Borneo Orangutan release Today I’ve been working with the veterinary team of the Orangutan Foundation UK who have successfully released another orangutan into Lamandau wildlife reserve in Borneo. This area of forest has been a release site for some years now with hundreds of orangutans rehabilitated there. Just three weeks ago this seven year old […]
Orangutan holiday Borneo October 22nd to 30th 201 “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another – what you like doing this to ? I thought no one but myself loved this so.” Huge thanks to all who participated in this Borneo orangutan fundraising trip. This is the 10th year that […]
Macro photography course Sussex Macro photography day, Sussex. Lullington Heath in the South Downs National park is the perfect place for macro photography with an incredible 20 species of butterfly recorded here along with a huge amount of other insect life. Here’s a few photos taken on my last macro photography course. There’s information on […]
Look at the stars … look how they shine for you. I’ve spent the last week in Algonquin park in Canada way beyond the land of light pollution. Here’s a few photos of the stars which are all unedited with the star trail photos just a combination of about 200 photos layered together to show […]
I’m not a great City person and feel much more at home in a forest or on a remote island but I have to say Toronto rocks as a city ! About to head up north now but I think Toronto has to be one of the friendliest cities I’ve ever been to.
A tiny selection of some of the 18 species of Uganda primates. These photos were taken on my Uganda mountain gorilla holidays. Mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, golden monkeys and red Colobus monkeys are all featured in my new book along with over 40 other species. Illustrated with beautiful photography, the concept is a ‘coffee table’ style […]
“Don’t blame the traffic if you are the traffic” Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working in Sri Lanka which is a lovely country but sadly a victim of its success in developing tourism. I was thinking of starting small group trips there from next year but have ruled this out due to […]
Tiger photography tours – April 2016 trip report April in India is a wonderful time to see tigers in the wild as the remaining watering holes are limited and vegetation is nice and short. During our tiger holiday in Ranthambore we had an incredible 17 sightings in a week – most of which were so […]
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 […]
A few random photos of mountain gorillas and chimpanzees from my recent trips to Uganda and Tanzania.
A few photos of wild dogs from my recent trip to the Selous game reserve in Tanzania.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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..
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 “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 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 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. […]