After a couple of months steady work in town, last Friday I felt the need to give in to my constant urge to be in the back country, so threw some gear into my venerable […]
The Changing Landscape
You have to run as fast as you can just to stand still. In biological terms, that’s the Red Queen Hypothesis, that has been used to explain the nature of competition, parasitism and even […]
Caught Behind: Don’t send the wrong message in your pictures
Political photos have always been ripe for ridicule, and with today’s global leadership there has been a wealth of good material to play with. But rather than ridicule, I’ll just point out a little weakness […]
Waterfalls of the Matukituki
Just for something different, a little thing I shot on family vacation. Enjoy the waterfalls of the Matukituki valley. You have no idea how cold that water is until you charge in without a wetsuit, […]
Photospheres 2
Playing around with Photospheres again today. Found a little embed plugin so I don’t have to use Facebook to display them. Welcome to Port Chalmers on a sunny day!
Otago Graduation!
I love graduation so much I’ve done it twice, for a BSc and MSc in Zoology here at Dunedin’s Otago University. It’s time to recognise a pretty big achievement, made all the better when you […]
Peninsula monuments
Got a spell of light airs on the Peninsula this morning so I shrugged off my man flu and got out with my drone to film a few of my favourite locales: The Highcliff lime […]
Boys Toys
Doing a little work for Gough Cat last week, up in the hills above Oamaru. Thought I’d put my Phantom 4 camera drone up to capture a little boys toy action. Enjoy!
Dark Satanic Mills
Kids, don’t try this at home, this is one bit of urban exploration I can’t recommend. The old Bruce Woollen Mills factory building is a dilapidated landmark on the South end of Milton on Otago’s […]
Portrait Retouching – Easy does it!
A little while back, I was approached by Jane Grates for Sleeklens to see if I was interested in reviewing some of their portrait retouching workflows. I’m always up to trying new tricks, so why not? Full […]