Sadly, it is looking increasingly unlikely that I will be leading any puffins & seabirds wildlife photography workshops on the Farne Islands this year, and possibly in future years. The National Trust are looking to implement a new centralised booking system for landing trips where bookings can only be made [...]
I've been leading and running wildlife photography safaris in Kenya's Masai Mara for a few years now, together with my good friend, wildlife and sports photographer and filmmaker, Kaleel Zibe. I also work with Penda Photo Tours as a freelance guide to take photographers to various locations in South Africa's [...]
I missed the boat on World Hyena Day yesterday! Like most animals, spotted hyenas have their own fascinating behaviours and ecology. Along with vultures, they're an unfairly maligned species too, often portrayed as cowardly, skulking, thieving and even demonic! After all, they're the villains of the Lion King films! [...]
Hosanna, juvenile male Leopard, Djuma Reserve Sabi Sands, South Africa. At a wildlife photography talk a couple of weeks ago I was talking about this photograph, how I took it, why and the circumstances around it. It’s a photograph I have always liked so I thought I’d blog about [...]
Photographs of Common Kingfishers are high on the bucket-list of many photographers interested in wildlife. There are commercial wildlife hides which specialise in kingfisher photography and can virtually guarantee spectacular photographs. The standards have been set, and they are very high indeed. Unfortunately, these spectacular photographs come about using a [...]
Cheetah and Wildebeest, Fujifilm X-H1, Fujinon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 A couple of weeks ago we spotted this lone male Cheetah looking to hunt in the Ol Choro Conservancy of Kenya’s Masai Mara. The plains were full of potential prey, young Wildebeests and Zebras, Grant’s and Thomson’s Gazelles and Impalas. As [...]
I'm just passing through! Atlantic puffin – 'low profile walk', Fujifilm X-H1 & 100-400mm lens. I’m always keen to stress the importance of how fieldcraft is as important as knowing how to use a camera or understanding the basic principles of photography. Even some basic knowledge about a species [...]
A tailor-made photographic safari in a place so rich and diverse in wildlife is an incredible experience for anybody interested in wildlife photography. The sheer volume of species we see and photograph every day always takes the uninitiated by surprise and how close we can get to them, well... that still [...]
Although I have spent many hours photographing Africa's predators, I have found leopards to be a rather elusive subject. I have photographed them, but time has never been a luxury compared to our experiences with lions, cheetahs and hyenas. As I expected, my recent trip to South Africa to work with [...]
At around 0430 on Saturday the 16th March the MV Danio, a 80 metre long cargo vessel issued a distress call after it became grounded on the 'Blue Caps' low lying tidal rocks of the Farne Islands to the south west of The Longstone. The Danio has a cargo of [...]
