Winter Wildlife 2011

May 19 2010

We've added extra dates to our Winter Wildlife programme for 2011. These tours book out quickly so if you want to join us for snow, snow and more snow (well actually perhaps not as much as this year), follow the link below.

http://www.northshots.com/photo_tours_view.asp?ID=9

And more forecast!

March 4 2010

Apologies for the gap between entries - it's been a hectic period with photo-tours continuing apace. Our 'Arctic' group were snowed in for an extra day and the last of our Winter Wildlife groups (six of which are from Portugal) have enjoyed settled weather but with limited mobility. A half-metre of snow continues to make walking tricky and if the forecast for a further delivery tomorrow is correct, an interesting weekend awaits!

More to follow...

Repeating repetition...again.

February 9 2010

We're in the middle of our Winter Wildlife photo-tours where I tire of the sound of my own voice. Yes, yes, I know our many valued guests do too, but one of the things we try and 'teach'(over and again) is the concept of revisiting well-photographed subjects and interpreting them in different ways. Yesterday as the light was fading, our group photographed this captive Eagle Owl in a setting I've covered several times before...but there's always a different take on a familiar subject...always. I'll repeat: there's always a different take...

Integrity my backside.

February 2 2010

Thank you to all who have alerted me to another photographer's blog which contains indirect inferences to me deliberately misleading a set of workshop guests attending a captive 'HIGHLAND RAPTOR' shoot last winter. Now, I'm really, really not going to get involved in petty playground politics (so please don't expect any further postings on this), but in this case - for the benefit of those guests in question - I will set the record straight.

The itineraries for our workshops are set over a year in advance and the target subjects are exactly that - targets. They are subject to a range of factors that can influence their availability which is why we reserve the (contractual) right to change them. Last winter we were forced to find a new falconer and hence, the range of birds that were available, changed too. We replaced the 'missing' birds with others and the workshop took place to the same standard we have maintained for over 10 years.

To intimate that this represents a question mark over my integrity as a tour provider, is unfounded and deeply resented. Those readers who have attended our many workshops over the years can accuse me of many things (and often do!) but a lack of integrity is surely not one of them.

A (captive) golden eagle from today's WINTER WILDLIFE tour...