Wanaka and Grebes
I’m in Wanaka at the moment, where it is windy and mostly warm. It’s great to get back into the photography groove after exams, and these Australasian Crested Grebes were…
People in Landscapes
Some of my favourite photographs from this year have been ones with people in them. I've always struggled with landscape photos, and my most successful ones usually include people in…
Winter Gardens
In the middle of winter, there's nothing like escaping into the tropical heat of a greenhouse and losing yourself amidst the bright rainforest plants. The Winter Gardens in the Auckland…
New Zealand Dotterels
At the mouth of the Waiwera Estuary, there are round wire cages in the dunes. Enclosed within a taped-off section of the beach, these mark the nests of New Zealand…
Another short blog
I'm done! University is over for the year, and I am now free to take and process photos to my heart's content. Like this sweet little Fantail. Found along the…
A walk in the woods
I got to spend a week at home during study break, which was a nice change of pace. It was also great to get back into the forest and make…
Summer Evenings
Somewhere over the course of the past month, the Wednesday blogs have morphed into full-on blog posts, instead of short updates. Now that I'm in the middle of exams, I…
Impressionism in Wildlife Photography
It started with panning. Panning is the technique where you track the subject as it moves, and with a slow enough shutter speed, you get a sharp subject and a…
Bar-tailed Godwits
New Zealand is home to some amazing birds. We have endemic species that live nowhere else in the world. We also play host to some migrant species that travel a…
Hihi – Stitchbird
Have you ever seen a Hihi? These beautiful little birds were very poorly known until the 1990's. They are also known as Stitchbirds, and were confined to a remnant population…
Dawn on Tiri
Hearing the dawn chorus of birds on Tiritiri Matangi is something you have to experience. As light begins to tickle the horizon in the east, the islands swells into life…
Two Nights on Tiritiri Matangi
Tiritiri Matangi is an Island Sanctuary north of Auckland. It’s an amazing place, just over an hour away from the city by ferry. The forest is alive with song. I…
Little Blue Penguin
Today is all about the tiniest penguin in the world, the aptly named Little Blue Penguin! Of course I couldn't do a blog series on New Zealand Birds without including…
Kōkako
The voting for New Zealand's Bird of the Year has changed my blogging plans slightly. The next few will be about New Zealand birds! We're going to start with my…
Sunrise in the Sea
There are a lot of outtakes from my attempt at sunrise in the sea photography. Some of the outtakes are nice in their own right, though, so I thought I'd share…