Welcome to my wildlife photography web site. I have had an interest in wildlife since childhood and I have been a keen birder for at least 15 years. I began photographing birds using a technique called digiscoping. This involved using a digital camera to record images through a bird watching telescope. Whilst this affords enormous focal length there serious limitations, not least of which is the amount of time it takes to set up the shot, which means that realistically only stationery birds can be photographed.
In Spring of 2006, following guidance from my bird photographer friend Richard Bedford, I took the plunge and invested in a digital SLR camera with a telephoto lens. Specifically I now use a Canon EOS20D with an EF100-400IS. Although a major investment for me, this is really entry level kit. However I have found that with practice I am now able to achieve some fairly credible images of birds in flight. And flight is, after all, what birds are all about.
Many of the images presented here were captured in Northamptonshire where I live. I have also included a good number of pictures taken further afield, including Norfolk, Suffolk, Wales and Scotland. Following a planned trip in 2007 to Svalbard I hope to be able to upload some spectacular images of Arctic wildlife.
My other passion is music. As well as performing on trumpet I compose music. Some of my composition can be found on my music web site HERE.
