Category: Trip reviews

Having left London in the usual London weather: rain, grey skies and temperature hovering around 10 degrees, we hoped that the super hot weather forecast for Debrecen would come true. Indeed, on landing at a small Debrecen airport, we were greeted by clear skies and beautiful sunshine. In fact, the…

I have recently returned from co-leading the Natures Images Shetland Spectacular Trip with Mark Sisson. This was my first time heading this far North in the UK and I was looking forward to the seeing the wildlife immersed in such dramatic scenery – it did not disappoint. Our first stop was…

One of the advantages of having been born under an Aquarian star sign is that I love water.  I have always been happy in it, on it or beside it whether it be fresh or saline in its nature.  Given that it is home to an array of wildlife that you…

Norway Winter ….. In late January I spent a week in Flatanger, Norway running a trip for Natures Images. I have been to this part of Norway many times over the years and always use Ole Martin Dahl for our trips as he has some of the best locations for…

It has been a while since my last blog but this time I don’t have an excuse of being lazy with my processing, it’s just that I have been away travelling to various places since the middle of January. I have had the chance to look and process some of…

At the end of January, I was guiding a trip to Lake Kerkini, the location of the beautiful Dalmatian pelican. This was my third consecutive year to Kerkini with Natures Images and I was really looking forward to returning and sharing the experience with fellow guests. I always enjoy photographing the same…

I started my photography career almost exclusively as a bird photographer yet when I look back at my wildlife interests over my life snakes, frogs and butterflies featured as strongly as birds. It’s only as I matured as a photographer that I started to spend more time working with these groups…

As a general rule I am more drawn to the wildlife and environments of the cold north than the hot tropics. Saying this, however, I have a real love affair with Costa Rica and its rainforests. There are draw backs; I am not keen on the heat and humidity of…

If you talk about Texas with most people here in the UK there are a number of things that will probably come to mind initially: cowboys, George Bush, oil, Dallas, JR…. the list goes on in terms of iconic ingredients that make up the story of this, the 2nd largest…

Whenever I embark on a trip my mind is full of expectation coupled with a little bit of apprehension. I am excited about the prospects ahead yet at the same time I worry about what the weather will do and how the photographic opportunities will unfold. Bulgaria in the winter…