Friday 25th June - Portraits and Touring Cars

I've just uploaded some new portraits taken at the recent British Touring Car Championships at Croft Circuit. The models were very obliging to having their pictures taken and some of the drives made for some good shots too!  Something a little different from my usual wildlife photograph anyway, so check them out on the Portraits Page.

I've also uploaded a whole page of cars taken at the event including the British Touring Car Championship, Porsche Cup, Formula 3000 Racing, Ginetta Racing and Renault Clio Cup. Check these out on the Touring Car Page.

Monday 14th June - Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition

I just found out that out of the fifteen entries I made to the 2010 Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, five made it through to the first round and ten made it through to the semi-finals. Needless to say i'm increadibly happy with this result and hopefully next year I will have more success at this annual competition that showcases the very best nature photography. Some of the images are now available on my Prints Page so take a look there.

Wednesday 16th June - Nikon Here To Stay Well i've finally taken delivery of all my new Nikon camera gear so it's goodbye to Canon and their constantly failing pro bodied cameras and hello to no noise and an auto focus system that actually works! Items include a D3x, D3s, 14-24mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 200-400mm, SB-900 flash, 1.4x and 2x converters and spare battery. The only thing i'm still waiting for to finish the lens lineup is the hallowed 600mm monster!

Monday 31st May - Update Pages

Hello once again. This is just a quick not to let you know I have made a few minor changes to some of the pages and added a few new pictures. I've added a Miscellaneous Bird Page, Miscellaneous Mammal Page and Miscellaneous Reptile & Insect Page. I've also added a few more shots from the 2010 Kite Surfing Championships at Redcar's Majuba Beach to the Kitesurfing Page and also created a new African Landscape Page. Have a look at these new pages and enjoy the images. I'm away at the moment for a few weeks so things will be fairly quiet until I get back.

Thursday 13th May - MobileMe Gallery

Just a quick note to let you that I am now uploading a lot of my latest images to my Apple MobileMe Gallery page so why not take a look there. I've been out and about lately shooting in Scotland and locally and here are a few of my newest images. First a few local Dipper shots, these birds are such fun to watch bobbing up and down and swimming through the torrents catching insects to feed on.

And here's one or two others from the last couple of weeks. Yellow Wagtail have been showing very well at my local RSPB Saltholme reserve, a chirpy Corn Bunting and finally a Buzzard from Scotland.

That's all for now so watch this space...

Monday 19th April - Gorillas are Online

Rwanda's Mountain Gorillas are finally online on the official page so click HERE to be taken directly to them.

I've also added one or two new shots to the general Wildlife Page so take a look.

Saturday 17th April - Rwanda's Awesome Gorillas

Hello once again. Well after a very busy and simply amazing trip to the beautiful country of Rwanda i've finally got round to processing the images. I haven't uploaded them to the official website yet but they are on my Apple MobileMe Gallery Page which can be found HERE. Rwanda is not only about the awesome Gorilla, it's the people that make it such a special place. Everywhere you look there are smiling faces that are happy to see you. I hope these pictures inspire you to go out there and help save the last of the Mountain Gorillas.

Saturday 17th April - Switch to Nikon

Having had two brand new Canon 1D Mk4 cameras fail over the last month I have decided to switch systems from Canon to Nikon. The superior sensor quality of the D3x and high ISO performance of the D3s along with a superb range of lenses and a far better auto focus system to the Canon helped to make the decision final. So over the coming months i'll be trying out and getting used to this new system and hopefully will have some even better images to post.

That's all for now, i'm off to make the most of the nice weather!

Tuesday 16th March - New Pictures Uploaded

I've finally got round to getting some html editing software installed on my Mac so have updated some of the pages and added new pictures. There are a few more Snipe now on the Snipe Page, one or two more shots on the Ducks Page and a completely new page for the Great Crested Grebe i've been photographing recently. There are one or two other pictures elsewhere too!

