Wildlife Photography across the Water: Time to reflect

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Time to reflect

Its a good idea of Martins to review the blog over the last year since we started, The year has flown by and i havent managed to get half the images that i want, Highlights of the year for me was the trip to Colorado to shoot the mountain goat as well as shooting on the North Carolina coast in the winter and having a couple of trips to the Smokey mountains in Tennessee, I have already been making plans for next year with a trip to New Jersey in early Jan for Harlequin Ducks and shore birds and a trip to the NC coast at the end of Jan for Snow Geese,Tundra Swans and Black bear, I will have at least 2 trips to the Smokeys and hopefully 1 major trip abroad, I was very taken with Colorado and am itching to get back there so lets hope that the pennies continue to come in, Next year will see a couple of workshops from me and i hope to increase the one to one training, The blog does take time out of our days and its been quite difficult to keep it updated on a daily basis, We have both had good comments from our readers but there have been some critisism over the year from some others, All i can say is that the comments that we make are our own personal opinions and they may not be everybodies, But its our blog and its free-nobody makes you read it although i do hope that you do, I know that Santa has left a few boxes of camera gear under the tree so that means some new reviews in the new year, 2010 will see me back doing alot of night time photography for racoon,possum and fox and it will be something that will take a lot of my time to get the images that i have in my head
So as i have manflu and am sitting here feeling naff its off for a bath and then back to bed

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.