I have been checking out Andy Rouse's web site for a while now, and I wanted to tell you all about this stunning book that he has brought out. Check out this stunning book for yourselfs.... Concepts of Nature

Description

Concepts of Nature is very personal to me as it shows how my style, and my thinking on photography and light, has changed over the past few years. It shows the rebirth of my photography, from the first (and almost last) suicidal steps on the African plains to the portfolio led style of work that I have recently completed on South Georgia. When you first look at Concepts of Nature you will see that it is a very different book, since I wanted it to appeal to all genres of photography – not just wildlife. I take a lot of my inspiration from the work of other professionals like the late Lord Lichfield, Ansel Adams and Galen Rowell, together with modern day impresarios like Joe Cornish. All of these photographers are in a different genre from my own but they all have something to teach me and by looking at the way they use and express light I can apply it to the situations that I find. By doing this I am constantly improving and pushing the boundaries of my work forward, something that I believe all photographers should do.

Concepts of Nature contains some of my best work to date, right from my early beginnings upto and including my recent BBC award winning shots (in fact it contains 6 winners of major international awards). The text that accompanies each picture is a mix of my views on photography and light, some useful technical information and, perhaps more importantly, the story of the image itself. I am so fortunate to see such wonderful wilderness that I want to share the experiences and emotions with the readers of this book; only by doing this, and re-connecting people with wildlife, can we ever hope to save the species on our planet that are threatened with extinction.

This book has been a real labour of love for me and I have put so much emotion into it; it is also designd by Eddie Ephraums so is a beautiful book to own with cracking repro throughout (for once). Just click the PDF file to view a few sample pages and you will see how beautiful this book is. Order your signed copy here. Please note that owing to the need for us to all to conserve fossil fuels we will only make the run to the post office once per week, hence your delivery may take upto 2 weeks. If you do not want to wait then you can get signed copies at any one of our talks; unsigned copies are available from the usual outlets.