Stonehenge
Stonehenge is difficult to photograph - to visit it you have to stay behind a rope ring that encircles it, and it's usually absolutely surrounded by tourists. Getting a different…
University Magazine Review
Every semester the University of Auckland Photographic Society (of which I am a member) has an exhibition, usually held in various cafes around Auckland Central. Our topic this Semester was…
Lake Taupo
After being rained on and surrounded by fog in the National Park, we stopped at a few places around the edge of Lake Taupo to look for birds. At one…
Spring Wallpaper
If you open the image below in a new tab, it should be a full-size file, which you can save an use as a wallpaper!
Blue Duck Update
Last weekend we stayed in Taupo for a bit of a holiday. On Sunday we were up early to visit Tongariro National Park and hopefully see some snow, but we…
Welcome Swallows
This past week has been an exciting one for me. In the space of a few days I’ve achieved a few photographic goals that I’ve had for some time. The…
Oxford
Oxford is one of my favourite places. I first fell in love with it reading Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (even though his Oxford is in a fictional world),…
Air show
Today's post was going to be about Oxford, but then I got distracted by some photos that I'd taken at the Tauranga Air show last year. I never got around…
An Ode to Food
Today's blog is a collection of food photos. I am a big food person (not literally large, I just really like food), and I love taking photos of delicious looking…
Winchester
Winchester is a beautiful city, home to a stunning cathedral - the longest Gothic Cathedral in Europe. We met a few strange creatures there, but that was because our trip…
Jane Austen’s House
I have returned! I hope you enjoyed the blog posts that were updated while I was away. We flew in to Auckland around midday on Monday, and I've been rushing…
A Warthog Story
Sometimes, you just get lucky. And by that, I don't just mean out of the blue luck. For those of you who have read my earlier blogs, you'll know that…
Metallic Skin
I was fooling around with a self-portrait from last year, and quite by accident managed to create a rather terrifying version of myself. Here's the original photo. It was done…
Mornings
I am not a morning person. Even after a good 8 hours sleep I will struggle to get out of bed (especially if it’s cold outside). I do, however, love…
Kooloonbung Flying Foxes
In the middle of Port Macquarie is Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park. Perhaps it was the time of year, or maybe just the time of day when we visited it, but…