Talks

 

I offer a range of talks for Bird Groups, Natural History Societies, Scuba Clubs, Angling Clubs and Camera Clubs all over the East Midlands. Mostly work within a hour or so of Nottingham however happy to do talks anywhere in the country having done talks in Glasgow, London, Cornwall & Cumbria in the past for more info on talks further afield get in touch. 

Talks can last from 10 minutes – 90 minutes with a mixture of photography skills, biology and humour.

Please note I do not have a projector or screen so these would need to be provided.
£120.00 for 90 minutes + 40p travel from Nottingham (price can be different depending on size of group)

£150.00 if more then 1 hour 30 Minutes from Nottingham

 

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List of talks

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Rivers: Source to the Sea - Rivers are without a doubt my favourite habitat to photograph having been to highland streams, Hampshire’s chalk streams and large midland rivers like the Severn and Trent follow me down a British river seeing what they have on show.

 

Diary of a Wildlife Photographer - Showing off some of the commissions, TV filming and personal shoots I've done over the past year and giving a insight into my mind set and how I go about taking wildlife images.

 

Wildlife on your doorstep - following both garden and urban wildlife this talk features tips on how to encourage wildlife into your local patch while also showcasing lots of images of wildlife you might not expect like lizards, badgers and waxwings.

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Shetland: Britains Northern Edge - After a month living in Shetland, Jack was able to see its fantastic wildlife from puffins, gannets, skuas, divers and orcas. 

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Pond scum - Taking a closer view of British ponds from dragonflies, frogs and birdlife showing underwater views and dispelling some of the myths. over 1 million ponds have been lost since the 1940s.

 

Nottinghamshire’s Wildlife - From the mighty River Trent, gravel pits, sherwood forest and urban landscape that all make up such a varied habitat Nottinghamshire truly has some amazing flora and fauna.

 

Best of British - Concentrating on some of the iconic species of wildlife in the British Isles from puffins, kingfishers, otters and stags to some of the smaller species like adders, dragonflies and fungi.

 

Freshwater Fish of Britain - 54 species swim below our water but how many can you name? This talk goes through each species in detail with underwater imagery.

 

Birds of the water - Many bird species live by or in water from the farne islands full of puffins, reedbeds with booming bitterns and a underwater view of our waterfowl this talk takes a wetter side to birding.

 

British Invaders - The British isles has a huge amount of non native species from brown hare and little owl that are a colourful addition to signal crayfish and mink that cause a lot of damge this talks goes through many that you might not even know are here and how some are harmless while others deadily.

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Underwater Photography - Starting out in stoney cove in leicestershire to diving the stunning red sea my underwater photography has taken all over the UK and this talk details the differences from land based photography and some of my experiences with seals, river fish and rockpools.

 

Put away that 500mm! - One of my trademark techniques is using wide angle lens to capture all  kinds of wildlife from birds, mammals and reptiles showing you don't always need a long lens to get the shot just patience, field craft and luck! 

 

Stories behind the images - Looking into some of my images that have won awards, gone viral and my personal favourites and the thought process behind them.

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Catching 100 + Fish in Britain - Jack its safe to say is quite fond of fish! This has lead him to filming every freshwater species, writing a field guide on over 200 species and working on various angling and wildlife TV programmes. One challenge he's been wanting to do for years is to try and catch over 100 UK species so this talk delves into the journey, species and people along the way.

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Wildlife Travels Abroad - While Jack loves his native East Midlands he's been very lucky to work all over the world also from filming bears in Alaska to Platypus in Australia. This is a whirlwind tour of some of Jacks trips including Cuba, Iceland, Egypt, Estonia and most importantly Nottingham!

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Creating the Perfect Wildlife Garden​ - Theres nothing more Jack likes then tinkering with his garden and making it his own wildlife reserve adding ponds, bird houses and all manner of interesting additions to encourage wildlife. This talk debunks common myths, gives you helpful ideas and shows what can be done even with small gardens.