Wildlife Photography across the Water: Lets Talk

Monday 21 December 2009

Lets Talk

I will have to make this a quick one as we have friends arriving today from the UK for a couple of weeks, The snow that threatened at the end of last week came and went in hours but a couple of hours away they were swamped-lucky buggers, I have friends who have just moved to Japan in the last few days so hope that went well and look forward to my trip out there and i have have friends that have just moved from Japan to Austrailia, What does that have to do with photograhy-well it gives good reason to travel and see friends and have a photographic holiday at the same time, Its always difficult to compete with local photographers when you go away but some local knowledge goes a long way, We had a party at our house on Saturday and for fun everybody made it into my studio for a photograph during the evening and Sunday saw me processing and printing out the evenings shots which i have dropped off- A good way to make a party into something different and its already drummed up some business which wasnt the intention but always good to have, I guess its going to be 3 weeks before i get a proper session in when i go to New Jersey so just an hour or 2 in the garden hide until then, So i will try to have a longer and better blog on Xmas eve

Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.