As 2012 comes to a close, it's time for me to wrap-up the year and summarise my photography highlights. With so many things going on outside photography for me in the last 12 months, it was always going to be tricky to fit much photography in, but I'm pleased to have still had some successes:
BWPA Awards - Highly Commended
It was a pleasant surprise to hear that I'd been Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards. As well as featuring in their exhibition which was hosted at the Mall Galleries, London, my image also features in their great book:
My image is available to buy in a variety of sizes/formats from Photobox:
Ethiopia
My honeymoon was in Ethiopia this year and I was lucky enough to get some shots of some pretty rare animals, including the Ethiopian Wolf:
Olympics
It's not everyday that the Olympics come to ones home city, so I was delighted to have some success in the ticket applications and got to see a variety of events. As a normal punter in the stands, I was never going to get great images, but I still have terrific memories of the most amazing spectacle. Some images are available to see in my recent posting.
Northern Lights
More details and photographs here, but pleased to have made the most of tricky conditions:
Microstock sales
For 2012, I had earnings of £281.03, which as you'll see from the chart below, with one agency, Shutterstock, being the most significant part:
I didn't have much time to take/upload many images this year, but the Shard in London, is starting to sell OK:
My latest images for sale at
Shutterstock:
... but my most popular images are the usual suspects:
My most popular images for sale at
Shutterstock:
My first sold piece of timelapse imagery can be seen here.
Waxwings
Finally, very happy to have seen Waxwings for the first time, on the penultimate day of the year!
2013...
I have no firm plans for photography for 2013, but it would be great if I could include the following modest ambitions:
Happy New Year and thanks for taking the time to read this. Feel free to leave a comment, follow me on Twitter (@UK_Richard), or 'like' my Facebook page.
- Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards
- Photographing three endemic species in Ethiopia - the Ethiopian Wolf, the Gelada Baboon, and the Walia Ibex
- Some Olympics London 2012 photographs
- A shot or two of the Northern Lights
- Earning £281.03 from microstock sales, including some timelapse footage for the first time
- Seeing waxwings for the first time
- Helping reunite someone with their camera
BWPA Awards - Highly Commended
It was a pleasant surprise to hear that I'd been Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards. As well as featuring in their exhibition which was hosted at the Mall Galleries, London, my image also features in their great book:
My image is available to buy in a variety of sizes/formats from Photobox:
Ethiopia
My honeymoon was in Ethiopia this year and I was lucky enough to get some shots of some pretty rare animals, including the Ethiopian Wolf:
Olympics
It's not everyday that the Olympics come to ones home city, so I was delighted to have some success in the ticket applications and got to see a variety of events. As a normal punter in the stands, I was never going to get great images, but I still have terrific memories of the most amazing spectacle. Some images are available to see in my recent posting.
Northern Lights
More details and photographs here, but pleased to have made the most of tricky conditions:
Microstock sales
For 2012, I had earnings of £281.03, which as you'll see from the chart below, with one agency, Shutterstock, being the most significant part:
I didn't have much time to take/upload many images this year, but the Shard in London, is starting to sell OK:
... but my most popular images are the usual suspects:
My first sold piece of timelapse imagery can be seen here.
Waxwings
Finally, very happy to have seen Waxwings for the first time, on the penultimate day of the year!
2013...
I have no firm plans for photography for 2013, but it would be great if I could include the following modest ambitions:
- Photograph a (live) badger
- Earn £300 from microstock
- Explore wildlife video
- Refrain from spending (much) more money on equipment (Canon did very well out of me this year!)
Happy New Year and thanks for taking the time to read this. Feel free to leave a comment, follow me on Twitter (@UK_Richard), or 'like' my Facebook page.
