Just received notice that one of my grass snake images is the August image in the 2018 ‘Quarries and Nature’ calendar. Nice to have two successful entries in three years.
Really nice to have this image included in the 2016 Mineral Products Association annual calendar. It’s a shot of two dew-covered azure damselflies perching on a marsh horsetail stem, taken at a former quarry in Devon with the Canon 5D Mk III and Sigma 150mm macro lens, Gitzo tripod and with a pop of fill …
I was very pleased recently to be asked to judge the inaugural 2015 Photographic Competition for the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). The competition, which is sponsored by Wildcare, is being organised by the CIEEM’s West Midlands section and is open to all CIEEM members; it includes categories such as ‘habitats’, ‘ecology in action’, …
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I am pleased to report that one of my pictures – of a harvest mouse perched in a Clematis seed head – has been chosen as ‘September’ in the 2015 BBC Countryfile Calander, which is produced annually in support of Children in Need. There were over 10,000 entries this year, so I was really chuffed to have been …
Check out my recent article in Devon Life June 2014 on foxes. It summarises the 6 weeks or so that I spent last year photographing a family of foxes near home here in Devon. I have been keeping any eye out for the vixen again this year, and whilst she was seen quite a few …
I recenlty got back from an extended period on leave in Europe and thought I had better get up to date with some post-prod work. Here are a few shots of a wild male kestrel which were taken from Danny Green’s hide in Worcestershire. I very rarely these days take advantage of someone else’s hard work …
At the outset of my trials and tribulations with the field studio set up, I realised early on that I’d need a set of radio triggers to fire my twin manual flashes, since once the rear unit is sitting behind a thick piece of opaque perspex its infrared function ceases to work (IR works fine indoors of …
I have spent quite a bit of time whilst recovering from my shoulder surgery getting the kit together to start a project using a macro field studio and I intend developing this work during this coming spring and summer. I have had a couple of sessions with amphibians over the past few weeks, and this morning spent several hours …
I have spent the last couple of days catching up with some long overdue filing, writing and post production. I came across this little image which reminded me of a grand camper van trip we made a few years back to the Norfolk coast. The campsite overlooked this stunning view across a wonderful salt marsh. The …
A nice early morning session at my garden pond with some emerging common darters. There has been a massive emergence of this species during summer 2013 as I have counted well over 40 exuvia this season. This is unusual; whilst this species of dragonfly have bred in the pond in the past, numbers of emerging insects …