Heather Angel - Nature Photographer Research

I arrived back from my holidays to my recent copy of Digital Camera Magazine, May 2011 edition and after flicking through it, I stumbled across Heather Angel.

Heather is a very talented lady who has been an award-winning photographer for 3 decades.  She is one of Britains top Wildlife Photographers.  After studying zoology at Bristol University, she got into photography during an underwater expedition to Norway and eventually turned freelance.

As well as authoring over 60 books, Heather was the second woman to be president of the Royal Photography Society.

She had never used any kind of camera until she was given an Exakta SLR for her 21st birthday.  Heather says that one of the success rates of becoming a nature photographer is 'a love and empathy with the natural world'.  You need to know where to go, when to go, the time of day and what you are setting out to take images of.  Heather was lucky enough to start off at a time when there were very few wildlife photographers around. Yet, the demand for colour images began to surge.  To boost her income, she also ran workshops.

Heathers style is all about trying to capture a moment of time in a still image to convey a biological point.  With macro photography, lighting is key.