Welcome to My Photoblog & Website
My name is Toya Heatley, and I’m passionate about New Zealand nature photography, specifically birds.
Photography is my hobby, my passion or perhaps my obsession. Spending time in nature, is one of my favourite pass time. Writing about and sharing my images is also enjoyable to me. This site hosts my photo blog, along with free tutorials and loads of images.
Blogging about wherever my camera takes me, and what birds I photograph along the way has shown me just how much I have progressed as a photographer. I like to think that not only is this helping me to grow as a photographer but in some ways it may help others too.
Currently I also write a regular column on New Zealand Nature Photography in CameraTalk, the Photographic Society of New Zealand’s bi-monthly ezine. Each issue focusing on a different aspect of nature photography and how it relates to my images.
Feedback and comments are welcome via the contact form here.
Latest Blog Posts:
A visit to the butterfly house
Just a few days after returning home from Auckland, we had to return. Again I packed my camera gear because I was keen to visit the Butterfly House at Butterfly Creek.
Otorohanga Kiwi House
On a recent visit to Auckland, we visited the Otorohanga Kiwi House. Not only are there kiwi at this park, they have many other native New Zealand birds there too.
The kowhai trees are flowering
The city where I live has streets lined with kowhai trees. In springtime when the kowhai trees are flowering, there is an abundance of natural food for tui.
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