At the beach

November 01, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
On Friday I decided to take a side excursion to Waiake Beach on the way to work. The weather wasn't picture perfect, but I wanted to take some photos before hitting the office. These were very low angle shots, using Rangitoto Island in the background. I wanted to try some ideas out with the tripod and filters, so these are long exposure shots. It...
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On the Otago Peninsula

October 25, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
I visited Dunedin on Friday and Saturday this week. Friday was the very academic part of the trip. I presented a seminar at the University of Otago on the elephant-ivory black-market. One showed how shipping costs, African instability and interest rates affected poaching and smuggling levels. The other was a paper I hope to submit soon on detecting...
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Six Red Tulips

September 13, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
It was yet another wet weekend in Auckland. This is not inimical to the type of photography I like to do. Which usually involves being outside but not being rained upon. Sunday morning however, was an early start. The youngest was attending a commemoration parade at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It was the anniversary of the Battle of Britain v...
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Inside an ivory-carving factory

September 03, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
As part of the ongoing investigations of the ivory markets in China we have been visiting carving factories. We're slowly getting through them. Of late we have also been interviewing every carver about their output, experience and when they started their employment. This series of photos all came from Beijing ICF. Just before the 1990 CITES ban, t...
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Trees on Saturday

August 09, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
Yesterday gave me the chance for another short, photographic expedition. Earlier the day had got bogged down in domestic stuff. With an unexpected distraction as one of the offspring decided to start vomiting. By the late afternoon, I saw I had a chance, and tossed my camera gear together quickly. That was the first mistake. I left behind the moun...
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