Awards
I’ve won over 500 awards in various international wildlife photography competitions.
2024
Premier Artist Prize 2024
2023
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 (UK) in Innovation in Business’s Media Innovator Awards
Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize
International Prize Michelangelo "The Genius of Italy"
Outdoor Photography’s One Thing This Month - Winter Wildli
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CEWE Photo Award
Collectors Art Prize
International Prize Leonardo da Vinci
International Prize Pegasus for the Arts
2022
Shoot The Frame’s October 2022 Shoot The Wild competition
International Prize Leonardo da Vinci
The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists Prize
The Faces of Peace Art Prize
Tailor-Made Tour Company of the Year for England in the Travel & Hospitality Awards
ATIM's Top 60 Masters (see magazine feature on p25 and video starting at 26:26)
Finalist in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
2021
Wildlife category in the Professional Photographer of the Year
Best International Wildlife Photographer in the Southern Enterprise Awards hosted by SME News
LUX Life Photography Coach of the Year - UK
Monthly winner in the Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year
2020
Gold in the Animal Portrait category of the World Nature Photography Awards
Wildlife Series in the 15th Pollux Awards/The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
Shoot The Frame’s May Shoot The Wild competition
Fusion Art Artist Spotlight (Photography & Digital) in April (see video)
Best of Show in Grey Cube Gallery's Nature exhibition (see video)
Best of Contest in 35 Awards’ Wildlife: Mammals competition
February Arthola competition
2019
Wildlife Worldwide Photography Competition (Animal Action category)
2018
Society of International Nature & Wildlife Photographers (SINWP): In the Wild Photography Competition (leading to stories in The Times, Express, The Sun, The Daily Star and the Mail Online, followed by an interview on London Live!)
Best in Show in the Fusion Art 3rd Annual Animal Kingdom Art Exhibition (see video)
1st Place in Art Room Gallery: Nature competition (see video)
Exodus Travels calendar (February)
2017
Monthly winner in the Sunday Times/Audley Travel Big Shot competition
National Geographic Photo of the Day award twice (here and here), Daily Dozen and Best of Photo of the Day
Exodus Monthly Photo Competition in June
Other
Guru’s Top Pick in the Gurushots Up Close with Birds challenge
The Societies of Photographers: Gold Awards in the Wildlife, Nature and The Natural World categories
Various: Picture Frames Express's All Creatures Great and Small plus BBC Wildlife, Chiiz, Digital Photographer, Dodho, Wild Planet and Outdoor Photography competitions
ePHOTOzine: two Daily Competitions, five Photos of the Week, 14 Editor’s Choice, 39 Highly Commended, 28 Guest Editor, over 100 Readers' Choice and 299 User Awards
Artist of the Week for Artlimes, Photographer of the Month for Picture Frames Express, Artist in Focus for LUMIarts and featured in Pond5’s Instagram Takeover and the May 2020, January 2021 February 2021 and March 2021 APÉRO catalogues. Exhibitions
I’ve taken part in several art fairs and staged several solo exhibitions in Wimbledon, Chelsea and Pimlico. Held solo exhibitions at the Norman Plastow Gallery, Lumi Arts and 508 King's Road. Chosen by demystify.art to take part in the Nature exhibition in December 2023 (mobile only). Chosen by the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens to take part in the Travel exhibition in September/October 2023. Butterfly Effect online art exhibition put on by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine. Took part in Glaziers' Art Fair, Parallax Art Fair, PhotoX Awards 2018 at the Menier Gallery and various group shows at 508 King's Road and Gabriel Fine Arts. Took part in the Indian Photography Festival Exhibition and see | me exhibitions on Facebook and in New York. Chosen for the online art galleries at Art Bridge, Artfinder, Art Gallery, Arthola, The Art Online Gallery, Artlimes, Printscapes and Saatchi Art. Sold six prints of a leopard at Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year exhibitions in Melbourne, Brisbane, Cape Town, Atlanta, Dallas and Johannesburg. Publications
I’ve written ebooks on wildlife photography and social media for Expert Photography, books on Predators & Prey, India, Antarctica and a local wedding, plus Resident Photographer: Tanzania & Kenya. I’ve also written dozens of articles for Expert Photography, CameraReviews, Nature TTL, Fusion Art, Outdoor Photography, Wildlife Photographic, PhotoPXL, Clipping Path Creative and SLR Lounge. Sales
I’ve sold over 30,000 images to buyers including National Geographic, Africa Geographic, BBC Wildlife Magazine, The Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mail Online, The Sun, The Sunday Express, The Times and Lonely Planet. Sold my best-selling shot of a jumping Adélie penguin over 3,000 times - and it even appeared in a poster on the US TV show Atypical! Provided the cover photo for SMT magazine. Sold 67 fine art prints to private collectors around the world. Sold over 1,000 copies of my Expert Photography ebooks on Social Success Strategies and Wonderful Wildlife. Sold over 200 greeting cards and postcards at various exhibitions, Gerhold in Putney and Willow Bough Tea Rooms. Other
Worked as Resident Photographer at Muchenje Safari Lodge in 2022, on the Antarctica Frozen Continent Expedition in 2021, at Gabus Game Ranch in 2020 and at Klein’s Camp, Serengeti Under Canvas, Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp and Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp in 2019. Hosted regular webinars for Wildlife Focal. Gave talks at The Societies 2022 Photo Convention and online (see video), The Athenaeum Club (for the Oxford University Society), Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp, Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp, the SW19 Women's Institute, the Putney Women’s Institute, Malden Camera Club, Watford Camera Club, Putney Library, the London Institute of Photography (see video), Beckenham Photographic Society and on two Antarctic cruise ships. Guest Editor of ePHOTOzine in July 2023
Judged the 2019 Canary Wharf Wildlife Photography Competition and the Winter Nature & Wildlife category of the Irish Professional Photographer and Videographer of the Year Awards 2023 (IPPVA). Ran photography workshops at the London Wetland Centre, Richmond Park, Bushy Park, Canary Wharf and Putney Library. Gave private lessons to various amateur photographers. Developed a following on my website and social media:
Website (2.4k unique visitors, 2.5k visits, 3.6k pageviews in last 30 days)
500px (251 followers, 127.7k photo likes, 5.2m photo impressions)
Facebook (4.8k followers, 9.7k engagement, 113k reach in last 28 days), Wildlife Photographers group (14.9k members)
Flickr (9 followers)
Instagram (328 accounts engaged, 6.4k accounts reached, 16.7k followers in last 30 days)
LinkedIn (826 connections, 1.4k followers, 4.7k engagements, 89.7k post impressions in last 28 days), Wildlife Photography group (107 members)
Pinterest (4.0k engaged audience, 73k total audience, 96k impressions in last 30 days)
Threads (429 followers)
TikTok (737 video views in last 28 days)
Vero (4 followers)
X (46 followers)
YouTube (120.6 hours watch time, 16.9k views, 49.8k subscribers in last 28 days)
