Big Cat & Nature Photography - News

Looking at the calendar, Christmas is getting closer fast. In this context, just a reminder that I will start to charge a postage fee for sending physical gift vouchers from 3 November 2025 onwards. Furthermore, please be advised that the deadline for booking a space on one of my photography workshops and receiving a gift voucher via Royal Mail delivery is Saturday, 20 December 2025 by 8am.
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Bradgate Park has been a very special venue for me as I was not only looking at that customers are comfortable with their camera and its settings but also keeping a close eye on the animals and their actions plus the related photo opportunities, and also looking out for my customers' safety. The feedback, I have received from photography workshop participants at Bradgate Park has been generally very positive, including on the workshop earlier this month.

Nevertheless, I have now taken the decision not to continue with my Deer Rut Photography workshops at Bradgate Park. This is with huge regret but it is based on getting the right balance between the costs and the pricing while maintaining the standard of quality for the photography workshops(small groups and exploring the park before the day).
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It is that time of the year when I plan the photography workshops for the coming year, and in this context, I have looked at my costs and what best to do in view pricing the photography experiences. In an effort to keep the prices low, I will introduce a postage charge for physical gift vouchers from 3 November 2025.
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As many of my customers and followers know, Colchester Zoo has a great collection of endangered, critically endangered and other exotic wildlife species. This includes also more than 20 different primates species.

Learn how to best capture the action of the different ape, monkey and lemur species at Colchester Zoo and how to deal with challenges like taking photos through glass and fences. Join us to capture moments like a squirrel monkey being cheeky, a pileated gibbon hanging out, an orangutan walking on straps and/or gelada baboons or spider monkey babies/toddlers growing up.
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I have been providing talks for over 10 years, which was initially more on big cats and their problems out in their natural habitat. A few years ago, I started to provide a talk more on my photography, and from this year onwards, there will be another talk on my photography approach; focusing on wildlife, not only in view of technical aspects to get great images.
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The Naturewatch Foundation has launched a NEW-16-minutes short film about badger baiting on their YouTube channel. This film is part of their School Awareness Programme to raise awareness for this evil activity, trying to prevent these crimes by having people and in particular teenager recognise the signs and help to bring these to the attention of the Animal Crime Manager at the Naturewatch Foundation.
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Due to COVID-19 there have been many restriction in what we are allowed to do and who we are allowed to meet. However, the currnt situation created also opportunities for things, you may have intended to do for some time but have never got around to do. For example you may have a great digital SLRcamera, which you use only occasionally and only on automatic, or you did not have the chance to dedicate time to photography for some years and would like to start this hobby again.

Taking your camera out on the daily exercise walks in your neighbourhood is a great opportunity to practise photography, and there is now online photography tuition available to learn how to get off the automatic settings and/or how to improve your photography skills. Big Cat & Nature Photography has just launched its Online Photography Tuition and Support Session programme to get people started and help enhancing their photographic knowledge via a video link (in a COVID-19 safe way).
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Over the last few weeks I have been busy with various aspects around my business, and one thing I have managed to do is to secure two more article publications. One of the articles is on the Impact of COVID-19 on Seal Rescues and Rehabilitation and the other (coming out in the August issue of Suffolk Norfolk Life) will be on the RSPCA East Winch.
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In consideration of the ever growing human population and the rapidly increasing speed the number of people on planet Earth grows, we would like to draw your attention to our impact on other species. This is not something new and has been said many times before. This is however a subject, which still does not seem to be fully understood in its complexity yet.
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The 21st of March is the International Day of Forests. The UN introduced this day in 2013 in order to raise awareness of sustainable management/development and conservation of the world's forest areas. The problem the UN is trying to address is deforestation. Deforestation has started in the early days of civilisation, but is increasing at an alarming rate and it is spreading around the world.
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If there is a special event for a friend or family member like a birthday or anniversary coming up, and you are looking for presents, this might be of help:
Big Cat & Nature Photography offers gift vouchers for Big Cat Photography Experiences (photography workshops and photo days) and also photography workshops with British wildlife in its natural habitat.

Furthermore, we offer Gift Vouchers with Nominal Values and mounted Photo Prints.
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One of the greatest threats to tigers and wildlife in general is habitat loss. Due to an ever-increasing human population this is a problem all around the world. Some areas are however impacted harder than others. Although these areas are in countries outside the UK, it is something in our day-to-day life here that causes the rapid loss of habitat for Sumatran tigers, orangutans, and other wildlife species that live on the Island of Sumatra and in the south of Malaysia. It is Palm Oil that has led to a rapid deforestation in these areas.
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Two of the wildlife conservation projects Big Cat Photography supports, provide the opportunity to volunteer and provide financial and physical support this way. As we believe that both, the wildlife conservation projects and also the volunteers benefit from not having to go through an agency (acting more or less only as a travel agency; making the arrangements and taking a share of the fees), we will advertise projects, we support for free via our web page.
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