Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. Nigel Dennis More Quotes by Nigel Dennis More Quotes From 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 notebook going-out want All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography. Nigel Dennis wildlife photography wanted Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. Nigel Dennis risk self courage Close encounters are bad. Bad for the animal, as it causes stress, and bad for me for exactly the same reason. Nigel Dennis encounters stress animal 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 stills goodness world Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. Nigel Dennis humiliation risk self In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all. Nigel Dennis advantage edges states I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot. Nigel Dennis passion-for-art passion art The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit. Nigel Dennis brilliant-ideas brilliant easy My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. Nigel Dennis nocturnal shy firsts Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need. Nigel Dennis shooting lists needs I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife. Nigel Dennis wildlife example dream So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! Nigel Dennis cameras twenties years [Agatha Christie] is fond of quoting the witty wife who once said, 'an archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. Nigel Dennis husband witty science Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot. Nigel Dennis photography done games 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 cottages garden years 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 two book years 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 library agency book 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 wall real kids I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent. Nigel Dennis southern
