Portrait of Martin
And now for something completely different! A portrait of my good friend, Martin yesterday. I don't often do portraits, but love the challenge of studio lighting every now and then.
Kenya trip – lions part 2
Here are some more images from our recent trip to the Masai Mara. We did see other wildlife, honestly! But the big cats are just so enthralling. Young brother and sister play-fighting. He looks like he has the upper hand, but the truth is otherwise! Lioness on [...]
BSBB karate photo shoot 11 Nov
CALLING ALL NINJAS!! We're doing another professional photo-shoot at BSBB on 11 Nov. Mini dragons, kids, adults, ladies, gents, weapons and winners from the World Champs (steady on guys!) welcome. See this page or posters at BSBB for details. Could be a great Christmas present idea! Geri Sword changing a light bulb [...]
Kenya trip – Chilled-out cheetahs
Cheetahs are stunningly beautiful creatures. These sleek speed machines have evolved to hunt in the daytime while their larger and more powerful relatives (lions and leopards) are snoozing and overheating. However, like all big cats, they still like a good kip given half a chance. Here are some of my chilled cheetahs: [...]
Kenya trip – Male cheetah eyes up gazelles
A quick male cheetah to go with last night's raspberry-blowing female. This male cheetah, one of a coalition of 3 brothers, was interested in the gazelles close by. The reason for the Kenya trip was a recce for our 2013 photo / video safari, which is a collaboration [...]
Kenya trip – lions part 1!
The first sight of lions we got was this pride in the main Masai Mara National Park. Because it was midday, they were doing bugger all. Big cats in Africa (except cheetahs) conserve energy by doing the bare minimum most of the day, only coming alive in the evening, night [...]
Kenya trip – chilled-out vervet monkey
Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), Naboisho Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya We've just come back from a fantastic trip to Kenya to sort out next year's Hawk's Head Photography / Enlightened Media photo / video safari! Here's the first of many images. This chap was sitting contemplating life as we [...]
Short-sighted badger cull goes ahead – what on earth is the point?
Inquisitive badger Meles meles, Northumberland © KaleelZibe.com - Nikon D3, 600mm, 25/sec, f4, ISO 6,400, -1 ev. Do not use this image without permission. 'We could be wiping out half the population of badgers in the UK for absolutely no reason at all' - Mark Carwardine. The government has seen fit [...]
Red squirrels
Alan and I have been out squirrelling! With a bag of hazelnuts, lots of coffee, a bit of ingenuity and a lot of patience...here are my efforts: Red squirrel with hazel nut, Sciurus vulgaris, Northumberland © Kaleel ZibeNikon D3, Nikon 16mm fish-eye, 1/640 sec, f16, ISO 3200, +0.7, [...]
Bike for Bobby pics in FourFourTwo Magazine and Viz
Just done a studio session with ex Newcastle footballer, Robbie Elliot and Phil Gray, Ironman triathlete. They're doing a mammoth 3,500 mile bike ride in October to raise money for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. Here are two of the pics, one or both of which will be in FourFourTwo [...]