Fire in the Fynbos
While in South Africa, I took quite a few landscape photos with the intent to make a series of black and white images. While muddling through them (slowly, considering the…
Bunnies in Black and White
Rabbits are adorable, but they're also a huge pest in New Zealand. They're all over Mount Maunganui, and every summer we see hundreds of little baby buns running around nibbling…
White Birds on White Backgrounds
People have noticed a few similarities between my two winning images from last year - they're (mostly) white birds on (mostly) white backgrounds! I've been asked why and how I…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you all! I had a change of scene this New Year's Eve, spending time up in Auckland with friends and watching the Sky Tower fireworks from our…
2014 in Review
Both photographically and generally speaking, this has been a fantastic year. I've learnt a lot, not just about photography, but about why I take photographs and what drives me to…
Baby Blackbirds
If you've been keeping up with me on Facebook (I really need to work on posting to other social media sites, sorry!), you'll know that at work we had the…
Tree of Life
There's no shortage of photographic opportunities walking around the Base track of Mount Maunganui. While Dad and I were largely after birds, Mum pointed out this ominous tree with roots…
Sigma Macro 105mm f/2.8
The newest addition to my little family of lenses is a Macro lens, something I've wanted for quite a while! I've always admired the work of a friend of mine…
Tamron 150-600mm review
We recently spent a week at Mount Maunganui on holiday, a welcome break after work and exams. After a fruitless few months searching for one, we finally found a Nikon mount…
Deleting Detritus
UPDATE: I wouldn't advocate deleting like this normally. This was an exercise in pushing myself to take better photos. Most of the time I don't delete more than the seriously…
21
It's apparently a big deal when you turn 21. To be honest, to me it's just another number. I'm marking the day by running a half marathon (a suitable 21km)…
Why light makes all the difference
Below are four photos of the same species of duck - the Yellow-Billed Duck (the first three are even of the same individual!). What I wanted to highlight with these…
Bird Photography Tips – Cropping
Composition is important. It changes the way people read your images, and it can make or break a photograph. There are a number of rules to composition - the 'Rule…
Miranda
This poor post has been shunted back two weeks by the excitement of going to Tiri and Muriwai on the same day! It's not every day that my lectures finish…
New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year
What can I say that hasn't been said already? Dad was quick in getting a blog post out about this last night! Having my photographs recognised in such a large…