Return to Slimbridge!
This was the 3rd Warehouse Express and Andy Rouse seminar to be held at Slimbridge Wildlife and Wetland Trust, a superb venue for nature lovers and therefore a great venue for Andy’s seminars, as they are so focused on wildlife. This time, Warehouse Express sent our resident bird photographer along to get an enthusiast’s insight in to what these seminars had to offer.
“As a member of the audience and fellow nature lover, I warmed immediately to Andy’s unique style, which combines a direct and no-nonsense approach full of insightful opinions that challenge your preconceptions, with an extremely entertaining oratory style. Andy’s passion is evident in his words and he is great fun to listen to, offering hilarious anecdote after hilarious anecdote from his years of experience in the field.
Andy knows how to produce great photographs, without getting bogged down in the technicality, instead remaining focused (pun intended!) on the essence of the image he is looking to create. He loves the wildlife he photographs and his knowledge and the respect he has for them is humbling.
These characteristics are evident in his work. I took many things away from Andy’s Seminar, including inspiration, a different way of looking at my nature photography, challenges to my preconceptions (comfort zones can be spelt R U T!) and reaffirmation of the absolute prime importance of not disturbing the subjects habitat and well being.
My advice to anybody considering attending one of these seminars is quite simple. Do it. Not only because you will see a great set of nature photographs, but because you WILL be inspired.”
As at all our seminars, Andy chose his favourite images from the entries into the Visions of Light photo competition.
In 3rd place was this beautiful shot by Jonathan Corry of a wolf standing in a shaft of light in a woodland glade, with the wolf’s slightly wary expression perfectly captured.
In 2nd place was this fantastic image of a water droplet by Mike Curtis. The droplet has formed the shape of a swan!
Lastly, and in 1st place, was Angela Brain’s stunning photograph of her daughter and her dog. The elegant lines combined with the moody lighting make this a deserving winner. Well done Angela!
In the afternoon, the attendees disappeared into the reserve to shoot the starlings that are roosting there at the moment. If you attended the seminar and managed to capture the starlings, please send your photos to the seminars@warehouseexpress.com email address and we will add the best ones to this post!
If you attended the Visions of Light seminar at Slimbridge on 24th January 2009, thank you so much for coming, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Please let us know what you thought by commenting on this article.
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Nice, clean, & on-topic? In the Seminar Andy gave great dollops of information interwoven with practical knowledge and illustrated with awesome images of a subject which Andy clearly has a great love, knowledge of, & respect for. I came away knowing that ‘if you always do what you have always done then you will always get what you always got’ – in other words do something different. Thank you Andy.
Sally EvansA great day out with one of the best (he made me say it) Informative and very funny.look forward to the next one. Thanks Andy and team.
Graham KarslakeI have rarely enjoyed a day out so much in years. It has changed the way I look at wildlife photography. The day was very well organised, informative, humerous and most of all very inspiring.
Thanks Andy.
Andrew WilliamsIt was a great day…wow, what a lot of information. Thank you Andy and Warehouse Express for very good value, excellent venue, superb images and such a relaxed, informal and informative day. Roll on another one!!!
Sally LavisThis is the second photographic day I have attended with Andy and both have been informative, great fun (I share his sense of humour) and very insperational. I have great admiration for his work and the dedication he puts into achieving his fantastic images. Ask him a question and he will give you a straight and honest answer, ask him for guidance and will give it just as easily. To me he makes photography fun, which is what it should be and proves that you don’t have to comply with the rules of thirds and all the rest of the mumbo jumbo, that some people think you have to engage, to make a good picture. If you like it that’s all that counts. Thank you once again Mr Rouse & Warehouse Express for a great day and I hope to see you again in the future.
Keith HuntExcellent day being informative as well as fun. Got home and decided I had to upgrade my camera!!!
Thank you Andy.
Lynn HollandThanks for the straight forward, honest and funny ‘training day’ I came away with usable info and tips that will help me to shoot better and that’s exactly what I went for.
The humour and straight forward opinions based on real experience made the day for me.
Martyn FranklinGreat day,
Thanks Andy!
Andy
Rob HuntThanks for a great day once again, like Keith this is the second time I have been to one of his days and I have left inspired and yurning to take great photos. The time of day he shoots made me see why my photos do not have the same punch and impact as his. The quick guide to processing his images has seen a vast improvment (I Think) in some of my images which I think I will have to revisit some of my old RAW files and apply my new knowledge. Would be interesting to see his pictures of the Starlings to see if mine are up to scratch. Again, Thanks to all involved.