds across Knobb's Flat, where…
Here's the story behind the photo - my finalist image in this year New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year Awards. I'm sitting on top of a cliff, looking west…
I've been much better at keeping the birdventure updated on instagram and twitter (check out #whosebutt for Whose butt is it anyway?! - a wee game I've started on twitter!)…
So far I've tripped down the West coast of the South Island as far as Greymouth, hopped across Arthur's Pass to Christchurch, and then down to the Mackenzie Country in…
Here's a few updates from the #birdventurenz ! I'm southbound with gusto - finally crossing the Cook Strait after spending the last few weeks around the North Island. The next…
Yesterday, Dad and I drove to Turangi and back. We were on the hunt for whio - Blue ducks. We've had a few Blue Duck Hunts in the past, but…
Kia ora! I'm back! Those of you following me on twitter will have noticed the beginning of a new adventure...all about birds. A Birdventure! For the next few months I'll…
There's a lot to be said for luck in wildlife photography. Most of my photos I don't plan in advance, and I just take what comes. I react to what's…
It was Dad processing photos for a blog this morning that reminded me I didn't have anything written. It's nice to be home, briefly, for the holiday season. I'm still…
I stuffed quite a bit of photography into my brief time in Geelong - both during the conference and after it! A lot of what I've been doing this year…
Photography is about focus. I'm not apologising for that pun. Obviously images being sharp is a good start. But to get good, sharp images, it's also important to be concentrated…
Can you tell this blog was written today, in a bit of a hurry? Usually I have a buffer of blog posts that are scheduled to run - at the…
Western Springs is very close to where I live in Auckland. It's a big park with a (kinda nasty in places...although not too nasty because there's eels in there) lake…
I spent last weekend on Motuihe looking for penguins. Because my own fieldwork isn't tiring enough, obviously. The great thing about helping out with other people's fieldwork is there's no…
This week BirdsNZ - the Ornithological Society of New Zealand - released a set of guidelines for bird photography. It's a really good document that covers the welfare of both…