It’s the final days of January as I write this & I’m just back from a thoroughly enjoyable and productive trip to Iceland on a photo tour led by Jonathan Critchley, a world-renowned fine art photographer who specialises in black and white photography.

I first visited Amboseli in 2021 and it has had a profound effect not only on my appreciation of elephants but also on my photography. Read More….

I saw my first polar bear over a decade ago and I can still remember it vividly. It was my first experience of the Arctic, traveling on the Russin Icebreaker The Vavilov and from a distance there he was moving along the shoreline against a backdrop of huge ice cliffs. This is the image of the Arctic white walker & I was completely hooked.

Besides my time in Baffin Island, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a more beautiful or evocative place than the Great Bear Rainforest which I visited back in September. Sailing around this vast eco system as we scouted for whales, wolves & bears was a wildlife experience at its purest. Read More…

One species on my bucket list to see last year was the Iberian Lynx. After researching best places to see them I travelled to Penalajo in Spain in July, with the hope of getting some good sightings.  

On final afternoon in Panna Tiger Reserve, we had been waiting most of the afternoon to see Tigress P141 who had four small cubs to no avail. Read More…