I attended Vivid for the first time this year (2024) and found it hard to find a lot of information on where and how to get good photos of the event. These tips for photographing Vivid Sydney are based on this first visit over five […]
Autumn colours in Twizel: My top 10 places
We all know autumn is beautiful across New Zealand. Autumn colours in Twizel draw me to the MacKenzie every year. This blog captures some of my favourite places to gather shots of the stunning displays. There are photography tips at the end if you’re interested. […]
10 spots to explore in and around Golden Bay
On a recent holiday in our camper, we had more time to explore in and around Golden Bay. This is an amazing part of New Zealand and it was great see it in more depth. While we have walked the Able Tasman we have not […]
New Zealand Birds
This blog documents the New Zealand birds I have photographed . Some are endemic (only found in NZ) some native (naturally occur in NZ). I have put a table of contents at the back if you want to look for a particular bird. I put […]
East Cape: our top 10 stops
At last we are off to explore the East Cape. Ticking off one of the last parts of New Zealand neither of us have seen before heading home (to Christchurch). These 10 stops we would rate highly in the 4 nights we had. There will […]
Photography competitions in New Zealand
Have you ever wondered how to find out about photography competitions in New Zealand? When are they on? How to enter? I found it really difficult to work this out, hence this short blog to help us all. Entering competitions is a way to challenge […]
Exploring Botswana
Well here we are nearly a year on from our amazing trip to Africa and part three of the blog in Botswana had not even been started. I am writing the final segment in a very different world now that covid-19 has arrived -but let’s […]
A night at Lake Angelus
Mid January with a perfect weather forecast we headed up to the Nelson Lakes from Greymouth. I had been working and exploring around Greymouth quite a lot so we decided to head a bit further afield. Lake Angelus has been suggested by a number of […]
Etosha National Park and surrounds
This is part two of the three part blog of our safari in September/October 2019 with Merubisi Safaris. Largely based around our exploration of Etosha National Park. This link will take you to the first blog (Namibia deserts) which has more background on the trip. […]
Diary of a COVID-19 Lockdown
Two weeks before a total lock down in New Zealand I was attending a book festival and visiting my daughter in Wellington. COVID-19 was know as coronavirus and was happening somewhere else. This is the diary of a COVID-19 lock down in Christchurch. We knew […]