Enzo Giordani

I’m a finalist in New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year for the second year running! This year they have selected my chiaroscuro coots. The exhibition opens at Britomart soon, and I'd love your support in the People's Choice award! Vote for up to 5 favs here: www.nzgeo.com/photography/...

I had a productive long weekend! Thank you Samuel Parnell. 🪶🇳🇿

A māpunga (black shag) - Aotearoa’s largest cormorant - chilling out in dawn side-light at Western Springs this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

A tūī getting stuck into the harakeke in my local stormwater catchment this afternoon. 🪶🇳🇿

A gangly looking pūkeko chick out for a stroll at Western Springs this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

The harakeke by my local stormwater catchment has burst into flower. This tauhou (waxeye) looks well indulged and deserving of a rest on one of last year’s fronds. 🪶🇳🇿

A tōrea pango (variable oystercatcher) in a sea of backlight and bokeh balls at Omaha this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

A tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) on sentry duty aided by a wonky wooden post yesterday morning. 🪶🇳🇿

Went on an outing with Simon Runting, Aotearoa’s king of bird photography, this morning. Took a moment to capture a paparazzi shot of how it’s done…

A weweia (New Zealand dabchick) at Western Springs. I took 2,013 frames this morning. This was frame 2. The other 2,011 were pretty much killing time until Atomic opened. 🪶🇳🇿

Thanks for all the suggestions about what to do about this. The community group that looks after the sanctuary have reached out to me now and I’ve given them permission to do whatever they see fit with the image. I’ll let them take it from here.

A tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) foraging for breakfast this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

This morning at Omaha. Big shoutout to old mate who jogged right through the roosting godwits twice and left the door in the predator proof fence wide open on his way into the sanctuary. 🪶🇳🇿

'You might not know what your style is, but you probably already know what you like. You know which of your pictures make you happy and which leave you cold. You know which other photographers’ work makes you stop scrolling and look.' simple clear useful advice 👇🏽

This gull is a good likeness of me when I was starting my bird photography journey and people told me to “develop your own unique style!” I’ve written 500 words on my website about the part they didn’t tell me - how the hell you do that. birds.photos/2026/10/07/s...

Shake it like a Polaroid picture! 🪶🇳🇿

I’m getting very grumpy with all these overcast weekend dawns we keep getting. Still, managed to catch this kakīānau preening in a good spot this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

A picture you can hear. 🪶🇳🇿

I had a wonderful session with the kuaka (bar-tailed godwits) at Omaha this morning. They were very chilled out, resting and relaxing after their long migration all the way from Alaska’s arctic tundra. 🪶🇳🇿

A pūkeko digging around in the grass for worms at Western Springs on Saturday morning. 🪶🇳🇿

A kakīānau (black swan) being a good sport and preening in a shard of light for me at Western Springs this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

Thanks for all the feedback! I decided to lean into the high-key treatment on this mouthy tarāpunga. 🪶🇳🇿

The New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year exhibition is currently on in Atrium on Takutai, downtown Tāmaki Makaurau. My amazing work colleague Amy gave up her lunch break to ride the CRL and take this for me today.

Any concerns I perhaps wasn’t low enough for this shot? 🪶🇳🇿

You can’t go wrong with a black swan in nice light. 🪶🇳🇿

My mother holding a kōtare (sacred kingfisher) we rescued from the road this morning. I was able to take some pictures while we waited outside the emergency vet clinic for the nurse to come out and get him/her. 🪶🇳🇿

This morning at Western Springs: A female pāpango (New Zealand scaup) shakes off some water while her mate preens behind her. 🪶🇳🇿

Nothing new today because I’m putting up election hoardings for the Labour Party - extremely miffed it’s a gorgeous sunny morning for the first Saturday in ages and I can’t shoot… In lieu of new work, here’s a re-edit of a shot taken on a more typical Saturday morning a few weeks ago. 🪶🇳🇿

A Canada goose doing its thing by the lake in Kirikiriroa this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

“Look at me when I’m talkin’ to ya, boy.” - Foghorn Leghorn 🪶🇳🇿

A tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) having a preening session while a few spots of rain started to come down at Omaha this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

RIP to the lower viewing platform at Muriwai gannet colony, now removed, which means I’ll never take another picture from this angle. 🪶🇳🇿

Find yourself someone who loves you like tūī love Taiwanese cherry blossom nectar. 🪶🇳🇿

A local character I came across at Western Springs this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

“It’s over, Anakin. I have the high ground…” 🪶🇳🇿

Slim pickings at Omaha this morning. Tide was a bit too low and I only got about three minutes of interesting light, during which I managed to get this shot! Then I wasted a couple of hours trying unsuccessfully to get something worth keeping in the murk. 🪶🇳🇿

I photographed a public meeting on understaffing at Waitākere Hospital for the Labour Party last night. Always a challenging assignment that gets me out of my creative comfort zone. They like lots of wide angle shots, which is a long way from my wheelhouse! Getting better at it though...

Splish splash I was takin’ a bath… 🪶🇳🇿

Stealth mode. 🪶🇳🇿

“Every move you make, every step you take, I’ll be watching you…” 🪶🇳🇿

Some personal favourites from my photography journey over the past couple of years.

Bokeh balls and kuaka (bar-tailed godwits) - these are a few of my favourite things. 🪶🇳🇿

A pāpango (New Zealand scaup) beating its wings on a bright sunny morning. Underexposed to resemble a starry night. 🪶🇳🇿