Commercial and documentary observational photography. Based in Auckland, New Zealand. Check out the links below or head along to my commercial site.

Muriwai

Muriwai Beach, from the lookout adjacent to Maori Bay - the Sigma 100-300 f4 lens
did a nice job, in the full resolution version you can see birds paddling about
 in the surf. View high-res | Shopping Cart.

Fishing

A pair of Oystercatchers watching a human fishing at Muriwai. View high-res | shopping cart

Side Effect 3 - Rock on the Shore (Series)



Echo Bar on Auckland's North Shore hosted Prolepsis, Manic Baby Dolls, Flight Path, and Hangman for a Friday night of loud music. Oh, and there was a belly dancer too...

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Surfers at Maori Bay (Series)



I had a bit of a detour away from Muriwai, and spent an hour or so at Maori Bay catching some shots of the surfers enjoying the Thursday afternoon waves... and yes, a 1200mm lens would've helped a bit...

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Wingtips

The wind just catching the last feather. View high res | shopping cart
Gannet flying over the Muriwai colony. View high-res | shopping cart

JJ & Addie-the-new-addition (Series)



The end of last week afforded a quick visit to Kaukop to meet R&D's latest offspring. And no, I don't look like the Chicken Suit guy from Toy Story 2.

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Wintery Blue (Series)



I took this series as a bit of a post-processing exercise early last month, and figured they'd be worth sharing...

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Matt's 30th Birthday (Series)



Matt's short notice 30th birthday party featured a green cake and a bunch of football players taking a dive, some sparkly lights, and some curious drinks that must've been tea, in impractical small glasses...

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Terry's 60th Birthday (Series)



A fine little party featuring Acorn the Clown (and various other luminaries) in support of Uncle Terry's attainment of 60 years:

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Charlotte's 30th Birthday (Series)



I've known Charlotte for something close to 21 years, so it was great to head along to her 30th and see many old friends, and a cake made of cupcakes...

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Generally Misbehaving

A bit of a family lunch at Finn McCool's, and a chance to catch up with 1x nephew and 1x niece. View high-res.
Slurrrrrrp. View high-res.
Study of Disdain with Fish Bites. View high-res.