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BBC Radio Devon interview with David Fitzgerald

BBC Radio Devon interview with David Fitzgerald

I was commissioned by Clinton Devon Estates to produce a book about wildlife conservation on their land in 2017. One of the images I took of a family of beavers won a highly commended award in the British Wildlife Photography Awards

People’s Choice in The Guardian

People’s Choice in The Guardian

Today The Guardian published an online gallery of the Lumix People’s Choice Award nominees from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards featuring my ‘Fox Meets Fox’ image. You can view the gallery here and voting is until ...

On London Live

On London Live

This week I was asked to speak about urban foxes on London Live. It was great to have a media platform with a positive story about these misunderstood mammals

More competition success

More competition success

My image of a beaver family snacking on the edge of the River Otter in Devon has been highly commended in the Habitats category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards. I took this shot while working on a long term project with Clinton Devon ...

Next up on the Podcast – Jasper Doest

Next up on the Podcast – Jasper Doest

Jasper Doest is an award-winning wildlife photo journalist who specialises in long-term photography projects that focus on human/animal connection and conflict. Through his work he gives a voice to the natural world and it only takes a few minutes ...

Hampstead Heath Workshop | November 11th

Hampstead Heath Workshop | November 11th

Our second workshop and the weather was perfect for catching the vibrant colour on Sandy Heath. The water pools in this special location provided a different opportunity to capture reflection and the colourful birdlife that visits at this time of ...

Hampstead Heath Workshop | November 10th

Hampstead Heath Workshop | November 10th

November brings the delight of autumn colour and with so many deciduous trees on the Heath the creative photographic opportunities are endless. The group produced a fabulous set of images ranging from capturing animal movement, to fungi, to close-up ...

Hampstead Heath Photo Workshop October 27th

Hampstead Heath Photo Workshop October 27th

The workshops resumed on Hampstead Heath on an unusually chilly but beautiful autumn day. Strong colours and woodland details dominated the selection below as the group set about shooting a lovely set of images. The next available workshop is on ...

Fox Meets Fox

Fox Meets Fox

I was thrilled to discover earlier this year my ‘Fox Meets Fox’ image made it into this years Wildlife Photographer of the year competition. It was many hours in the making – sitting, waiting, hoping and with a little luck, the ...