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tiger photography holiday Ranthambore India

Tiger tastic

Tiger photography A few photos of some of our tiger sightings in the last few days in India. Our final count was an incredible 17 tiger sightings in our week there.  There’s more information on my future tiger trips here. Tiger numbers have been on the rise for a while now in India. More information […]

Outdoor photographer of the year 2015

The finalists have just been announced for this year’s  Outdoor Photographer of the year award and I’m delighted  to annouce that I have 3 images in the finals. The first 2 below are in the wildlife category and the 3rd is in the ‘at the water’s edge category’.

Proboscis monkey leaping Borneo

Proboscis monkey jumping

Proboscis monkey jumping One of the joys of observing Proboscis monkeys is watching them make their giant leaps of faith. Hurling themselves from branches and flying through the air before crash landing onto their next destination. During my annual Borneo orangutan tours to Tanjung Puting national park we see daily sightings of these primates which […]

Orangutan tour Borneo trip report Oct 2015

3rd to 10th October 2015 orangutan tour Borneo trip report Thanks to Sarah, Jackie, Caroline, Jim, Barry, Amanda and Sharon for making this trip so special. I have a week off in Sulawesi at the mo with very poor internet connection but I've managed to put a few photos from our week below (click on [...]

National Geographic travel writing

National Geographic travel writing I’m pleased to announce that I received one of the runner up spots in this year’s National Geographic Traveller magazine travel writing competition. There’s a link to the article here.

Landscape photography

There should be sunshine after rain, these things have always been the same so why worry now.  Not only a great song but wise advice for photographers ? The weather has been mad here with a mixed bag of sun, rain, wind and hail so as soon as a storm looks as if it’s peaking […]

Photography days Sussex

Sussex photography course Thanks so much for the photos and feedback from my latest Sussex photography course small group day and the previous one-on-one day. More info about future Sussex photography days are here. “Thanks for an amazing day chasing clouds around the South Downs national park ! I’m really pleased with my photos from […]

Sussex photo Course

Thanks so much to Debbie, Ian, Phil, Dick and Sam for being such good fun on my latest Sussex photography day this weekend. There’s a few shots from the day below. Congratulations to Phil for getting one of his shots from the day published on the BBC website … there’s a link to it here. […]

Photography workshop Sussex

Lovely weather over the weekend – here’s a few photos taken on my last Sussex photography day. There’s more info about my future photography workshops in Sussex here..

Star photography

So here’s the question – which of the following 2 photos do you prefer ? The top one is a long exposure of 1.5 hours which shows how the stars have moved during this time … it’s not been Photoshopped in any way but looks a tad unrealistic ? Or the bottom photo is just […]

Sussex photography course

After 3 months work in Africa and India I’m back in sunny Sussex. Yesterday I held my first Sussex photography workshop for 2015 which was a one-on-one day with Claire from Brighton who wanted to get to grip with her new camera. Thanks for a lovely day and for sharing some of your photos below. […]

Travel photography

Travel photography India One way to improve our photography is to question every time exactly why and when we press the shutter button which will differentiate your photos from the digital deluge of boring, unoriginal snap shots. It also leads to more of what I call ‘lucky images’. I took the photo below last night […]

Mountain gorilla video – Mubare group

Mubare mountain gorillas group, Uganda I have a few days off in between my 2015 Uganda mountain gorilla holidays and have just made a 2 minute video of our recent encounter with the Mubare group in Bwindi Impenetrable forest. This year we made a donation to Gorilla Doctors from this trip and were joined by […]

Mountain gorilla holiday Uganda

Mountain gorilla holiday Uganda “We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over.” 7th to 17th Jan 2015 – Thanks to Adrian, Suzanne, Marta, Joc, Roy and Florent for making our time in Uganda so […]

Shoebill Uganda

Shoebill Uganda Today I’ve been canoeing in the Mabamba swamp, Uganda during one of my Uganda mountain gorilla holidays. Mabamba is one of the best places in the world to see the elusive Shoebill. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to a Dodo these remarkable birds are endangered mainly due to hunting to meet a […]

Kidepo national park

Kidepo national park which straddles South Sudan and Northeast Uganda was voted Africa’s best national park recently and after my recent visit I can see why. Framed by cardboard cutout mountains on three sides this place melts your heart with its sheer beauty – but best of all, you’ll virtually have the place to yourself. […]

Sussex photography workshops

Sussex photography days Here’s a few photos taken on my Sussex photography workshop days last week. If you’d like more information of future photo days click here to take you to my Sussex photography courses and workshop page.

Borneo orangutan trip report 2 Oct 2014

Orangutan photography safari trip report Oct 2014 Such a lovely week back in Borneo for my 2nd orangutan fundraising for this October - thanks to Jim, April, Nancy, Marcel, Carlijn, Geraldine and Jacinta for being so lovely and making this such a special trip. Together we rasied some more money for the Orangutan Foundation whose [...]

Borneo orangutan video

Orangutan video A 2 minute video of some of our wildlife sightings in one day on last week’s Borneo orangutan fundraising trip which I run in partnership withe the Orangutan Foundation UK. If you’d like to come on one of my future Borneo orangutan trips please click here for more info. And here’s a 2 […]

Borneo orangutan trip report 1 Oct 2014

Orangutan photography tour Borneo trip 1 Oct 2014 Thanks to Adrian, Diane, Nicole, Nod, Celia, Linda and Gail for being such great fun and making this Borneo trip a memorable one. There’s a few photos from the week below (click on any image to view them larger). Together we raised another chunk of money for […]

5 facts about hippos

Hippopotamus facts 1) The closest relations of the hippopotamus are whales and dolphins. 2) Hippopotamuses give birth under water. 3) They can eat over 60kg of grass each night. 4) On land they are surprisingly fast reaching speeds of up to 40km per hour which is faster than Usain Bolt. 5) The male hippo attracts […]

Selling-stock-photos

Stock photography sales A few examples of stock photos that I’ve sold this week … proving one thing … you can never predict what will sell and what won’t … happy snapping. These photos were all sold via Alamy. There’s information on my wildlife and travel photography workshops and holidays here. And finally, yet again […]

Sussex photography courses

Another few random photos taken on my some of my Sussex photography days over the last 2 weeks. If you fancy joining me for any any of the remaining days this summer then please visit my Sussex photography workshop and course section here.