Project 365 – Week One

Project 365 – Week One

I had started posting these individually however I’ve decided that a weekly wrap up is much easier and gives me more of a diary feel. I’ll go from Mondays through to Sundays so this week is a short one seeing as this year started on a Wednesday.  Oh and...
Photo Friday – My Life

Photo Friday – My Life

This weeks Photo Friday: “My Life” Fireworks for the opening of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in Auckland. My life in a photograph – this one was hard! This photo has colour, lights and explosions. And it was taken on a boat. My life is challenging,...
Desie and Molly

Desie and Molly

Desie is a 4 year old Shih Tzu/King Charles/Cavalier and Molly is a 2 year old Brussels Griffon. I went to meet this gorgeous pair at the home of Margaret – who arranged this session as a Christmas present to her sister Annette. Desie is absolutely crazy for his...
Metro Paws Christmas Dogs

Metro Paws Christmas Dogs

I volunteered some of my time to help Metro Paws – which is where Nixie attends Doggy Day Care – photograph their Christmas Dogs.  Parents gave a gold coin donation to Paws 4 Life, a registered charity operating in the Waikato aiming to reduce the...

Photo Friday – Fiery

This weeks Photo Friday: “Fiery” A Firebrick Starfish underwater at White Island, New Zealand. A starfish called Asterodiscides truncatus (described in 1911) is “the fire brick starfish” because of the very fiery colored, brick-like tubercles...

Photo Friday – In the Wild

This weeks Photo Friday: “In the Wild” A silvertip shark swims past me in Bega Lagoon, Fiji. My first shark dive.  Photographed with a Nikon D300 and a Tokina 10-17mm fish eye lens. The fish eye lens means you need to get close – really close.  There...