Wildlife events

Meet the experts, come face to face with some fascinating creatures and join in with a host of activities at these fun, hands-on events.

Wildlife photography workshop with Mark Carwardine

Sold out! Saturday 16th October or Sunday 17th October 2010
9.30 – 5.00pm

This one day workshop will be run by wildlife photographer Mark Carwardine and is aimed at people of all abilities. The day will include a lecture on Marks own photographic experiences, his ten top tips to wildlife photography, a photography session out in the Zoo, plus the chance for people to bring up to 3 of their own photos for comment. 
Click on the PDF link for the full itinerary of the day

Price - £125 (lunch included in the price)

This workshop is now fully booked.

About Mark Carwardine

Mark Carwardine is a zoologist, an active and outspoken conservationist, a widely published wildlife photographer, an award-winning writer, a TV and radio presenter, a magazine columnist and a conservation consultant.
Mark has been Chairman of the Judging Panel of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition – the biggest and most prestigious competition of its kind in the world – since 2005. Working with the two owners, BBC Wildlife magazine and the Natural History Museum, he is very active in developing, promoting and steering the competition.

An accomplished and well-published photographer in his own right, Mark has an extensive collection of wildlife and conservation photographs, taken in more than 100 countries, which are sold through picture agencies around the world. His work covers everything from great white sharks and gaboon vipers to killer whales and komodo dragons. He has one of the largest collections of whale and dolphin pictures taken by a single photographer and has extremely rare images of many extinct and critically endangered species. He spends more than half the year travelling the world in search of wildlife and exploring wild places and is continually adding to his image collection.
 

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