Salon de la Photo: France's biggest photography show

November 21, 2016
Despite living in continental Europe for well over a decade, this year was the first year I attended Le Salon de la Photo in Paris. It is the largest annual photo show in France and second biggest after the biannual Photokina in Germany. So why haven’t I visited before? Well a few reasons; notably it falls on a bank holiday weekend in November, an...
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Waiting to photograph Raptors

October 24, 2016
At the end of August I hired a specialist raptor hide on the Belgium-Dutch border. I wanted to get some more diverse shots of birds of prey for the presentation that I would be giving for Panasonic on Bird Photography at Photokina. From what I had seen prior to my day in the hide, this hide had been delivering some fantastic images of Sparrow Hawk...
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Bird Reserve Photography at Le Teich, France

October 12, 2016
2016 has seen me focus significantly on bird photography. There have been a number of reasons for this. After spending nearly 3 years building a portfolio of images focused on African wildlife, I need to focus on things closer to home. The most accessible route to go was birds. I also strongly believe that bird photography is probably one of the mo...
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Mirrorless: A viable option for wildlife photography? 3 years on...

October 04, 2016
3 years ago I wrote a blog about my second safari experience and using the mirrorless Panasonic system (GH3 at that time) on safari mainly with the 100-300mm variable aperture lens. Back then, I was using my Panasonic GH3 as my go to for video work. And it was a fabulous camera to use for video. Where I was struggling was with the lens options for...
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The Isle of Skye with the Panasonic FZ1000 (Part 2)

September 19, 2016  •  1 Comment
Part 2 of a 2 part blog If you have not yet read the first part of this blog then you can do so here. Day 2 of the Isle of Skye shoot became challenging as the weather set in. Despite setting my alarm for 5 am, a quick look out the B&B window made me turn around and go back to bed. It was raining with very strong gusty wind. There was no point go...
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