Last weekend one of the most prestigious nature photography awards in Europe was announced at the International Nature Photography Festival of the GDT 2011 in Lunnen Germany. The award called European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 has been held since 2001 and attracts some of the most talented nature photographers around. I was fortunate …

At the start of this month I was award a highly commended Astro Photographer of the Year award by the Royal Observatory in Greenwhich for one of my images from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Shooting Aurora and volcanic eruption at the same time had been a dream on mine of a long time. Surprisingly on …