Wild Wing Images, Roleystone (2026)

02/09/2026

I have been slowly writing a Photography and Storytelling Workbook for the participants on my camps. There are a whole lot of different lessons, mixed with my own stories in a spiral type structure that deepens with each chapter. Written for the participants on my camps but also something I can use in smaller workshops with a focus on one particular aspect of photography or storytelling. It is a work in progress and probably something that will constantly change going forward. Interestingly, one of the lessons is about photographing change. Capturing a sense of impermenance in an image is powerful. It pulls at a deeper level. When it comes to change we really are all in the same boat. Nothing stays the same, except the fact that everything is changing all of the time. My relationship with change is interesting. It can be extremely destabilising, it is worse when I fight it? Ultimately I have realised that change is not a good enemy. It will always win. Knowing this doesn’t really make it easier to deal with especially when several big changes happen at once. Acceptance is likely key, but not an easy thing to achieve. I think the uneasiness I feel toward change is probably why I am drawn to photograph it. Perfect newly opened flowers and orchid are beautiful but so to are those that are dying, their petals twisted and tangled, the colours fading. On a recent camping trip we found many of these Banksia plants. The flowers were finished but the seed nuts were stunning. Rich tans and interesting shapes and textures. This particular one had me fascinated. Very happy to jag a deep blue background using a gap in the foliage. I had lots of images of perfect flowers from the trip but this one was my favourite because it captures change.

02/09/2026

Portrait of a White Winged Fairy Wren. I had never seen one before. For several years I have been meaning to seek this little fellow out, but for various reasons it hasn’t happened. Very harsh, dry salt lake country. Quinns Lake is massive, miles of very low dense scrub with no trees. There seemed to be very little bird life so I decided to go for a long walk to a patch of thick green vegetation way off in the distance. I eventually got there, winding through the prickly saltbush and samphire, crusty ground breaking with each step. I was rewarded with the sound of birds. Tiny ones, grey feathered bodies smaller than a very small mouse!! I didn’t know what they were. Wren like, but the call was unfamiliar and they seemed smaller than usual Fairy Wrens. My questions were answered when this beautiful little male emerged from a thick prickly bush to survey his salty kingdom. Perched for a few seconds, tall and proud, surrounded by the call of several females in adjacent vegetation. I was so happy!! Seeing this little one in such arid , hungry country was totally unexpected!! I have since learnt that these little ones are quite widespread and live in arid habitats. As out trip continued we passed through a lot of saltlake country and these little guys seemed to be prolific, although very difficult to photograph!!

31/08/2026

Wild Wing Images has been extremely busy over the last few months. It has been a juggle, a good one but a lot of different responsibilities and commitments have kind of collided. I have a backlog of images to process and stories to tell so hopefully will have a few posts out soon. My 2026 Photography and Storytelling Camp is coming together beautifully. We have an awesome group of Woman, different ages, different levels of experience, different backgrounds but a shared love of nature. For me, the highlight of last years’ camp was how we interacted as a group, sharing knowledge, experience and ideas. There was a lot of laughter and a lot of learning. I am very excited to do it all again. Over the weekend I went for a few walks around my property to check on different spots. Wonderful discovery of a Leaping Spider orchid in flower. Also lots of buds, Sun orchid buds, Hammer Orchids and Flying Ducks all coming along. I find that when life gets a bit overwhelming spending time in nature really helps. Yesterday I went back and photographed the Spider orchid. Very beautiful. Today I have done 8 laps in my freezing swimming dam. Brain and body are awake and the day is underway.

22/08/2026

Double Trouble - A beautiful pair of baby Black Shouldered Kites photographed a while back. I had been following these two very gorgeous juvenile Black Shouldered Kites for a couple of week but they live a long way from my home and work so I only managed a few visits. Each time I found them in their soggy paddock filled with swampy weeds, grass and old dead paperbark trees. When you spot one the other is never far away, usually perched on an adjacent tree or branch, occasionally on the same branch. I had been hoping for a picture of them together for a while but they never sat close enough for long enough. Finally on a long, cold, wet, freezing morning they did! I was so excited and managed to get close enough for a few shots but it was dark and overcast. Very difficult light. I played around with the shots in Lightroom, adjust exposure, highlights and selectively lightening and sharpening the faces and eyes...and am pretty happy with the result! These guys have now grown up and are probably making babies of their own.

14/08/2026

The nights in the forest were very cold. Interestingly it always seems to be the coldest in the hour before dawn. Reminds me of the old saying ‘Darkest before Dawn’. I am usually awake pretty early so tended to head out of camp about 5.30am, drive deeper into the forest to a spot I wanted to explore and then stop to boil some water and make a thermos of tea and wash my face. It is nice to watch the forest come alive with the light. Slowly slowly, the sky turns from black to my favourite deep indigo becoming progressively lighter. Colour comes with the light, and eventually the sun breaks over the horizon. The colour fades and patches of light and warmth pe*****te the canopy. The patches of sunlight constantly shift as the sun rises, highlighting different aspects, colours, textures and patterns. I have often heard the wailing murderous call of the Bush Stone-curlew when camped in the desert but have rarely seen them and never photographed them. A friend had told me about a family often seen near my camp. Expertly camouflaged, and standing very still, my eye caught an unusual shape and I realised it was a pair of Bush Stone-curlews. I spent the early morning observing these strange creatures and was really happy to capture the two together in a patch of sunlight against a dark background of forest texture and colour. Two images one a closer crop, the other a broader view. My favourite kind of image brings sense of environment to the frame. -curlew

