Tiri
So the past month or so has been hellish. If I kept a journal, at the moment 90% of it would be me stressing about due dates. But I'm not…
Photography Workshops with the Kaipatiki Project
This year I've been lucky enough to start leading photography workshops. It's a big step forward for me, but I'm always up for a challenge! Back in May the wonderful…
Aotea / Great Barrier Island Highlights
At the end of August I spent a week on Aotea/Great Barrier Island as part of one of my postgraduate courses. We were there to survey vegetation in forests and…
Misty Kuirau
I realised the other day that I have surprisingly few photos of the place I grew up - Rotorua. It's one of the tourist hotspots of the North Island, and…
The best of winter
I love the photo opportunities that come with winter. Long golden hours as the sun slowly rises and sets, crisp mornings and cosy evenings curled up at home in a…
More from Muriwai – People and Landscapes
This post will be photo-heavy and text-light. It's a quick collection of the non-wildlife photos I took while at Muriwai a few weeks (months?) back, which are not things I…
Muriwai – sunsets and silhouettes
I went out to Muriwai recently. I miss seabirds, and the Gannets there are the easiest way for me to get my fix! The chicks are fledging, moulting their fluffy…
Cape Vultures
Cape vultures are endemic to Southern Africa - they occur nowhere else in the world. There are breeding populations in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Mozambique, and historically also in…
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…
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…
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…