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…
The journey since Antarctica
It's been a while since I went through my Antarctica photos. There are a few images from that trip that I'm really quite proud of - but there's plenty more…
Recently: Gannets and Staying Creative
How many ways can you photograph the same subject? I've been out to Muriwai so many times over the past few months, and while it's always different, the main subjects…
Take Shitty Photos
I take hundreds of thousands of photos every year. Whenever I return from a trip somewhere, people will ask me how many photos I’ve taken, as if this somehow qualifies…
Blue skies and big swells
I spend a lot of time on the Bridge when we're at sea. Usually I'm looking for birds, but I also really enjoyed using the Nikon 10.5mm fisheye on my…
Albatross and their Islands
It started with this photo: On New Year's day 2016, leaving Campbell Island, I made this image of a Campbell albatross with cloud-wreathed Campbell Island in the background. It ended…
Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 for seabird photography
Let me start by saying I loved using this lens. Loved it. One of my main aims on a subantarctic trip is pelagic bird photography, which can often be a…
Gear update – Nikon D500
So a while back I lost a lot of camera gear to a freak wave. While that kinda sucked at the time, on the flip side it's given me the opportunity to get…