nick dale photography
Here’s a brief biographical profile and outline of my photography career. If you
want to see a few pictures of me, click here. If you have any questions, just
click the chat button or get in touch at nick@nickdalephotography.com or on +44
7942 800921 . Photographer | Writer | Speaker | Teacher | Judge I dreamed of
becoming a photographer when I was 15, but my mother wanted me to go to Oxford
instead! I ended up reading English at Oxford and working as a strategy
consultant for a few years before retiring at the age of 29. I then travelled
round the world for seven years, doing four ski seasons and working on an
internet start-up in San Francisco before finally returning to London in 2005.
At that point, consulting work felt too stressful, so I decided to go 'quality
of life'. I'm now a private tutor and international award-winning wildlife
photographer. I became a tutor in 2009 when I happened to read an article in the
paper called 'Ten Ways to Beat the Recession', and I started taking pictures
again when I received a random email inviting me to go on safari and climb Mount
Kenya. I've been a wildlife photographer since 2013, taking pictures in 26
countries on all seven continents and winning various awards including the
Sunday Times/Audley Travel Big Shot. I spend a lot of time in Africa, and I’ve
been on over 300 game drives and boat rides there. I’ve also worked as a
Resident Photographer at various safari lodges: 2019: Klein’s Camp, Serengeti
Under Canvas, Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp and Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp 2020:
Gabus Game Ranch and Etosha National Park in Namibia 2022: Ol Jogi in Kenya and
Muchenje in Botswana. I'm always happy to answer questions from guests, whether
it’s about camera settings, the rules of composition or just identifying all the
different species of wildlife. Back at camp, I'll give the odd talk on camera
technique, give feedback on their images and show them some of my own. Maybe
I’ll see you out there…! Artist’s Statement I have a passion for wildlife, and I
want to celebrate all its facets in my photography, including power, beauty,
cuteness and humour. These are the qualities I want to share with people. I’m
not a conservationist, so I don’t take pictures of endangered animals to put on
posters for Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth. I take them because I love close
encounters with the natural world, and I want to share the excitement,
relaxation, tenderness and wonder they evoke. I started out taking 'portraits'
of animals. That was all very well, and a lion might look beautiful sitting on
the African savannah at sunset, but there isn't much energy in that sort of
picture. What I try to do now is to focus on action shots. I still take
portraits - and sometimes I don't have a choice! - but my ideal image is much
more likely to be a cheetah chasing down a Thomson’s gazelle than a bird sitting
on a branch! My favourite animals are the predators, and the advantage of a long
lens is that it can create the impression of being right up close and personal
with some pretty dangerous beasts. It’s that sense of excitement that I try to
capture in my work, and I'm happy to use whatever technology I can find to do
the job. Cameras 2 x Sony a1 mirrorless cameras 2 x Sony VGC-4EM Vertical Grip
for A1 2 x Sony 160GB TOUGH CFexpress Type A Flash Memory Cards Lenses Sony FE
12-24 mm f/2.8 G Master lens Sony FE 24-70 mm f/2.8 G Master lens Sony FE 70-200
mm f/2.8 G Master OSS II lens Sony FE 400 mm f/2.8 G Master lens Sony FE 600 mm
f/4 G Master lens Sony SEL E Mount 14TC 1.4x Teleconverter - White Sony SEL E
Mount 20TC 2x Teleconverter - White All that, combined with the wonders of
Lightroom and Topaz Labs, gives me the best possible chance to show off the
wonders of Nature. Contact If you’d like to hire me for a talk, a lesson, a
photo shoot or a safari, please contact me on +44 7942 800921 or at
nick@nickdalephotography.com. 99 Ormonde Court Upper Richmond Road London SW15
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Sales Sold over 25,000 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 2,000
times - and it even appeared on a poster inside the hero's locker on the US TV
show Atypical! Provided the cover photo for SMT magazine. Sold 65 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. Worked for clients including a tennis club, a
milliner, a local councillor, a tuition agency and a procurement consultancy.
Publications Wrote 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. Wrote articles for Expert
Photography, Fusion Art, Outdoor Photography, Wildlife Photographic, PhotoPXL,
Clipping Path Creative and SLR Lounge. Interviewed by Fusion Art for A Day in
the Life. Posted articles, images and videos online: Nick Dale Photography
website: 1.0k unique monthly visitors Facebook: 4.1k followers, 22.0k
engagement, 700.6k people reached, 1.1m impressions (last 28 days) Instagram:
322 accounts engaged, 2.6k accounts reached, 14.4k total followers (last 30
days) LinkedIn: 492 connections Pinterest: 399 followers, 64k impressions, 2.4k
engagements, 49k total audience, 1.8k engaged audience (last 30 days) Twitter:
18 followers YouTube: 50.1k subscribers, 205k watch hours and seven videos with
more than a million views - (here, here, here, here, here, here and here).
