Since
childhood I have had a passion
for wildlife, gaining great pleasure
and enjoyment from the natural
environment. Much of my spare
time has been devoted to the study
and photography of birds and other
animals, on which I have written
and contributed to many books
and publications. Along the way
I have accumulated a huge collection
of colour photographs.
As a professional electrical
and electronic engineer, I have
worked in both industry and
education. My interest in wildlife
combined with an engineering
background has found a natural
expression in my third passion,
technical wildlife photography.
My first challenge during the
1980’s was to construct
equipment needed to detect and
freeze rapid movement such as
the wings of birds and insects
in flight.
This excursion into High-speed
Pictorial Photography culminated
in some extraordinarily beautiful
pictures, like the English Robin
and Barn Swallow in Flight.
Eventually the subjects
changed to scientific phenomena
and the manufacture of the Prestoflash
High Speed Photo-flash Systems
for industrial and scientific
use. This equipment has been very
successful in its uses particularly
in advertising photography as
well as in research applications.
I am at present spending much
of my time doing what I like best
- studying and photographing wildlife
in its natural habitat. This interest
has latterly taken me South-east
Asia in particular to Indonesia
and especially to the remoter
and less visited islands of Papua.
My lifelong friendship with the
outstanding naturalist, John
Goldsmith has been
responsible for my deep involvement
in the study and practical conservation
of bats, working closely with
The Norfolk Bat Group.
For many years John worked for
local government as a natural
historian and more recently set
up one of the UK's leading Biological
Records Centres in Norfolk. He
has at last decided that his vast
knowledge of British and European
natural history would be put to
better use and valued greater
by becoming an independent consultant
on ecological and wildlife matters
for the east of England. He can
be contacted at AURUM ECOLOGY
( http://www.aurum-ecology.co.uk)
Since
childhood I have had a passion
for wildlife, gaining great pleasure
and enjoyment from the natural
environment. Much of my spare
time has been devoted to the study
and photography of birds and other
animals, on which I have written
and contributed to many books
and publications. Along the way
I have accumulated a huge collection
of colour photographs.
