In our line of work, we have ventured over a lot of the United Kingdom and parts of Africa. We really enjoy going and experiencing new places and wildlife to photograph. The thing about new places is they can be more than a little bit frightening. You don’t know what you have let yourself in for. Is all the time and money you’ve spent going to be worth it? Of course most of the time going somewhere new is worth the effort, but it is impossible to keep going to new places. So we have a fall back. We have a series of places that are very local to us that we visit on a regular basis. These are ou ..read more

Episode 19 “A year through our kitchen window” What an odd subject for a podcast you may think. But we will take you through our kitchen windows and into the woods beyond, which are full of wildlife. The wildlife we are privileged to be able to watch day to day. To witness, dramas life and death struggles, going on just outside our kitchen windows. This episode contains a full year of extracts from our wildlife diary where we record the comings and goings in our garden. There has been a wee bit of a break in the regularity of publishing episodes in 2022. We hope that you will stick with us as ..read more

If you are taking pictures outdoors then this podcast is for you. The weather is an important consideration to the type of picture you are going to get, and it can even determine where you can go. The weather forecasts we had access to were so vague, we found that we were wasting time, by going to places, only to find the weather was not as predicted. Weather is so important to us, we decided that we had to do something to try and increase our odds of getting a get picture. We decided meteorology is a vast and complicated subject but there had to be a better way of knowing what the weather is ..read more

Spring has arrived. Episode 6 of the Wildlife and photography podcast is all about the science and beauty behind spring. The effects it has on animals, plants, and humans. Because we live in the UK, don’t think this podcast is not for you, we cover spring as it affects the planet.  ..read more

What camera do you use? Is a question we get asked a lot. In this episode, we look at our reply and the reasons behind it. Also, hints and tips to improve your photography no matter what camera you are using. Be it a smartphone, compact or DSLR. If you would like to know more about us and our work, visit our website https://www.mandjbloomfield.com ..read more

This episode, number 13 is about where to find wildlife and take pictures of it. For us, as wildlife and nature photographers we need to be able to find subjects to photograph. What may seem a simple task is in fact quite complicated and can be a challenge to people starting out in wildlife photography. The episode was inspired by one of our listeners who asked “How do you go about finding your subjects to photograph?” It was such a good question that we decided to do a complete episode trying to explain how we go about it. There are loads of hints and tips for you to try for yourself. And we ..read more

Badgers are the largest mammalian land predator in the UK. It's active during the hours of darkness and therefore rarely seen. If you are curious about Badgers and want to look into its secretive world, this podcast is for you. We have a group of Badgers that regularly pay our garden a visit on their nightly foraging trips. Years of watching and much research gives us a wonderful insight into their world, and the impacts we have on theirs. If you would like to know a bit more about us you can listen to Episode one which is an introduction to us and our work or visit our website https://www.ma ..read more

If you know what rewilding is all about then this podcast may give you a different look at the subject. For those of you who, are looking for a podcast to listen to and are thinking what the !!! is rewilding let me explain. We live in the natural world. It may not seem like it if you live in the middle of a city but know matter how far you think you are from nature you are in fact very dependant on it for the air, water, and food we all crave. Rewilding, landscape restoration, ecological restoration, reawakening nature, and restoring natural diversity are all basically the same thing with a lo ..read more

A slightly shorter episode this month, but looking ahead to the forthcoming season of autumn. Where does the word autumn come from? Some scientific facts - we enlighten you. Listen to some mythology, good info for those awkward quiz questions. There is something for everyone in our podcasts.  Please reach out to us on social media, if there is a subject matter you would like us to cover. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/compan ..read more

We have called this episode the Rule of Moving about. Confused about all the rules you’ve heard about. We have got our own special rule called the rule of moving about. Listen and find out why and how this can help you get better pictures. Doesn’t matter what camera you use, this rule can help. Any questions or comments let us know via our social media channels. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/m&j-bloomfield/ Buzzsprou ..read more