Nature Photography Society of New Zealand

Welcome to our website. Here, you will find out all about us, the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand.
In the pages that follow you will find information on what our society is about, what we do and details about our monthly meetings and field trips. We invite prospective members to attend any of our activities to get a feel for the society. You’ll also read about our special events and get to see some of the talent in our society by going to The Gallery.
We hope you enjoy exploring our website. If you have any questions or comments or would like more information, please contact us.

Image of the Month – February 2025

Kath Varcoe – Snow Monkey

Kath Varcoe: Snow Monkey

Monthly Meetings

Monday 17th February 2025 @ 7.30pm

Guest: Simon Pierce

Topic: Ocean Wildlife Photography … for Science!

Join whale shark conservation biologist, Executive Director of the Marine Megafauna Foundation,
and Sony NZ Digital Imaging Advocate Dr Simon Pierce for some tips and tricks on ocean wildlife
photography, and to learn how scientists are using AI-assisted photo-identification to track
endangered ocean animals across the world – including some of the NZ citizen science projects that
wildlife photographers can contribute to

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Whale shark - St Helena (Simon Pierce)
Hammerheads - Galapagos (Simon Pierce)
Grey nurse shark - Wolf Rock (Simon Pierce)