Grey Seal and Red Deer Workshop II Report

The new year has started and i have a lot of catching up to do..
So first of all i would like to wish all of you a Happy and healthy 2010 with loads of photographic highlights! May the light be with you!

As said i have some catching up to do as i have been very pre-occupied with my health and prepairing new workshops etc etc. I will tell you more about the new workshops wich i will be hosting in co-operation with UK based photographer Craig Jones soon but for now a report on a workshop i hosted in the UK in December 2009. It was another Grey Seal and Red Deer workshop and again the weather was great and we had a very good time. Besides Grey Seal there are always a couple of Common Seals around if you look closely.





Here is a small report of the workshop. For those of you that might be interested in joining me on one of my group or 1:1 workshops just send me an e-mail: info@jeroenstel.com





Then the Red Deer part wich is always a good time spent..

The workshop is called a Grey Seal and Red Deer workshop but besides the Red Deer there are also several groups of Fallow Deer in the area wich makes the Deer part more interesting. Here are some of the results we got dureing the Red Deer and Fallow Deer workshop.





For this workshop i was in the company of some lovely ladies called Frederique, Jaqueline and Sandra and i took a few pictures of them during the workshop in order to give future participants an idea of how this works..





And some more Red Deer..

Little White

I went over to the UK to host several workshops on Grey Seals and Red Deer recently and when i am on the beach to photograph the Grey Seal i am always on the lookout to spot these lovely little birds too. These are Sanderling (Calidris alba) wich we call Drieteenstrandlope in The Netherlands wich is translated as "three-toed-beach-walker".





They are agile and nervous little birds and getting them running by is always a huge challenge but one i am more then up for.

Grey Seals and Red Deer Workshop

Just one week after the France workshop i had a workshop Grey Seals and Red Deer planned in the UK. So we went out to the beach on the first day to photograph the Grey Seals and we had some bright and sunny weather so that was good! The Grey Seals where present and some allready gave birth to young so everything worked out well..









We had a blast at the beach and i finally met up with my friend Craig Jones and his wife Vanessa. I did not photograph as many Seals as last year as i was chatting away with Craig for too long..(not your fault mate..:)-..)But i had a wonderful day with good company and lovely weather and opportunities. The Grey Seals where working along and so was everything else..





The next day it was time for the Red Deer and Craig joined us for the day and so we where at the reserve at dawn to get some Red Deer images. It was a bit cloudy but later on the sun came out and we had another perfect day with cooperative subjects.

We set out on foot and the Red Deer where a bit cautious as always and so we decided to split up in 2 groups to enhance our chances and that worked out well for both parties. There was still a bit of rut activity as i had hoped for so that made everything just a tad more exciting.





Later that day my group discovered some male Red Deer hiding within the bracken and that gave us some chances of getting really close to the Deer.



As said there was still some rut activity amongst the males and so i was able to get some shots of fighting Red Deer.

In the afternoon we decided to join Craig who has a very interesting place to photograph Dippers wich where high on our wishlist so we where glad to got a chance at them.It was a tad crowded at the Dipper site due to loads of people walking their dogs or being out on a sunday afternoon walk so i did not manage to get the type of shots i was after but i guess i will get another chance at them later on..Thanks again Craig for your help and we had a great day!



Here's a shot of the exhausted team after 2 days of hard work on the beach, in the forest and near the stream in the background...

For those of you who might be interested in a workshop like this one or with another theme feel free to contact me for more information: info@jeroenstel.com or have a look at the workshop page on my website: http://www.jeroenstel.com/Workshops%20Diverse-JSWF.html
In December i will go another time and let's hope weather and the animals will treat us kindly once more...Here are some more images from the trip..