Running ewes – finding the story

In my day job I’ve talk about how some days being a leader means you have to be able to herd cats.  After my photography trip to Ohariu Farm I can see how I can use the herding sheep metaphor as a way to describe how leaders with the right support, tools and...

Classic New Zealand View

One of the things I love about New Zealand is you can turn the corner in a city district and see a view like this.  Wide open spaces uncluttered by humanity.  Just as nature intended.  This is a view across the Ohariu Valley taken whilst on the photography...

The signs of Spring

Signs of Spring are starting to show everywhere.  Blossoms are out and the days a little warmer but the real true sign of Spring is the lambs arriving bringing new sources of amusement.  Never more so at Ohariu Farm where they have around 3,000 Suffolk Cross ewes on...

A day on the farm – a sneek peak

It’s been a struggle but I’ve whittled down my picks for the photography workshop to a mere 96 photographs.  Now all I have to do is process them and decide how best to tell the story of the day on Ohariu Farm.  Film photography probably makes you more...

Crazy thoughts

I’m still ploughing through all the photographs from the photography workshop last weekend but in the meantime I can’t resist looking at this Alpaca.  It’s exotic in that cooky kind of way.  I would love to have introduced the bassets to this crazy...