Art and Photography, Featured, Featured Artist 11 March 2010

I knew I was looking at something special as soon as I arrived on this professional photographer’s website which is totally white with no banner, no frills, no flash intro.

 Freebies, Recommended Books 11 March 2010

I downloaded this free eBook which has some handy tips on taking photographs of wild flowers. Written by Steve and Vic Berardi.

 Featured, Featured Artist, Recommended Books 11 March 2010

National Geographic photographer and biographer Paul Nicklen has been making bold expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic for many years, documenting the lives and habitats of leopard seals, whales, walruses, polar bears, bearded seals and narwhals and how they are threatened by climate change.

 Garden Guests Diary 6 March 2010

I see these birds often in my garden but they are so wary of me that I don’t even come close to pointing my camera lense at them.  Today, this juvenile came down and was perched on our pool fence with a couple of noisy miners.  I took these shots …

 Competitions 15 February 2010

Now in its 46th year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is an international showcase for the very best nature photography. The competition is owned by two UK institutions that pride themselves on revealing and championing the diversity of life on Earth – the Natural History Museum and BBC …

 Competitions, Featured 15 February 2010

Here’s a competition for all of the wildlife photographers out there. Go on, grab your camera, get out and about among the wildlife in your area and take some photographs.

 News from the Studio 1 November 2009

I have just finished producing a range of desk calendars which are available in a spiral bound, tent style (1 size) or jewel case style in three different sizes – large horizontal, CD size and mini.  The jewel case holds the calendar pages and also acts as a stand and …

 Art and Photography 18 September 2009

These photographs taken by British wildlife photographer Kim Taylor are causing quite a stir and no wonder.  They have to be seen to be believed.
Bats as you’ve never seen them before!

 Garden Guests Diary, Wildlife 16 August 2009

I previously recorded in my Garden Guests Diary that a male Australian King Parrot came down for the very first time to our garden to feed on the seed bell.  This was my first sighting ever of this magnificent bird.  Months went by and he never returned – until now!  …

 Art and Photography, Garden Guests Diary, Wildlife 29 March 2009

A few weeks ago I visited Currumbin Valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland,  Queensland which is one of the most beautiful places I have been to.  The  drive through the valley was stunning with canopies of green trees over-hanging the narrow  roadway which wound its way past  homesteads, scattered along …