Tuesday 9th March - Snipe & Little Owl

Well I've been out and about this last month shooting various things here and there and the latest is these great Common Snipe shots. I'll be adding more to the Snipe Page over the next few weeks but here is a taster couple of shots for you. I've also been watching a lovely Little Owl on an evening in the hope of getting some shots of it in some nice light. So far my success has been a bit hit and miss but I'll keep on trying until I get some shots I'm happy with!

Not long now to my trip to Rwanda to photograph the amazing mountain Gorillas so can't wait for that as it should be an amazing life changing experience.

I've also sold one of my Canon 1D Mk3 cameras and am now using the 1D Mk4 as my main camera. It's 16MP sensor and higher ISO performance is already allowing me to get shots I could not get before. If also takes full 1080HD video so i'm gonna have a play around with that over the coming months.

That's it for now but don't forget to keep an eye on Twitter for my latest news.

Tuesday 26th January - Move to the Mac

Sorry that things have been very quiet recently on the blog but i'm in the process of converting from Microsoft and my poor old PC to a new and shiny Apple Mac. I've never used an Apple machine before so it's a steep learning curve and so far I have to say that I am very impressed. I'll keep you posted on how things go!

Friday 15th January - Black & White Snow Shot Just added to the Landscapes Page this lovely black and white image of a snowy Norwich city snapped on my Canon G10 whilst heading to work last week.

Monday 11th January - Water Rail on Ice

Whilst I'm away I've been busily processing some more pictures in the queue from last weeks outings including some more Water Rail on Ice shots which can be found HERE and also a short sequence of rare Bittern flight shots that were taken at RSPB Saltholme last week. It was a rare opportunity to see this secretive bird and although the shots are not great (taken at a huge distance with a 600mm + 1.4x converter) seeing it out in the open was such a great experience. Click HERE for a link to the Bittern.

Friday 8th January - Happy New Year! Well first of all Happy New Year to one and all and wishing you all the best for 2010! I just thought I would share this little fella with you which was taken last week out in the snow. I've never had the opportunity to get this close to a Brown Hare and he seemed pretty happy bounding about but it wasn't long before he decided to try and settle down in a comfy little hollow out of the cold! I'm currently away at work and over the next few weeks will be processing a huge backlog of Water Rail pictures taken at my local RSPB centre at Saltholme so watch this space and check out the Water Rail Page over the next few weeks for some new shot additions. So until next time, bye for now....

Monday 14th December - Merry Christmas! Well sorry things have once again been quiet on the blog but i've been back and forth more times than I can remember and in between suffering from a sever stomach bug I have been trying to get out and about with the camera despite the grey, dull and damp weather. Anyway, here's one of my latest pictures to be processed, it's a Male Eider with freshly caught Crab, taken in Girvan Harbour, Scotland. I'm heading away again next week and probably won't be around anymore until after the festive period so here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Many thanks for all your support in 2009 and all the best for 2010.

Thursday 12th November  - Fireworks

Sat on the train on the way to London for a meeting and processing some pictures. Water Rail have been showing very well over the last few days so here is a few shots of the little critter. Will be processing some more pictures on the journey home as have a huge stack of firework display pictures to trawl through from last week.

On the train on the way home now and have finished processing last weeks fireworks from the Hartlepool display on 7th November 2009. Anyway, here's a nice bright composition of of the results so enjoy.

Hopefully will get a few more days out and about before I head back offshore to work so fingers crossed for some nice weather for a change!

Monday 9th November - Starling Murmurations

Another couple of new Starling Murmuration shots for you from yesterday evening. The birds put on an absolutely fantastic display right in front of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. Unfortunately there was a great sunset in the other direction but I suppose you can't wish for everything!

Wednesday 4th November - Deer Rut

Have had a fairly busy few days lately and despite the rotten weather have managed a few hours photography here and there. Whilst continuing to test the Cobra Backpack I took it to Studley Royal Park at Fountains Abbey near Ripon. This allowed me to get some shots of it in the field for publicity purposes and also allowed me to take some pictures of the Deer Rut amongst the beautiful autumn tree colours.