Paul's blog

While running a teaching course for wildlife photography in north Devon a chance came that every photographer dreams of.  I saw a sparrow hawk moments after it had caught a wood pigeon, as I was driving along a main road. Fortunately there was very little traffic and my camera was on the back seat.
 

Being commissioned to shoot a magazine cover is always interesting and inevitably I make even more of an effort to get what the client wants.  However doing a ‘wrap’ cover was something new for me.  The woodland trust wanted a cover for a future edition of their magazine.

“Hello, I’m working for Stannah Stairlifts, could you do a photo shoot for us of our competition winner doing some rock climbing”? 
 

How to stand out in a crowd, or the attraction of a discrete camera.
 

The Frustrations and Pleasure of Getting Published in the Local Paper
 

I don’t usually talk about equipment but somehow getting a new Leica camera is an exception.
 

It is not often I get the chance to get interesting photos and help in worthwhile research but last week my daughter and Exeter University gave me just such an opportunity.
 

In a new departure for me I have produced postcards of Bovey Tracey and nearby areas of Dartmoor, Devon.
 

I am just about to come to the end of the biggest commission I have had so far.  For the last year I have been travelling all over England photographing walks organised through Walking for Health by Natural England.
 

There are times when working as a photographer you secure a really good and enjoyable commission.  I have photographed on many farms across Devon and many with great wildlife interest, but a recent commission to photograph Hall Farm for the Woodland Trust proved exceptional.