Paul Colley CB OBE ARPS – From British Bats & Chalk Stream Trout to the Open Oceans.

Whatever your personal photographic style, Paul is an accomplished public speaker who is always well worth listening to.

Here is a little about him from his website;

Paul Colley CB OBE MA ARPS is a wildlife photographer and author seeking to make images count in the conservation of marine, freshwater and other wildlife environments. The majority of income generated by Paul’s talks and his book & image sales is re-invested directly in wildlife and habitat conservation projects.

Chairman of the British Society of Underwater Photographers and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, he has won wide recognition for his photography, including overall winner 2018 and multiple category winner in the British Wildlife Photography Awards. Although an underwater photography specialist and category winner in Underwater Photographer of the Year, he is increasingly noted for his innovative bat and bird photography.

His images are used widely in conservation, most recently in the creation of marine protected areas in Cambodia and the South Atlantic Ocean, where he works with Fauna and Flora International and the Blue Marine Foundation.

Paul designs, builds and develops novel equipment to photograph wildlife. Current projects include remote control underwater cameras to photograph skittish river fish and laser photography traps coupled with infrared cameras to photograph bats hunting insects.      https://www.mpcolley.com/