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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday I popped into Moorbank Botanical Garden in Newcastle with Alan Hewitt, Trai Anfield and Trai's friend, Helen. We were sussing out the possibility of doing Hawk's Head Photography workshops. I loved the fact that it was tropical inside and snowing outside! Here are a few of the images:
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 [...]
Published today! (available to subscribers now and in the shops in a few days)
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 [...]
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 [...]
I've just started a beautiful relationship with Landscape & Wildlife Photography Magazine writing regular articles in the new wildlife photography section. The first article, published on 1 Dec 2012, was titled 'Psycho Sunrise' - an exploration of the psychology of the golden hour. There's a lot more to it than [...]
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: [...]