I have been interested in birds since my schooldays and took a few photographs of birds in the early 1950s. Most of my working life was overseas as a member of HM Diplomatic Service. While I was in Montevideo I started taking a serious interest in bird photography to illustrate a book on the birds of Uruguay which I co-wrote with an Uruguayan ornithologist. We moved to The Gambia in 1974 and it was here that I really "got the bug". Postings to Kenya, Malawi and Liberia followed, enabling me to cover a wide range of African wildlife. From Africa we moved to the Caribbean - to the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands – again good places for bird photography. Since retiring in 1995 I have travelled the world with my wife photographing wildlife. We have been to the Arctic and Antarctic, North and South America, Australia, India and Japan and spend two months each year in Cyprus where we have a home in the pine forest on Mount Olympus. Birds remain my favourite subject but elephants come a close second. I moved from transparencies to digital in 2002 and am convinced that this is the way forward.

 

Sandhill Cranes.  Bosque del Apache.  2003.

Contact Details: Michael Gore CVO, CBE, FRPS

Email: michaelgore@ntlworld.com

Website: www.wildlife-photography.net