Hannah Point – First Landing
Mud, rain and guano. That was our first landing in Antarctica, at Hannah Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The landing was wet on tumbled stone, and…
Mud, rain and guano. That was our first landing in Antarctica, at Hannah Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The landing was wet on tumbled stone, and…
I get quite badly seasick. I was dreading crossing the notorious Drake Passage more than anything, so Dad and I had applied Scopoderm patches and taken supplementary medication before bed…
What a day. We hadn't even begun our true adventure yet, and both Dad and I agreed it had been one of the best days of our lives. After bussing…
Next week we leave the tropics behind for colder climates! Dad and I wouldn't choose cities as a holiday destination. Our time in Buenos Aires was just a necessary step…
I know you're all waiting on Antarctica photos, and have probably been a bit disappointed by my last few posts! They are scheduled usually around a month in advance, and…
Welcome Swallows are usually quite difficult birds to photograph, in my experience. They're small and very swift, so flight shots are a serious achievement! Even when perched they don't stick…
In wildlife photography, we often only get a small window of opportunity in which to take photographs (bird flies past, dolphin jumps out of the water, etc). Sometimes though, we…
There's nothing I love more than falling asleep to the plaintive hooting of Moreporks. It's something that speaks of home to me - we live near a forest and they…
People have noticed a few similarities between my two winning images from last year - they're (mostly) white birds on (mostly) white backgrounds! I've been asked why and how I…
If you've been keeping up with me on Facebook (I really need to work on posting to other social media sites, sorry!), you'll know that at work we had the…
Below are four photos of the same species of duck - the Yellow-Billed Duck (the first three are even of the same individual!). What I wanted to highlight with these…
Composition is important. It changes the way people read your images, and it can make or break a photograph. There are a number of rules to composition - the 'Rule…
This poor post has been shunted back two weeks by the excitement of going to Tiri and Muriwai on the same day! It's not every day that my lectures finish…
It's always windy at Muriwai - it's why the Gannets nest there. There were serious gusts blowing when we spent the evening there after our day on Tiri, so much…
Tiritiri Matangi is an open island sanctuary northeast of Auckland. After over a century of farming, it has been replanted with native vegetation and given over to providing a haven for…