Northern Buller's albatross, Chatham Islands
The Wave
"Sometimes, a day will so utterly change you, that when you look in the mirror at the end of the day, there is someone you do not wholly recognise yet…
Returning home
All adventures come to an end, and it's often not easy to leave the wilds behind to come home. On Monday the 5th of December, I flew home from Dunedin…
The Beast – First impressions of the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
I'm currently in the Southern Ocean, so these blogs are scheduled in advance. I'll be back in early December with more adventures to share! The Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 is an…
The D500 – First impressions
This year I've been honoured to be chosen as a Nikon New Zealand Featured Photographer. As part of the feature I get to play with some new gear - and Nikon…
Preparing for a Subantarctic Adventure
On Wednesday the 16th of November, I hopped on a plane and headed for Invercargill to begin another subantarctic adventure. I'm beyond excited, and by the time you read this,…
Quiet joy in wild places
This blog is hard for me to write, but I feel that I need to nonetheless. I’ve been mulling it over for a month or so now, since I found…
The Gear Blog – Nikon edition
The inevitable question - what camera do you use? Since I get asked this a lot, I thought I'd put together a quick blog as an answer. The real answer…
What’s new?
Where has this year gone? It's certainly been a busy one for me, leaving little time for photography and blogging. So here's a few exciting things in my life recently:…
Muriwai Beach – What we throw away
I took these photos two months ago, but it seems like much longer. Anna and I spent an evening being sandblasted while picking plastic off of Muriwai Beach. So many…
Dunes!
A week on Aotea/Great Barrier Island in photos
So what did we actually do for a week on Aotea/Great Barrier? The field trip was for a Terrestrial ecology course, which meant a lot of looking at trees, looking…
Stay – it’s worth it
After a day on Tiritiri Matangi, Dad and I were keen to head out to Muriwai and visit the gannet colony again. The sea was a mess, grey foam tossed…
Tiri
So the past month or so has been hellish. If I kept a journal, at the moment 90% of it would be me stressing about due dates. But I'm not…
Photography Workshops with the Kaipatiki Project
This year I've been lucky enough to start leading photography workshops. It's a big step forward for me, but I'm always up for a challenge! Back in May the wonderful…
Aotea / Great Barrier Island Highlights
At the end of August I spent a week on Aotea/Great Barrier Island as part of one of my postgraduate courses. We were there to survey vegetation in forests and…
Misty Kuirau
I realised the other day that I have surprisingly few photos of the place I grew up - Rotorua. It's one of the tourist hotspots of the North Island, and…