Wildlife & nature Book Reviews

Jim Reed is a world famous weather photographer whose book showcases world-class images of sever weather found in the USA. Each page has a different colourful and exciting image which are supported by well written captions detailing where and when the event occurred. The book is one giant photo album which is organised by seasons and it illustrates everything from storms and flooding to draughts and intense heat. If you're looking for a book which gives you detailed information about fo...

This book documents and celebrates Ecuador's beauty. Not only is it full of images, many of which are taken by people who live there it also includes insightful text that tells you all about the region. The book is very colourful and documents wildlife, people, vegetation and the impact oil is having on the forest. If you like to look at wildlife or you just want to learn more about the world we live in take a look at this book.

This book tells you how to capture great wildlife images with digital equipment. It starts right at the beginning taking you on tour round a digital camera and finished with simple tips to improve your post-production work. The books sections make it easy to follow and the colourful images and useful diagrams make the book visually pleasing as well as educational. The language used isn't too complicated and useful technique tips and field tips pop-up on several of the pages offering little ...

Tim Flach is a fine art graduate of Central St Martins in London. He's been fascinated by animals since shooting a project on composition at a zoo as part of his art foundation course. In this, his first book, he brings us a unique insight into the physical dymnamics and spirit of the horse. The project began seven years ago where Tim's realised he'd photographed a horse in a fresh and pleasing way. These semi abstract images form part of the aesthetic section of this book. Two other sections lo...

I remember being knocked out by an exhibition of wildlife photographs and when looking who the artist was I noted the name Steve Bloom. Steve started wildlife photography at a late age of 40, following a safari holiday. As he became hooked on wildlife he started to become aware that his subject was becoming extinct and set about recording the threatened creatures, while starting to raise awareness and share his concern for the environment. In this 20x24cm book that aims, as the title suggest...

Underwater photographer, Alex Kilbride, set himself the challenge of driving and diving across the US over a three year period. This 192 page hardback is the result of the incredible 100,000 mile journey and is a stunning visual record of the fascinating underwater world. From a photography technique point of view you can forget this book. I gathered Alex used Kodak film, ISO100 speed and there's a photo of him with a tripod and that's about it. But from a jaw-dropping point-of-view you...

This 27cm x 25cm, 160 page book offers an insight into flower photography by award winning gardens photographer Clive Nichols. Over the past 15 years Clive has been commissioned to photograph the world's finest gardens and flowers for calendars, books and magazines. In doing so he has amassed a collection of over 35,000 images and a huge amount of knowledge which he shares in this book. A quick flick through in a bookstore could leave you thinking this is a coffee table book for those who appre...

Sue Bishop is one of the foremost flower photographers in the UK and with Charlie Waite was a founder of Light and Land. In this well written book she shares some of her techniques and gives advice on many topics including equipment, lighting, depth of field, the colour circle and more. The book contains many stunning photographs as well as a number of case studies illustrating the techniques used. I was a little disappointed that studio lighting was not covered but on the whole I'd recommend...

This is a portfolio book showing the work of Nature photographer, Workshop instructor and Lecturer. It's a smaller 8.5in square format with one photo per spread and an extended caption for each image. The repro is good and the captions informative. The photography is generally outstanding and very inspirational apart from the occasional 'creative' shot that doesn't look right in this book. Well worth a look

First from a new series of books with the title "The World's Top Photographers and the stories behind their greatest images". The title sums up the book exactly. Here the author researches the best photographers in their field, in this case wildlife, then asks the photographers to submit their best pictures. Frans Lanting, Art Wolfe, Stephen Dalton, Chris Packham to name a few, share their stories to make this not only an inspirational but practical book. It's well delivered and a definite A to ...