May 15, 2023: Oliver Wright comes to BPS from England & will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “What I’ve Been Doing in the Last 12 Months”.

May 15, 2023: Oliver Wright comes to BPS from England & will do a hybrid Zoom presentation titled “What I’ve Been Doing in the Last 12 Months”.

During his talk, Oliver will take us through his last year or so of photographic travels, projects & adventures. There will be a mix of wildlife & macro from the UK as well as landscapes, wildlife & aurora photography from North Sweden (basically anything Oliver has been shooting). He will review some of the different techniques he uses in his photography, particularly his focus stacking process. Oliver will go through the highlights, the lessons learnt & how he got his images.

Oliver has been a professional photographer for 8 years after an extensive corporate career in project management. He has always had a keen interest in nature & has been an avid outdoors person. He had been part of the British Climbing Team & hasclimbed/mountaineered globally, from the European Alps to the Andes. An injury blunted his climbing activities & he turned to photography to fill a void. Photography has become a huge passion. Oliver particularly loves aurora & landscape but also enjoys wildlife, macro, architectural & people photography. He has photographed the Northern Lights in Sweden, Norway, Finland & Iceland.

During the autumn/winter, Oliver works guiding clients to view & photograph aurora & arctic landscapes in Abisko, North Sweden for a company named Lights Over Lapland. Then in the summer he concentrates on his own projects & guiding macro workshops in the UK & abroad. Oliver has worked closely with Canon for 6 years, talking at some major photography events such as Bird Fair & The Photography Show. In 2020, Canon launched its new RF 100mm Macro L lens & decided to use Oliver & his macro work as their promotional material for this lens. His work has been published many times in a wide range of publications, all the way from Grand Designs magazine to BBC Wildlife & The Times. He is one of only a few photographers who have managed to get images included in the prestigious British Wildlife Photography Award for 6 consecutive years. Additionally, Oliver is one of the judges for the BBC wildlife photographic competition (the winning entries are used for the BBC Countryfile charity calendar).

You can explore Oliver’s work at: www.oliverwrightphotography.com, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube & Instagram. Check out his fabulous starling murmuration images & videos. This is how I first found out about him.

This will be a paid event for non-members with a $10 donation. For non-members interested in attending, please register by making your $10 donation at https://store.berksphotographic.org/product/club-donation/. At checkout, please specify “Oliver Wright – May 15” in the order box. Once BPS receives your donation, your pass will be emailed to you.