14/08/2026

This image is of a Rainbow Bee Eater, captured at at an urban lagoon on the river with my Nikon D800E and Nikon 80-400mm lens. Rainbow Bee Eaters are migratory birds and arrive in Perth in October and November to breed. Their nest is actually in the ground, a long shallow burrow usually constructed in sandy soil. The colours of these birds are stunning, almost beyond belief when you see them in the sunlight. The most subtle shades of green and blue with a bright splash of golden yellow and intense red eyes. This image was captured late in the day when the sun was low in the sky. In the preceding week there had been several huge bush fires on the outskirts of our city. The sky was smoggy, dark and filled with smoke. Somehow this seemed to make the light more beautiful, enhancing the colours and feather detail of all the images I took that day. These birds are difficult to photograph because they fly extremely fast with unpredictable aerial manoeuvres. After some observation I realised they were sitting on the branches of a dead tree and flying out to catch insects usually returning to the same branch to eat their unlucky prey. Once I realised this I focused the camera just above the branch and waited for one to fly into the field of view. Eventually, it happened and I captured a few images.

14/08/2026

It is that time of the year again, where the cold air, and rain give way to beautiful sunny days. We have had a few, although it has still been very cold at night and rain is expected tomorrow. The bush needs the rain, it is very dry in some places out there, so even though it still feels like winter I am happy that we are getting more rain!! I am hoping to go looking for this little cute couple in the next few days. Blue Breasted Fairy Wrens. The male is a stunning little bird that wears probably the most beautiful shade of blue that I have ever seen. Rich, deep dark blue with a beautiful shimmer that reminds me of raw silk!! The color blue was coveted in older times across the world, treated by many cultures as something precious and often rare. In Afghanistan, rich blue Lapis Lazuli has been mined and traded for over three thousand years. Ground to make beautiful blue pigment used as dye for cloth and later as ink in early writings. Azurite was used in a similar way and in more modern times copper was used as a pigment. Photographing the Blue Breasted Fairy Wrens a few years ago was a photographic highlight so am really hoping they are in the same area of beautiful bush!!

12/08/2026

Another highlight of the trip was photographing Caladenia sigmoidea (The Sigmoid Spider Orchid) and Caladenia pachychila (The Dwarf Zebra Orchid). Both of these species are unusual. C. sigmoidea is named for the S shaped labellum that curves under and then up. The word sigmoidea has its origin in ancient Greek. Sigma was the 18th letter of that fascinating alphabet. Interesting because it had three symbols. Uppercase was ‘Σ’ while there were two forms of lowercase ‘σ’ used at the beginning or middle of a word and ‘ς’ used only at the end of a word.

The Dwarf Zebra Orchid name also originates from ancient Greek. The word pachychila is spit into two words pachys meaning “thick” and cheilos meaning “lip. When you look closely at this tiny flower you can see the thick lip which differentiates it from the more common Zebra Orchid. Awesome to catch up with an old friend and meet some new friends on this trip. Always wonderful to share some time with fellow botanical enthusiasts in fascinating locations.

09/08/2026

We stopped to survey a small area of bushland that had been burnt a year or two ago. The vegetation was totally different. Australian plants respond to fire! An unusual flower Apatelantha albicans, a member of the mint family. I was photographing the flower detail when a wasp with beautiful blue wings landed and began drinking nectar. Interesting to see his head among the anthers. When I was processing the images I noticed tiny red glints and zoomed in. On the anthers tiny sparkling orange baubles. A bit of research revealed that these are individual pollen grains burst from the pollen sac. Coated in a sticky substance that helps them attach to insects and pollinate other flowers. In some of the images you can see orange pollen sparkles in the wasp’s fur. I also photographed a fly on these flowers. Smell of honey was strong, drawing in the bugs. Moments like this remind me of how intricate and interconnected everything is. Often we humans only see a glimpse in time and place and interpret that as the whole picture. Large amounts of time observing nature has taught me that things are almost always far more complex, beautiful and incredible than I could ever imagine. This is a small example and the reason I love being out in the bush with my cameras, I always learn something new and come away with an even greater appreciation.

08/08/2026

I really love arranging images in grids. Sometimes not that easy. I like to show a range of textures, colours, species and form to illustrate the diversity of our beautiful plants and wildlife here in Western Australia. It is often quite tricky and my perfectionist, OCD brain kicks in. Some colours look better side by side than others, I like a diagonal with a theme, in this one it is orchids, the overall tone has to blend and I like the different forms to compliment each other. This one was particularly tricky, so many to choose from and the array of size and form was amazing. Too much information about my poor mind I think? Here is the result!! I usually choose 9 images but maybe next time I might take it to the next level and pick 16 or 25?

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