This winter has been the wettest, greyest and most miserable that I can remember :-/ During the Christmas holidays we had one single day of sunshine. So what did we do on that day? Went to the beach, obviously. Buckets, spades and knotted handkerchiefs didn't seem appropriate, so we had [...]
Day 2 Now then, if day 1 hadn't been gripping enough, day 2 was about to get off to a unimaginably good start. We headed out early - always just before dawn for the best light - to see what was out and about. Then one of the drivers got [...]
It's only taken me four months to get around to this! I've been busy on video projects until Christmas, but now I've finally been through all my Kenya images, I thought I'd blog the trip. Anyway, now BBC's The Hunt has finished on telly, I need another dose of [...]
Tony Henderson, the Journal's Environment editor, wrote a piece last Saturday on the 2nd edition of my book, which came out at the beginning of this month. There's a PDF of the article here and you can buy the book here. Here's a copy of the [...]
I'm very excited to announce that I have finally finished the second edition to my book! This one is fully updated for 2015 and has 200 extra pages of images, species information and photography advice. It's been 4 years since I first published Wildlife of the Farne Islands and this [...]
I'm writing this article because I remember the mixture of excitement and bewilderment at tackling my first African photography safari in 2008. What to take? What to leave at home? What to prepare? What clothing, money, insurance, visas? All these questions and more I'll attempt to answer here. Going away on [...]
Auto ISO is something that, until I wrote this article, I simply didn't use. Now I find it indispensable: the ability to use ISO as a third control (in addition to aperture and shutter speed) that automatically adjusts based on the available light - particularly in manual exposure mode - [...]
In this short article for Landscape Photography Magazine (when it had a wildlife photography section), I contemplate whether pro gear really is worth the money. You can download the PDF for free here: LPM Is Pro Gear Really Worth The Money? The latest pro-specification DSLRs are bristling with features that [...]
In this article for Landscape Photography Magazine (when it had a wildlife photography section) I looked at how to get the best out of bird photography. You can download a PDF of the full article for free here: LPM Bird Photography I was a reluctant birder. It took my first [...]
Landscape photography is all about short focal lengths for wide vistas and wildlife photography requires gargantuan lenses that can pick out a grain of sand on Mars. There you go, photography neatly segregated. In this article for Landscape Photography Magazine (when it had a wildlife photography section), I explored the use [...]
