Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you all! I had a change of scene this New Year's Eve, spending time up in Auckland with friends and watching the Sky Tower fireworks from our…
2014 in Review
Both photographically and generally speaking, this has been a fantastic year. I've learnt a lot, not just about photography, but about why I take photographs and what drives me to…
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…
Tree of Life
There's no shortage of photographic opportunities walking around the Base track of Mount Maunganui. While Dad and I were largely after birds, Mum pointed out this ominous tree with roots…
Deleting Detritus
UPDATE: I wouldn't advocate deleting like this normally. This was an exercise in pushing myself to take better photos. Most of the time I don't delete more than the seriously…
21
It's apparently a big deal when you turn 21. To be honest, to me it's just another number. I'm marking the day by running a half marathon (a suitable 21km)…
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…
New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year
What can I say that hasn't been said already? Dad was quick in getting a blog post out about this last night! Having my photographs recognised in such a large…
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…
Mount Maunganui – New Zealand Fur Seals
I was extremely jealous when Dad started sending me photographs of the family of New Zealand Fur Seals that he had spotted at Mount Maunganui (especially the adorable baby!) So when…
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…