BBC Wildlife Magazine have just launched a new YouTube channel, hosted by award winning wildlife photographer, best selling author and TV presenter Mark Carwardine. The channel is geared towards helping wildlife photographers of any level with practical tips, interviews and advice from top wildlife photographers and fresh, creative ideas to help them relish and master their craft. For the launch episode, Mark interviewed me to find out how I went about crafting my image of a red fox in front of the Clifton Suspension Bridge (or “the best urban fox picture ever taken” according to Mark!!). To find out the story behind the image and how I went about planning from concept to execution, watch the video below and make sure to subscribe to the channel.
Teaching
WORKSHOP WAGON LAUNCH
in ADVENTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, WILDLIFE, WORKSHOPS
I’m happy to announce that I am now offering wildlife photography workshops 😃
…And just before I get started, please check out my recent urban wildlife feature on PetaPixel.
So… After a lot of consideration and a lot of email enquiries, I’ve decided it’s time to offer one-to-one and small group wildlife photography workshops. Never one to do things by halves, I decided to make my workshops unique by creating the ultimate wildlife photography workshop wagon! My motivation in doing this is to offer more than just practical field skills - a mobile studio means I can offer training in image selection, workflow, processing, editing and pitching all on location. So, after sourcing a panel van with all of the right spec (including 4-wheel drive!), I then proceeded to cut a bunch of big holes in it so that I could add all of the necessary bells and whistles that would make it the ideal vehicle / mobile studio to teach wildlife photography on the road.
It’s pretty unnerving watching your expensive new van get hacked to pieces, but it was in safe hands and in less than a month, I had a fully converted bespoke campervan / mobile studio, complete with solar power, wifi, gps, heating, gas hobs, a fridge, a table and a bunch of lights, sockets and storage. Now for the fun part - the test drive! I decided to test the new wagon out properly to see how it would fare on an extended road-trip and took it on a tour of the Pyrenees and the Alps…
