Nigel Dennis Quotes

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

Nature, Good, Book

All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.
Nigel Dennis

Wanted, Wildlife

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.
Nigel Dennis

Game, Done, Big

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

Work, Busy, Working

Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.
Nigel Dennis

Prepare, List, Area

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

Great, Real, May

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

Food, Friend, Often

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.
Nigel Dennis

Art, Passion, Read

I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?
Nigel Dennis

Living, Maybe, Figured

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

Pictures, Full, Clear

I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent.
Nigel Dennis

African, Southern

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

Life, Money, Hope

I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift!
Nigel Dennis

Career, Few, Wives

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.
Nigel Dennis

Dream, Example, Photograph

In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all.
Nigel Dennis

Advantage, Edge

My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal.
Nigel Dennis

Serious, Difficult, Shy

Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.
Nigel Dennis

Nature, Getting, Means

So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
Nigel Dennis

After, Debt, Painting

The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.
Nigel Dennis

Easy, Brilliant, Visit

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: January 16, 1912

Died: July 19, 1989

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