Wildlife photographers

These guys take pictures of animals, too…

Paul Goldstein

Just a quick post today listing some of the best wildlife photographers out there. Check out their websites or follow them on social media. I’m sure they’d appreciate the support…

  • Paul Goldstein
    I’ve been to Spitsbergen, India and the Masai Mara (twice!) with Paul, and there’s never a dull moment. I’ve learned a lot from (despite?!) Paul’s unique teaching methods, and I’ll be eternally grateful for seeing six cheetah kills in two weeks with him plus spending a glorious hour with the Kaboso leopard!

  • Andy Skillen
    I went to the Brazilian Pantanal with Andy to see the jaguar, and we had a terrific time together. A great teacher and can talk about photography until the cows come home…

  • Mark Carwardine
    I met Mark on the Spitsbergen trip with Paul Goldstein. He’s a great guy, incredibly knowledgeable and very amusing when he talks about his travels with Stephen Fry…! Check out his recent series of YouTube videos here.

  • Marina Cano
    I went on a photography workshop with Marina to the Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno in northern Spain, and so I have to credit her with introducing me to her local safari park and also teaching me the secret to getting a black background in zebra shots: bread!

  • David Yarrow
    David is one of the most commercially successful wildlife photographers on the planet, and he’s famous for close-up camera trap photos and ‘typical’ scenes with wild animals inserted into them. I met him once at one of his exhibitions at Somerset House, and we had a nice chat. Good luck to him.

  • Andy Rouse
    I discovered Andy’s training videos during lockdown, and I’ve come to respect his knowledge, skill and enthusiasm.

  • Tom Way

  • Joel Sartore

  • Thomas D Mangelsen
    He’s famous, of course, for Catch of the Day, his shot of a brown bear at Brooks Falls about to catch a salmon in mid-air. I went there myself a few years ago and took a similar shot in homage to the great man.

  • Paul Nicklen

  • Greg du Toit

  • David Lloyd

  • Shaaz Jung
    He’s probably best known for all his shots of black panthers - I don’t know where he finds them all!

  • Jeffrey Wu
    I met Jeffrey quite by chance when I was with Paul Goldstein in the Masai Mara. He’s best known for his incredible array of cheetah action shots.

  • Will Burrard-Lucas

  • Thomas Vijayan
    He beat me to a photography award once (grrrr!), but I’ve forgiven him now, and he’s definitely worth checking out if you’re looking for a wildlife print to hang on your wall - after you’ve looked at mine, of course…

  • Tin Man Lee
    He’s won a few awards in Nature’s Best Photography and other competitions, and he’s very keen on teaching his method of post-production to other wildlife photographers. I took part in a (very long) webinar he hosted for free, but I didn’t quite end up signing up for the real deal.

If you’d like to order a framed print of one of my wildlife photographs, please visit the Prints page.

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Nick Dale
I read English at Oxford before beginning a career as a strategy consultant in London. After a spell as Project Manager, I left to set up various businesses, including raising $5m in funding as Development Director for www.military.com in San Francisco, building a £1m property portfolio in Notting Hill and the Alps and financing the first two albums by Eden James, an Australian singer-songwriter who has now won record deals with Sony and EMI and reached number one in Greece with his first single Cherub Feathers. In 1998, I had lunch with a friend of mine who had an apartment in the Alps and ended up renting the place for the whole season. That was probably the only real decision I’ve ever made in my life! After ‘retiring’ at the age of 29, I spent seven years skiing and playing golf in France, Belgium, America and Australia before returning to London to settle down and start a family. That hasn’t happened yet, but I’ve now decided to focus on ‘quality of life’. That means trying to maximise my enjoyment rather than my salary. As I love teaching, I spend a few hours a week as a private tutor in south-west London and on assignment in places as far afield as Hong Kong and Bodrum. In my spare time, I enjoy playing tennis, writing, acting, photography, dancing, skiing and coaching golf. I still have all the same problems as everyone else, but at least I never get up in the morning wishing I didn’t have to go to work!
http://www.nickdalephotography.com
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