Wildlife Photography across the Water: Smoke stops play

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Smoke stops play

It was a strange start to day, We were up early to get the house ready for its first viewing, A short while later i said that i could smell smoke and guessed it may be from the farm next door, I drove a couple of miles away and the smoke seemed to get worse and a couple of hours later it really was thick, I turned the news on and it seems that there are wild fires in the south of NC some 2 hour drive away and yet here we were in thick smoke-must be some fire, I decided to finish off a website that i started months ago, Its still with livebooks who do my main wildlife site but it will be for portraits which is something i enjoy doing and have a small home studio, Its certainly different from wildlife but a nice change and in these days you need to diversify, So the website is now live but not advertised and will undergo some changes over the next week or so but you can be the first to see and comment, www.davidcourtenayphotography.com

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.