My image of a red fox in front of Clifton Suspension Bridge will be displayed this month on Bristol's College Green from 7-28th October. The open-air "Witness the Wild" exhibition is part of the Wildscreen Festival - the world’s biggest celebration of screen-based natural history storytelling. The festival takes place every two years, and this year they have a dedicated photography day, where the world's top wildlife and conservation photographers will be speaking and sharing their pictures and stories. I'm doing a talk at 1pm entitled "Making That Human Connection" about how I use the human environment to give wildlife a context that people can easily relate to and connect with, and I'm also sharing my conservation story about gannets and marine litter - a devastating problem that's happening close to home on our UK shores. Speakers include Tim Laman and other National Geographic photographers, magazine editors from National Geographic and BBC Wildlife, and I'm looking forward to UK based conservation photographer Britta Jaschinski speaking about her latest project. A selection of images by the speakers can be seen on the Guardian website today, with my fox image being used as the lead: Wildscreen's Witness the Wild
Bristol
NEW URBAN FOX PROJECT
I've been working locally in Bristol recently on a new fox project, to get some new images together for my upcoming talk at Wildscreen Photography Festival. The beauty of working locally is that it means I can visit a site regularly and be a bit more creative with my lighting and set up. I've been working with a local family of foxes that are all really individual characters, but my favourite to photograph by far is this little guy who is just so inquisitive and cheeky. I've tried to capture some of his personality in my pictures. You can see the full set here: www.samhobson.co.uk/urban-red-fox
Both shot on Nikon D800, Nikon 17-35mm f2.8, SB-800, SB-700, Pocket Wizard +IIIs