The Ethics of Wildlife Photography
This week BirdsNZ - the Ornithological Society of New Zealand - released a set of guidelines for bird photography. It's a really good document that covers the welfare of both…
Smartphone Photography
I've been taking a lot of photos with my phone this year. Partly because the quality of images out of an iPhone 5 vastly surpass that of the 4, and…
More Albatross
Today's post is just a bunch more photos from my trip with Monarch Wildlife Cruises, because everyone needs a weekly dose of seabirds! Also because I'm quite busy at the…
Mōhua
I think every conference I attend from now on will be a bit of a let-down compared to the BirdsNZ conference this year. After a weekend of great talks, we…
The best thing to do in Dunedin
Without question, is a cruise with Monarch Wildlife Cruises. Dunedin has a lot going for it (and I'm seriously considering moving there in future...), but if you're like me and…
A week down south – Dunedin and Te Anau
I packed so much into the last week or so that it felt like much longer! A long-planned reunion in Dunedin combined with the BirdsNZ conference in Te Anau made…
Let it happen
Back to photography, since my more recent posts have largely been about my research. Striking the right balance is hard, but I have been trying to take more photos recently.…
Photos I wouldn’t have taken
I've been looking through old photos recently, from when I was first starting to explore the world of nature photography. The bird photos are interesting, because they're all very similar.…
Birds in motion – Panning
Birds in flight are up there with tricky subjects to photograph. They're fast moving, often erratic, and keeping them in the narrow field of view of a telephoto lens requires…
The Why
Why do I take photos? Why do I carry around heavy, clunky gear to wild places, to be battered by the elements? Why do I then spend time sitting in…
Finding your eyes
I'm having real difficulty putting images and words together at the moment. It's a bit like 'Writer's Block' - except that I'm stuck with finding photographs as well! I have…
The journey since Antarctica
It's been a while since I went through my Antarctica photos. There are a few images from that trip that I'm really quite proud of - but there's plenty more…
Recently: Gannets and Staying Creative
How many ways can you photograph the same subject? I've been out to Muriwai so many times over the past few months, and while it's always different, the main subjects…
Take Shitty Photos
I take hundreds of thousands of photos every year. Whenever I return from a trip somewhere, people will ask me how many photos I’ve taken, as if this somehow qualifies…
Stay – it’s worth it
After a day on Tiritiri Matangi, Dad and I were keen to head out to Muriwai and visit the gannet colony again. The sea was a mess, grey foam tossed…