About Me
My father's ambition for me to become a shorthand typist, was fuel for resistance and a springboard to a life in the industrial and fine arts. At twenty-six I emigrated to Australia. I am thankful that these early challenges taught me to follow my heart resulting in 42 years of photography. Catching up with new technology, studying photography and teaching it, has been a journey that I would not change. Passionate about the animal world, I once worked in the education department of the London Zoo, where I became fascinated with wildlife photography. Ten years ago, I retired from teaching and started working in wildlife photography. Only now can I afford the equipment it requires, I am also grateful for all the underpinning knowledge in other photographic fields that assists the success in this one.
My Work
The thing about wildlife is that it is vanishing, the sadness I feel is beyond description. The loss of the natural world and global warming is the greatest current crisis to ever affect our lives. The speed with which wildlife is becoming extinct is alarming, - animals we take for granted will soon cease to exist, 95% of Albatross are now affected by plastic, the black Rhino predicted to last only another five years to name two of many. I am now dedicated to covering wildlife along with many other wildlife photographers, as I believe that these will be some of the last images ever taken of many species.
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Elephant herd Amboseli NP, Kenya
The dominant Female leads the herd, the young always protected near the rear.
Leopard Okavango Delta, Botswana
Leopard in the evening light starting to hunt for supper.
Sleeping Leopard Okavango Delta, Botswana
Leopards spend most of their day snoozing in the heat, hunting in the cool of the early morning or late evening.
Malachite Kingfisher Chobe River, Botswana
This iconic and brilliantly coloured Kingfisher is plentiful and very tiny, almost actual size. Much sought after by photographers.
Male Elephant Amboseli NP, Kenya
Egrets, I've had a few, but then again......
Giraffe and Yellow-billed Oxpecker Okavango Delta, Botswana
I love the symbiotic relationships between animals and this one was irresistible.
Carmine Bee-eaters Zambezi River, Namibia
Special trip to photograph these stunning Bee-eaters nesting in the sandy banks of the Zambezi.
Baby Hippopotamus Chobe River, Botswana
This young Hippo protected by the adult females, enjoys the warmth of the afternoon sun.
Yellow-billed Oxpeckers and Giraffe Serengeti Plains, Tanzania
This shot has been taken by many but I simply had to do it!
Brothers Okavango Delta, Botswana
Younger males will often hang out together and are very affectionate towards each other.
Shower power Chobe River, Botswana
Hippopotamus will float in the same spot for hours, intermittently blowing the excess water through their nose to create this impromptu display of territory and power.
Hyena pups Masai Mara, Kenya
Hyena pups are very smart, they have been told to stay here till mum gets back, they are very obedient, three trucks have gone past and they are still here!
African Wild Dogs Kruger NP, South Africa
African Wild Dogs are now seriously endangered, approx. four thousand left, photographers are always very excited to find them as they are becoming so rare.
Pied Kingfisher Chobe River, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher is common in this district, seen fishing on the banks of the Chobe River.
Young male Giraffe Masai Mara, Kenya
Standing in the evening light, this young male is waiting for us to leave so he can come down to the water hole.
Lesser Flamingos Serengeti NP, Tanzania
Lesser Flamingos feeding at dawn with Common Sandpiper standing in the middle of the 'sun'.
Lion Masai Mara, Kenya
Rim lighting is always challenging, trying to get it to land in the right places on a moving subject! Almost as challenging as getting up this early!
Carmine Bee-eater Zambesi River, Namibia
I couldn't resist the complementary colours of this one.
Lioness Masai Mara, Kenya
Lioness at dawn, they like to hunt in low light, so dawn or dusk are popular times. The low light angle shows up her muscular profile.
Leopard back view Okavango Delta, Botswana
Getting a better view as to where supper might be. I loved the totally relaxed attitude this one had towards being photographed, the body language says it all.
Lionesses Masai Mara, Kenya
Mother and daughter at dawn, the low light angle creates a wonderful outline of shadow along the top and side of the subject.
Cape Buffalo, Serengeti Plains, Tanzania
Cape Buffalo can be quite dangerous and charge if threatened. The birds sitting on his nose and back are Oxpeckers and have a symbiotic relationship with the buffalo by keeping the tick population under control.
Giraffe portrait Serengeti, Tanzania
Blue and orange complementary colours help this portrait.
Agile Wallaby Broome, Western Australia
Agile Wallaby coming to drink at the waterhole, early evening, after the extreme heat of a Northern Australian summers day.
Little Red Flying Fox Newcastle, NSW
Whilst photographing something else I spotted a tree full of these Little Red Bats, some of them were actively flying in daylight and so I couldn't miss the opportunity to capture this.
Australian Pippit Port Macquarie, NSW
Only rarely does an opportunity like this happen! Irresistible,
Spectacled Monarch Port Macquarie, NSW
This nesting Spectacled Monarch was found in local rainforest, very limited time to ethically capture this (two minuets) in the broken filtering light.
White-breasted Woodswallows South West Rocks, NSW
Woodswallows like company and doing things in groups but to get a dozen of them in line was more than anyone could hope for!
Eastern Rosellas Barradine, NSW
These Eastern Rosellas are fighting over a nest hole, it is true to say that Eastern Rosellas are always fighting!
Juvenile male Superb Fairy-wren in eclipse plumage Wauchope, NSW
Superb Fairy-wrens are just beautiful, small, fast and elegant, this one landed on an old fence post long enough for me to record it.
Powerful Owl chick Port Macquarie, NSW
This Powerful Owl chick is almost as big as it's parents, but still wearing its glowing white fledgling feathers.
Osprey Lake Innes, NSW
Young Osprey fledgling trying out a landing for the first time!
Osprey portrait Lake Innes, NSW
Fledgling Osprey protrait, blue and orange, the beak and feathers looking pristine with youth.
Male Osprey landing Lake Innes, NSW
Male Osprey landing on a nest, wingspan up to 1.7 meters. Also known as a 'Fish Eagle' due to the fact that their diet is almost entirely made up of fish.
Osprey with fish Harrington, NSW
The Ospreys feet have a locking mechanism to stop fish wriggling out of their grasp, however if the fish is too big it can pull the bird under water and drown!
Salvins Albatross Kaikaura, New Zealand
Such an iconic bird coping with a collapsing population due to ingesting plastic, surely this must be one of the worst crimes of the century.
Whimbrel Port Macquarie, NSW
Whimbrels are one of the larger migratory waders that visit Australia from Siberia and Alaska, their long beaks probe the sandbanks for deep crustaceans and worms.
Pied Cormorant and Great Cormorant Lake Innes, NSW
Very early one morning the colour of the water reflecting onto the birds made a common sight look extraordinary, I love it when that happens.
Bullers Albatross Stewart Island, New Zealand
Bullers Albatross has a vibrant yellow stripe that makes it very distinctive, however this portrait on an overcast rainy day glowed with contrast!
Salvins Albatross in vertical flight Kaikoura, New Zealand
I love the casual flexibility and dexterity of the amazingly powerful flight of the Albatross, just effortlessly coasting along on the strong sea breezes.
Bar-tailed Godwit, Port Macquarie, NSW
Bar-tailed Godwit searching for worms, crustaceans and bivalves.
Bar-tailed Godwits taking off Portmacquarie, NSW
Bar-tailed Godwits taking off, - the challenge of trying to take interesting flight shots is always with me.
Great Egret Lake Innes, NSW
Great Egret looking spiky, enhanced by the casurina it is perching on, the feathers on its back tell us that it is in breeding plumage.