I’ve run a few village hedgerow surveys now and they’re one of my favourite low-effort, high-impact ways to get to know the patch of countryside I live next to. Hedgerows are linear wildlife corridors: they store history, feed birds and insects, and link habitats. With nothing more than a...
Choosing between a 20L and a 30L rucksack for dawn landscape photography is one of those practical...
I have a habit of finding the muddiest, rainiest paths on purpose. Inevitably, that means I’ve...
Dusk on farmland is one of my favourite times to be out with a camera. The light softens, hedgerows...
I’ve had more than a few unplanned nights on Scottish hills — late descents after navigation...
Cold-weather day hikes ask a lot of your body and your pack. I’ve learned the hard way that a...
I spent several weekends recently walking moorland routes across northern England with the Sony a7C...
I often get asked how I photograph foxes at dusk without using a hide. It’s one of my favourite challenges: the light is beautiful, the animals are active, and there’s an intimacy to images made out in the open. But it’s also a time when mistakes can disturb wildlife or put you and the animal at risk. Below I share the practical, ethical approach I use—based on thousands of hours in the...
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