Well now! Completely forgot to blog about April's double-act in Landscape & Wildlife Photography Magazine. I wrote my regular column on whether professional quality photography kit is actually necessary. And the longer article was about bird photography. April column - Is pro gear really worth the money? [...]
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 [...]
Tricky one to categorise, this. I've been out on the moors today looking for birds and found lapwings and red grouse. And the British Cycling Team. As you do. Red grouse in moorland heather - Lagopus lagopus scotica Red grouse flying - Lagopus lagopus scotica [...]
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 [...]
Published today! (available to subscribers now and in the shops in a few days)
I got a call from Byker yesterday that there were waxwings eating the berries on the heavily laden trees there. Lo and behold, there they were: about 60 waxwings, as well as several red-wings munching away on the red berries. Waxwings are beautiful birds and come here in winter most years from [...]
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, [...]
Yay, they played my interview on the Jonathan Miles show on BBC Radio Newcastle at the Farne Islands today: 1hr 40min and 56sec in, to be precise! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00vdw5t/Jonathan_Miles_17_07_2012/
Hi all, I've added a new gallery: 'Farne Islands'. This is a selection of images I took while writing the book 'Wildlife of the Farne Islands'. The Farnes are a particular passion of mine. I have young kids, so can't spend too much time away in exotic foreign locations. However, [...]
