In the spray
On a windy, choppy afternoon at the Rotorua lakefront, Dad and I photographed this male pāpango - New Zealand scaup - hunker down in a pretty wet and horrible perch…
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…
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.…
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!
Into the green
Every now and then I get an itch to try something completely different with my camera. Sometimes it's videos, sometimes it's double exposures. Forests are such a mess of pattern…
Lockdown botanicals
At the opposite end of the spectrum from last week's post, here's a selection of photos from my backyard and wanders during this ongoing L4 lockdown. I've been really enjoying…
Found flora
I've spent much of this year looking for light. The way that it interacts with the environment is a constant source of inspiration for me. After the Brilliance of Birds…
My Worst bird photos of 2020
It's okay to take shitty photos, as long as you learn from them! Here's my "worst of" for 2020, because not every photo is going to win you awards.
“Fast-food” photography
I go through cycles with the social media side of photography. Sometimes I’m excited and driven to share stories, and other times I go on a months-long hiatus not because…
Paikea
You never know what you might see, when you head out to sea. A few weeks ago on a routine plankton-sampling trip we met this beautiful Humpback whale - paikea…
Photographs I wouldn’t have taken – part 2
I few years ago I wrote about how my photography evolved from birdwatcher-imagemaker to something more nuanced, in being responsive to the environments I find birds in and making photographs…
Adding OOFFE to your images
Lets talk about OOFFE. By which I mean "Out-of-focus foreground elements". It's a terrible acronym, but the alternative is a mouthful! Typically in wildlife photography, you want a clear shot…
Tāwharanui birds
Mornings are not my strong suit. I need a compelling reason to leave my warm cocoon of covers, but I'm getting better at giving myself reasons. A few weekends ago…