Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays to you all! I'm somewhere in the Southern Ocean, having the time of my life. It's been an amazing year, and I wanted to thank you all for…
Packing and Polaroids
This blog is brought to you by caffeine fuelled checklists and impending departure dates! It's the last blog before I leave, and I'm spending today writing what will update while…
Butterflies and Bees
My way of curing a photographic slump is to just do everything that comes to mind. On Saturday this saw me standing in the rain photographing bees in a Wedding Day Rose…
2015- SOUTH
Sub-Antarctic Adventure!
I have some exciting news that I’ve been sitting on for a while. From the 22nd of December until the 12th of January, I’ll be off on an adventure to…
A Different Year
2015 has been a year of pushing boundaries and hard work. To be honest, it has left me a bit flat. At the moment I'm finding it hard to develop…
Baby Grebes
What's cuter than a baby grebe? FOUR BABY GREBES! This is high up on the list of favourite wildlife encounters of the year. Sitting on the shore of Lake Wanaka…
Surf Photos
Something new I did this year was photograph surfers while we were in Ballito. There was a huge competition on, and people would be out every morning before it started…
Birds in the Berg
Giant's Castle is known for its vultures, and I will write a few posts about them soon. Today I wanted to focus on the other birdlife we encountered while staying…
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…