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An encounter with Pine Martens

A Pine Marten pops out from under a log cabin in Yellowstone National park

Lets face it, if you had the chance to see some wild Pine Martens, you’d be more than happy to get up at 530am and drive for two hours along Yellowstone’s frozen valleys in sub zero temperatures to a location that has, in the past, been used by the BBC Planet Earth team, to photograph...

LensCoat (leg) Wraps, review

Offering some padding to help protect your shoulder from the weight of you're tripod, plus protection from the cold and heat, the Lens Coat wrap is a handy accessory to have on your tripod.

I had an email from Scott at LensCoat a little while ago asking if I’d like to try out their new tripod Leg Wraps. A quick ‘yes please’ and a few days later there were two sets in my hands, having sped all the way from the other side of the Atlantic. Essentially the LegWraps...

Practical Photography magazine: March issue Showcase

A quick heads up for any readers of Practical Photography magazine in the UK. I’ve got some images in the Showcase section on pages 20 & 21 of the March 2011 issue. So if you’re a regular reader, keep an eye out. They picked out a series of images that work well to illustrate The...

Keep an eye on your camera settings

Almost the perfect Red Fox pounce shot!

It happens to the best of us. When you’re photographing wildlife, you never know what to expect and when. And I had a very good lesson in trying to remember to keep on top of my camera settings and not just shoot away, relying on the camera to do it all for me. Something that...

Live from Yellowstone, winter wildlife trip [video]

It’s been a long time coming, eight months in fact, but my two week winter wildlife photography trip to Yellowstone national park is here! We fly out on the 27th, where I’ll be doing daily updates via my Twitter/Facebook (internet/phone signal willing), and return on the 10th Feb. So what’s on the agenda and what...