[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 [...]
In December's Wild Planet Photo Magazine I have two pieces; one on why the badger cull defies science and common sense, and the other on just how critically endangered tigers are. The Nov, Dec and Jan issues are all free. I'm delighted to see that the culls have failed, [...]
From the several thousands of images submitted to the BWPA 2013 competition, I managed to squeeze two into the final short-list of 300. I just missed out on an award, but hey, I was pretty chuffed to get this far! Subsequently, the seal image won a highly Commended award :) Here [...]
Puffin Precarious pipit As the rain and temperature fall, further bending the already berry-laden rowan I've just parked under, I'm wondering whether that's it for summer this year. Mind, what a summer it's been! Rarely have we had such good weather in continuous dollops. It's certainly [...]
Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus. Nikon D3, 105mm macro lens, 200/sec, f/16, ISO 800, remote flash How cute? Wood mice (otherwise known as field mice and a whole bunch of other names), with their larger eyes and ears and brown and white colouring are much cuter than house mice [...]
Ladies and gents, I present to you my first regular column for Landscape & Wildlife Photography Magazine! Following on from the 11 page 'Psycho Sunrise' article in the December 2012 issue, the editor kindly asked me to write a bi-monthly piece for the magazine starting this month - leap-frogging with [...]
This old bull elephant ambled towards us with a slow, deliberate purpose. When you see several tonnes of animal wandering towards your vehicle, it's a sphincter-tightening moment. He had absolutely no malice though and we spent what must have been the best part of an hour with him, happily munching leaves [...]
What's with the long face! Horse portraiture (of the horses themselves and with their owners) is something I've been thinking about doing for quite some time. I've admired the work of photographers such as Tim Flach and Matthew Seed and wanted to get away from the standard look of event photography in [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
