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Type: Writer Quotes Category: British Writer Quotes Date of Birth: January 16, 1912 Date of Death: July 19, 1989 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Nigel Dennis Related Authors: Jane Austen Arthur Conan Doyle J. B. Priestley Mary Wollstonecraft Neil Innes Lawrence Durrell Tanith Lee Anthony Sampson |
A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.
Nigel Dennis All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography. Nigel Dennis Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot. Nigel Dennis Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library - all this keeps me quite busy! Nigel Dennis Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need. Nigel Dennis For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me. Nigel Dennis For the first few years we lived in a tiny rented cottage at the bottom of a friend's garden. We often joked that there was plenty of film in the fridge, but not too much food! Nigel Dennis I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot. Nigel Dennis I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that? Nigel Dennis I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective. Nigel Dennis I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent. Nigel Dennis I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all. Nigel Dennis I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift! Nigel Dennis I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife. Nigel Dennis In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all. Nigel Dennis My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. Nigel Dennis Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. Nigel Dennis Rather ordinary really - I grew up in the UK, was terribly bored at school (and I have to admit rather rebellious, but this was the late sixties!), but got as far as passing A levels.. Nigel Dennis So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! Nigel Dennis The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit. Nigel Dennis |
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