The Rambling Nature Photographer

A few months ago, I was contacted by Jen Bernard Interiors to create a series of commissioned photographs for a new luxury retirement home. The brief was both specific and refreshingly open-ended, whereby rather than prescribing a particular style, they simply highlighted three locations they wanted me to focus on, with one of them being Great Comp Garden. You can see the photos here. {Click on the title to activate the link}

Join me as I photograph the Kent countryside, capturing a stately home and its estate for use as a film location. You can view some of the photos from the commission here.  {Click on the title to activate the link}

A morning wander with the Hasselblad, in search of landscapes and solitude.

After a long hiatus, I’m back with another episode, recorded while walking through my local woods and taking a few photographs along the way. A gentle ramble of thoughts, observations, and whatever caught my eye. You can see the photos here.  {Click on the title to activate the link}

Another bite-sized piece where, in this episode, I'm at Elmley Nature Reserve on the North Kent Marshes. You can see a couple of mobile phone snaps taken while recording, here. 

A long-overdue podcast! Moving forward, in an effort to make these more regular, I’ll be aiming to record shorter, bite-sized episodes. 

Last Sunday, I spent a glorious morning on Elmley Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. 

I round up the bear trip and take a wander in a beautiful Kent woodland. 

Our penultimate bear hide session in eastern Finland. 

Our second overnight hide session in eastern Finland to photograph brown bears. 

Our first session in the hides which include two 'whispered' recordings live from the field and a summary, so don't switch off until then.! Thank you for listening. 

I'm in central eastern Finland with a group to photograph wild brown bears fresh out of hibernation. 

It's a glorious spring day, and in this episode, I'm back in my local woods photographing wood anemones.  To view the photographs, head over to my blog, here.

A long overdue return to podcasting! I stroll around my local woods on a beautiful blue sky morning. 

Join me on a long overdue stroll along a local lane and within a woodland filled with beautiful autumn colours. 

I'm now back home and have had a few days to digest all that I've experienced and look over the many thousands of images I've created. 

Now at the second, even more remote location about 50km south of the first. Find out how I get on in the 'wolf' hide. 

I'm in central eastern Finland on an 11-day solo research trip for bears and wolves. So far, I've had two very productive hide sessions and a very close encounter! Thank you for listening! Until the next installment..... 

I take a stroll around 'my' wood, encounter dragonflies and, such is the spontaneous nature of this podcast, have a little grumble about a few things that suddenly pop into my head including Nikon's lack of supplying a RAW file for multiple exposures. 

In this episode, I take a walk around part of Cliffe Pools on the Isle of Grain, and talk about a hugely influential British landscape photographer. 

Following an unintentional break, I'm back with a roundup of what I've been up to and what lay ahead including a recent tour to Umbria and an upcoming research trip to Finland for wolves and bears! I discuss my strategy for backing up photos, and during the recording, experience two wonderful encounters.  Call of the black-throated diver: https://www.british-birdsongs.uk/black-throated-diver/  

I'm on the Kent marshes in this episode to test a new light meter. Spring is in full swing with the sound of waders all around. If only May would last for three months instead of just the one!  Photos from the day: www.robertcanis.com/blog 

In this episode, I visit a familiar country lane and woodland to photograph bluebells and discuss the work of an inspirational nature photographer. Please bear with it until the very last second as just when I planned to finish and head home, I decided to go elsewhere! Photos from the day: www.robertcanis.com/blog  Photographer: Frans Lanting: www.lanting.com   

In this episode, I return to the same country lane as in the first in the hope of photographing my favourite woodland flower - wood anemones. I also talk about another photographer whose work I greatly admire and whose book I have recently purchased. Photos: https://www.robertcanis.com/blog/ Photographer: Paul Wakefield https://www.paulwakefield.co.uk/

Join me for a springtime amble in a peaceful Kent woodland while I share my experiences and thoughts on photography. (Excuse the rather crackly first part while driving; it does improve!)