Wings overhead
I posted this photo to Instagram a while back, but it's a bad platform for landscape-orientation images. They don't lend themselves to the scroll well. Here it is in all…
Summer bloom
I promise this is a wildlife photo! See if you can spot someone making the most of an abundance of pōhutukawa nectar in this image. I shot this from a…
2022 in review
Happy New Year! As always, I spend the quiet period over the holiday break doing a bit of reflection on the year past, and preparation for the year coming. 2022…
Greenlife
Recently I've been remembering how much fun it is just to take photos of...everything. It's definitely an aspect of my life that has suffered from the business of PhDing, and…
Tākapu Australasian Gannet at Muriwai
Recently
I'm busy writing up my Doctoral thesis, which doesn't leave time for much else in life, apart from work. But here's a few images from recent adventures, to let you…
Otago Wildlife Masterclass November 2022
We had another stunning weekend in Ōtepoti for the Wildlife Photography Masterclass a few weeks ago! I've not run a workshop in spring before, so it was interesting to see…
Freeze-frame
This image is actually a still taken from a video, shot handheld on a rolling boat! There are four species of seabird cruising through the frame, and while the video…
Blue morning
A wee while ago I went up to Tāwharanui for a morning wander with Yusuf (see his photos here!), looking for birds, looking for light, looking for nice images. The…
Wildlife in portrait
Kotoreke / Marsh Crake | Nikon Z9 + 800mm f/6.3 I've been shooting a lot in portrait mode recently, flipping the camera on its side and trying a different perspective.…
Up close with the albatrosses – Nikon Z9
For our weekend Wildlife Photography Masterclass in Otago, I borrowed a Nikon Z9 to see how it would play with my usual workhorse lens - the Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6. Shooting…
Bird Photography with the new Nikon Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S
Impressions of the new Nikon Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens for bird photography - what a dream lens!
Spongey inspiration
Some time last year, I stopped editing and sharing photos. I didn't stop making photos, but after the shutter-clicked, the process stopped. I just couldn't get excited enough about my…