Awards Shoot The Frame’s October 2022 and May 2020 Shoot The Wild competitions
The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists Prize 2022 The Faces of Peace Art Prize
2022 Tailor-Made Tour Company of the Year 2022 for England in the Travel &
Hospitality Awards International Prize Leonardo da Vinci - The Universal Artist
2022 ATIM's Top 60 Masters for 2022 (see magazine feature on p25 and video
starting at 26:26) Wildlife category in the Professional Photographer of the
Year 2021 Best International Wildlife Photographer 2021 in the Southern
Enterprise Awards hosted by SME News 2021 LUX Life Photography Coach of the Year
- UK National Geographic: Photo of the Day award twice (here and here), both
images being chosen for the Daily Dozen and Best of Photo of the Day 2017 and
winning over 25,000 likes on Instagram Monthly finalist in the Greatest Maasai
Mara Photographer of the Year 2021 Gold in the Animal Portrait category of the
2020 World Nature Photography Awards Sunday Times/Audley Travel Big Shot
competition Wildlife Series in the 15th Pollux Awards/The Worldwide Photography
Gala Awards Best of Contest in 35 Awards’ Wildlife: Mammals competition Guru’s
Top Pick in the Gurushots Up Close with Birds challenge Best of Show in Grey
Cube Gallery's Nature exhibition (see video) February 2020 Arthola competition
Wildlife Worldwide Photography Competition 2019 (Animal Action category) Fusion
Art: Artist Spotlight (Photography & Digital) in April 2020 (see video) and Best
in Show at the 3rd Annual Animal Kingdom Art Exhibition (see video) Art Room
Gallery: Nature competition (see video) Exodus Travels Monthly Photo Competition
The Societies of Photographers: Gold Awards in the Wildlife, Nature and The
Natural World categories 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!) 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,
two Photos of the Week, 10 Editor’s Choice, 26 Highly Commended, 19 Guest
Editor, 119 Readers' Choice and 213 User Awards Exodus Travels: 2018 calendar
(February image) Facebook groups EP Cover Photo of the Week and Admin’s Choice
from Expert Photography Photo of the Day and Photo of the Week for the
International Photography Group Photo of the Day and Administrator’s Choice for
Light and Shade Top Post of the Day from Nature & Creativity Cover Page and
Weekly Contest for Nature Photography Administrator Choice for Photographers of
the World Photo of the Week for Photography Certificate of Excellence, Weekly
Contest, Cover Page and Admin Choice for the Professional Photographers
Community Faunistic Selection for Renaissance Photography Top of the Day, Photo
of the Day and Cracker of the Day for Save Earth Admin’s Choice from Superb
Photography Cover photo for Wildlife & Nature Photography Certificate of
Excellence from World Photographer - Wonderful Photography Magazine Award for
World’s Top Photographers Instagram: Featured photo for @wildlifeplanet.ig,
Featured Artist for @all_animals_addiction and @raw_africa_ and Daily Features
for @instaperfect_capture, @wildlife__perfection, @OnlyAfrica,
@kings_animals_love and Bonvac_Fauna 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 Chosen to take
part in the Butterfly Effect online art exhibition put on by Contemporary Art
Curator Magazine. Held solo exhibitions at the Norman Plastow Gallery in
Wimbledon Village, Lumi Arts in Pimlico and 508 King's Road, where I am an
artist-in-residence. 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. Was 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. Other Worked as Resident
Photographer at Klein’s Camp, Serengeti Under Canvas, Grumeti Serengeti Tented
Camp and Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp in Africa for four months in 2019. Worked as
Resident Photographer at Gabus Game Ranch in 2020. Gave talks for The Societies
of Photographers, on two Antarctic cruise ships and at The Athenaeum Club,
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 and Beckenham
Photographic Society. Helped judge the 2019 Canary Wharf Wildlife Photography
Competition. Ran photography workshops at Canary Wharf and Putney Library. Gave
private lessons to various amateur photographers. Recorded six wildlife
photography videos with Coinaphoto, covering Africa, Asia, Europe, North
America, South America and the polar regions. Had my work reviewed by Anthony
Morganti on YouTube Became lifetime member of the Circle for the Foundation of
the Arts (CFA). Joined the Society of International Nature and Wildlife
Photographers in October 2013.
