Tawharanui
A few weekends ago I went up to Tawharanui Open Sanctuary for the evening to help out with some Grey-faced petrel banding. It was something I'd been trying to do…
Piece by piece
Remember the Wave? One of the risks of visiting wild places is putting your camera gear (and yourself, more importantly) in the way of unexpected events that can sometimes prove…
Mōhua
I think every conference I attend from now on will be a bit of a let-down compared to the BirdsNZ conference this year. After a weekend of great talks, we…
The best thing to do in Dunedin
Without question, is a cruise with Monarch Wildlife Cruises. Dunedin has a lot going for it (and I'm seriously considering moving there in future...), but if you're like me and…
A week down south – Dunedin and Te Anau
I packed so much into the last week or so that it felt like much longer! A long-planned reunion in Dunedin combined with the BirdsNZ conference in Te Anau made…
Let it happen
Back to photography, since my more recent posts have largely been about my research. Striking the right balance is hard, but I have been trying to take more photos recently.…
The Goat Island Trip
I said last week that I don't have any hands free to take photos when I'm doing my fieldwork, which is largely true. It doesn't mean that I'm not going…
My fieldwork in photos
Doing fieldwork for my research is when I'm happiest. I'm an outdoors, physical person - I like to be doing things and interacting with the world. Collecting my own data is also…
2017- First forays into petrelology
What am I doing?
I realised that I've not really explained what I'm doing for my Master's particularly well here. I spent so much of last year planning it out that it's just become…
The everyday life of a biology Master’s student
So I'm doing my Master's this year. It means I spend a lot of time not taking photos (most of my University career has meant this, to be honest), and…
Photos I wouldn’t have taken
I've been looking through old photos recently, from when I was first starting to explore the world of nature photography. The bird photos are interesting, because they're all very similar.…
Birds in motion – Panning
Birds in flight are up there with tricky subjects to photograph. They're fast moving, often erratic, and keeping them in the narrow field of view of a telephoto lens requires…
A quick Tiri trip
Every time I get out into the Hauraki Gulf, I'm amazed. It seems a little bizarre that so close to New Zealand's biggest city, there can exist this absolute haven…
The Why
Why do I take photos? Why do I carry around heavy, clunky gear to wild places, to be battered by the elements? Why do I then spend time sitting in…
Finding your eyes
I'm having real difficulty putting images and words together at the moment. It's a bit like 'Writer's Block' - except that I'm stuck with finding photographs as well! I have…