Morepork
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…
White Birds on White Backgrounds
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…
Baby Blackbirds
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…
Why light makes all the difference
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…
Bird Photography Tips – Cropping
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…
Miranda
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…
Muriwai
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
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…
100 Posts!
In roughly 2 years I have written 100 blog posts and kept to my goal of posting one every Sunday. It's been a fantastic exercise, constantly pushing me to learn…
Bird Photography Tips – Proximity
Even with a long lens, bird photography still requires getting reasonably close to your subject. In some places, this can be as simple as parking your butt and waiting, or…
City Wildlife – Bird Photography in Central Auckland
I like to think I'm a reasonable observant person, so how I missed the fact that there's a great spot for photographing birds literally across the road from my flat…
Bird Photography Tips – Birds in Flight
I thought I might start a series of Bird Photography Tips, seeing as it's the area of photography I've had the most experience with so far! So here's number one…
Spring
It's spring here in the Southern Hemisphere, which means warmer weather (and rain), an unfurling of blossoms and a cacophony of birdlife. It's a good time for bird photography, as…
Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre
Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre is a place I should really visit more often. Located in Rotorua, they are leaders in the conservation of birds of prey in New Zealand,…
Bird of the Day
For those of you who follow me on twitter, you'll have noticed a sudden increase in the amount I post! In a bid to use the platform more, I've been…