Imagine you were given a chance to spend £10,000 on an 11-day trip that only involved four days actually photographing polar bears. Would you take it?
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Photo trip history
From Alaska to Australia, from Svalbard to Antarctica, I’ve taken pictures in 26 countries on all seven continents. Phew…!
I thought it might be fun to show you this map and give you a potted history of my photographic trips since I turned professional in 2013, together with my favourite images from each one.
Read MoreExit, pursued by a bear
‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ is the most famous stage direction in theatrical history. It comes in Act III of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, and I know exactly how Antigonus felt…!
I had my very own close encounter with a bear when I went to Brooks Falls in Alaska in July 2015.
Read MoreHow to choose a photographic trip
I’ve been on plenty of photographic trips, but I’m quite picky about the companies I use.
In this article, I’ll provide a few different perspectives on how to choose a photographic trip that’s right for you.
Read MoreTravel Plans
As you may have noticed, there was a little bit of disruption to people’s travel plans in 2020! Here were all the trips I was supposed to go on but were either postponed or cancelled altogether.
Read MoreKicheche Bush Camp
I’ve just come back from 10 days at Kicheche Bush Camp with Paul Goldstein. It was meant to be a week-long Exodus trip, but when that was cancelled due to the new Covid restrictions, I booked privately with Paul, and I’m so glad I did!
Read MoreNamibia
Until recently, the longest journey I’d ever had to make was 36 hours. That was how long it took to get to Brooks Falls in Alaska to see the bears catching salmon. My trip to Namibia ended up taking seven months!
Read MoreFacts and figures from my Africa trip
My trip to Africa came about when I happened to read an online article about a guy who’d managed to wangle himself 365 nights of accommodation in exchange for taking pictures. I thought to myself, “I could do that!”, so I Googled ‘safari lodges in Kenya and Tanzania’, sent off 50 emails and waited to see what happened. After only a couple of weeks, I had 17 invitations!
Read MoreCottar's 1920s Safari Camp
Cold, grey and wet. The weather at Cottar’s when I arrived on 28 May wasn’t great, and it didn’t get much better until a few days before I left on 30 June.
Read MoreGrumeti Serengeti Tented Camp
Klein's Camp: Part 2
“There’s a lion fighting with a buffalo!” cried our driver, holding his binoculars and looking round in my direction. “Okay, let’s go!”
Read MoreKlein's Camp
If I told you I had to ask a guy with a spear to walk me home every night for the last month, you’d probably ask where on Earth I was staying. The answer is Klein’s Camp in the Serengeti in Tanzania.
Read MoreThailand
When I was planning my trip to Bangkok, a friend of mine helpfully told me that I could get a blow job for 800 baht (or £20)...!
Read MoreVietnam
The problem I had with Vietnam is that I was constantly reminded of every Vietnam war film I’d ever seen!
Read MoreCambodia
Every guy has a favourite hooker. Mine is a 20-stone Australian ex-rugby league player called Kevin!
Read MoreThe trip to Kenya
Five kills. Five kills! That’s what I saw on my safari to the Masai Mara - not to mention half a dozen other chases and one I missed when I needed to go to the toilet...!
Read MoreFantastic beasts and where to find them
When God painted Tanzania, he did so with a very limited palette of green and brown. There's not much variety in the landscape either, and some of the grassy plains are so flat you could lie on your back and see for a hundred miles! The only relief is the occasional kopje, or rock formation, but that's more like the artist's signature on a blank canvas.
Read MoreCabárceno
Photography is a lonely business, so I was delighted when a friend called Tammy from my old camera club asked me to go on a wildlife workshop in northern Spain.
Read MoreTigers in Tadoba
"Tigerrrrrrr!" shouted our guide, and the driver stomped on the accelerator so hard we were doing 60mph before I knew what was happening.
Read MoreJust jaguars
I've just come back from a two-week photographic safari to the Pantanla in Brazil with Naturetrek. I love taking pictures of predators, but I was running out.
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