I’ve been a professional wildlife photographer since 2008 and for all of that time I’ve been trying to take pictures that will invoke an emotional response with people. In my experience, there is nothing that does that quite as well as baby animals. It’s probably got [...]
A rufous-tailed hummingbird in Costa Rica Back-light is, as you might expect, where the light on the subject is predominantly from behind. What this does is produce a dramatic effect, outlining the subject in rim light. All the more stunning if that light is warm in [...]
Admittedly this is a crap picture of a sub adult hen harrier snapped in France while I was on holiday last year. The point is that there are no English hen harriers to photograph I put this question up on a photography forum today to hopefully engender some [...]
I'm delighted to announce that eight of my recent red kite mosaic pictures are to be used to produce greetings cards to raise money for radio-tagging of the kites. Friends of Red Kites (FoRK) commissioned me last year to take photos of a huge mosaic red kite next to several [...]
[iq-testimonials-page id='4'] Long-billed hermit hummingbird. No, it's not a seahorse Parts 1 and 2 were about getting some images out into the world after my recent photography trip to Costa Rica. Of course there are lots more images here too, but I think it's [...]
[Here are parts 2 and 3] In January I went to Costa Rica to take photos of the incredible wildlife. What an amazing place. I went to three different areas to see what I could find. There's so much more to explore there and the more I've photographed, the more [...]
Wow, it's been a busy summer so far! I've got loads to tell you about over the next few blog posts. Where do I begin? Well, it might as well be to say that I've written a 'Summer Bird Photography' article in August 2013's Bird Watching Magazine. Also in the [...]
We at Hawk's Head Photography had a bit of an away day last week. Well, two away days to be precise. Alan, Trai and I hooked up with our friend David Lloyd in Yorkshire for some kestrel and gannet photography as well as a few ales and a chin-wag. Here are some of [...]
Yesterday, the exhibition of pictures I've taken for the Flight of the Red Kite project opened at Gateshead's Civic Centre. Below is today's Newcastle Journal with an article by Tony Henderson and there are better quality versions of some of the images here. today's Journal article by Tony Henderson [...]
Now then, that's a big bird! Red kites have been an important thread running through my wildlife photography for years. The RSPB originally commissioned me to get shots of the end of the reintroduction project here in the north east. Once the reintroduction had completed, the project handed over the [...]
