Birds in the sea, fish in the sky
I never get tired of seabirds (that much is probably obvious by now). One of my challenges is taking photos of them underwater, when I myself am not underwater. Underwater…
An overwhelming amount of cute
I feel extremely lucky to do the work I do and share the lives of some really special birds. I was drawn to seabirds for their mastery of the pelagic…
Patterns
We are wired to look for patterns. It's why we see cloud-animals, and faces in everyday objects. We find regular, repeating, symmetric things pleasing to look at. I'm always looking…
On luck
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…
On the joy of image-making
It's very easy to feel negative about our own photography. With a deluge of new, amazing photos alighting on our Instagram feeds every day, it's often hard not to feel…
2017 Highlights
This year has been dominated by my Master's research, but it has also been a fun year photographically. Although my usual adventures were limited, being involved in seabird research has…
Another handful of Geelong birds
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…
Portraits from Geelong
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…
AOC conference poster
The alternative title for this post is "Edin does the science". I've written a few posts about my Master's project over the course of this year which you can read…
Flesh-footed shearwaters
Although my research is focused on Grey-faced petrels, I've got to know the other seabird inhabitants of the Hauraki Gulf quite well this year. These sleek birds - Flesh-footed shearwaters…
November
It's been busy. I've been doing the last lot of fieldwork for my Master's thesis. It's extremely nocturnal. I went to the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Geelong. I don't have…
A chaos of wings and water
First you hear it. Like river rapids rushing over rocks, a frothing, hissing, bubbling sound that erupts out of nowhere. But there is no river, because you're out at sea,…
Snorkelling at Goat Island
It's another quick post from Edin, because damn am I all over the place right now! All going to plan I will return from the Australasian Ornithological Conference (and a…
NNST blogs – Burgess
Today's post is a bit of a cheat, because it's actually just a link to a blog I wrote for the Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust. I shared some photos…
Out on the water
In a word, my life at the moment is hectic. But I don't mind at all, because I thrive on action. And what's keeping me busy at the moment is…