A late afternoon with the blues.

Common blue

As summer progresses I am finding a little more time to get out now that the book is finally at the printers. I always find this a nerve racking period. I have spent over a year writing and designing ‘Wildlife Photography Field Skills and Techniques’ and the wait until they arrive to check that everything really is fine is a nail biting one.

Brown Argus

I expect the book to arrive in mid September and hopefully it will go on sale very soon afterwards from my website, Amazon and hopefully a number of national bookshops. The cover price will be £16.99 with P+P at £3.

Brown Argus

So, whilst I tentatively wait I have been able to resume my work photographically outdoors once again. I am choosing to use the summer to work on a couple of projects, one is titled Night and revolves around working with foxes, badgers and bats in my garden.

Chalkhill blue

The other is too increase my portfolio of butterfly images. I have always been drawn to moody evening shots, setting suns and backlighting so with this in mind I set out a week ago to work with three blues, Chalkhill, Common and Brown Argus. I would guess that most of my images are culled heavily, I only keep a few (well usually a few more as insurance but not too many).

Chalkhill blue

However, from a single evening I have ended up keeping loads such was the variety and opportunities, it was a fantastic session.  

Brown Argus

Chalkhill blue