The only good Ferret is a dead Ferret

Sad news reported in the DominionPost this morning, that eight of the thirty Little Brown Kiwi relocated to Pukaha Mount Bruce earlier this year have been killed by a couple of Ferrets. I photographed the relocation in May and at the time there was much excitement about having so many of these great little critters roaming the hills up in the Northern Wairarapa. Fingers crossed the Ferret on the run, get's her just desserts sooner rather than later.

Hanging about in trees

Yesterday I was shooting a brief for thoughtplanters - a horticulture training organisation. It involved swing about in trees capturing arborists at work. Big respect for these guys who do this every day. It felt like I was up around 20 meters for hours but in reality it was more like 3 or 4 meters for about 30 minutes. It was definitely impressive to watch the safety measures they go through and how easily they can get around and up some pretty tall trees. Respect.

Wellington on a plate

A bit of fun with food, we've just finished a quick video for Urban Harvest as entry into a competition run by Wellington on a plate. The competition is to create a recipe video along the lines of Jamie Oliver or Nigella so we flipped this on it's head and used an, um, er, unusual host. Shot in the studio over 600 plus frames, the recipe was created by Al Brown and voiceover is by the very french Julian from Simply Paris Bakery. Jet Photography takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the subtitles!