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It’s an exciting time here at Paul Sharman Outdoors as I am running my very first photography and art exhibition in July at the Nairn Community & Arts Centre all month. Hope you might be able to pop along for a look.
Here’s the details you need to know - check opening time at www.nairncc.co.uk
My friend and Highlife Highland Ranger John Orr made good use of some of my red deer photographs in a recent article on The Monarchs of the Glen.
The Monarchs of the Glen by High Life Highland Ranger
John takes a look at the Scotland's largest wild land mammal
Read on SubstackA locally taken photograph of mine was featured in the digital newsletter of the Inverness Courier.
I was very pleased to receive the news today that I have another wildlife photograph featured in Wild Planet magazine this month. Red squirrels are a particular favourite of mine up here in the Scottish highlands, and this one struck an unusual pose earlier this year that I was able to capture. I wonder what it was thinking to itself?
This was a favourite photo from the spring taken on a walk in Cawdor woods.
You can check out Wild Planet magazine online via their website - https://wildplanetphotomagazine.com
I recently got to trial a Professional Line Photobook after accepting an invitation from Saal Digital in Germany, an online photographic production company. An iPhone only project shot in Thailand last year was the perfect test of quality and colour reproduction.
Following on from the ptarmigan photo that featured in Wild Planet, they very kindly published this photo of a snow bunting and included me as their ‘Featured Photographer’ in a subsequent 2019 issue.
FInd out more about Wild Planet photo magazine on their website.
I received a Highly Commended in the 2019 Riverfly photo competition.
Ptarmigan in its winter coat of white up on Cairn Gorm mountain in Scotland.
Wild Planet is a high quality digital wildlife photography magazine that I have enjoyed looking at for a good while now. It was nice to be able to be featured alongside some other great winter wildlife imagery in their February issue.
Paul Sharman, Peter Travers and Ben Hall.
Earlier this year I spent a glorious day down near the Welsh border at the International Centre for Birds of Prey in Newent, Gloucestershire with the editor of PhotoPlus - The Canon Magazine, Peter Travers, and their technique editor, James Artaius. They had invited me down to be their 'apprentice' for the day, a regular feature in the magazine, and had lined up professional wildlife photographer Ben Hall to be my tutor for the day. It was a fantastic opportunity and Ben was a great teacher, fine tuning my settings and technique to make the most of the day's subjects.
This is featured in issue 140 of PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, to buy your print or digital edition, or go to www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/photography/PhotoPlus-Member.html
>>Here is the full feature, re-published with the kind permission of PhotoPlus.
Alternatively - here is a quick scrollable version below to view just the photographs.
"Coneflower carnival" by Paul Sharman Outdoors - printed by Saal Digital on their acrylic glass wall product
I took advantage a while back of an online offer from the folks at Saal Digital of a voucher towards a wall product featuring one of my photographs in order to sample their work.
That seemed like too good an offer to miss, so I picked out one of my favourite colourful garden images and used their simple online ordering software to place my order and pay the balance of the total after applying the voucher.
I decided to try their 'acrylic glass' product as it promised "bright colours and fascinating spatial depth." I have had this on the wall for a few weeks now and have to say I am impressed with the overall richness of colour and have had some nice comments from visitors also so I would say that claim passes. The clarity and depth of the acrylic glass also certainly does add an little extra impression of depth to my photograph but I suspect a larger landscape scene with more depth from the foreground to background would benefit much better.
There was a choice of 3 wall mounting solutions and I opted for the aluminium subframe, as seen below, as it helps keep the product off the wall at an even spacing from top to bottom which I like the effect of. It is an additional cost though.
Aluminium subframe mounting solution
Choosing an alternative to the standard canvas or paper print is becoming a more affordable option nowadays for something different to display in your home, and costs will continue to come down as the novelty wears off and technology improves. Whether it be a print on aluminium or under acrylic glass like this one, it is worth experimenting to see what suits your images best.
You can view the full range of Sale Digital products for your photos on their website at https://www.saal-digital.co.uk
If you'd like a print of "Coneflower carnival" for your own wall, drop me a line via my Contact page and we can discuss sizes and options.
Leaping Sea Trout heading upstream to spawn
Pleased I could donate one of my leaping sea trout photos to help publicise Professor Jonny Grey of the Aire Rivers Trust and WTT's Tim Jacklin's fundraising paddle up the River Aire following the fish's migration route from the sea 50 miles up river.
Have a look at the full story on the Wild Trout Trust website by clicking here...
Very pleased to see my "Ringlet butterfly" photo in the Autumn 2017 issue of Wildlife Photography World. It was one of my favourite wildlife shots from last year, taken at the RSPB's Pulborough Brooks reserve in Sussex.
I was delighted that the Inari-Saariselka Tourism office in Finnish Lapland wanted to use my local salmon fishing story in their official tourism magazine. It starts on page 24 (Salmon Fishing By The Light of the Midnight Sun) but it is worth flicking through all the magazine to see what a visit to Finnish Lapland might have in store for you! I can highly recommend it and I will be going back as soon as I can for more fishing and wilderness adventures.
When I hatched a plan with Paul Procter last year to visit his main stomping grounds in the Cumbrian region of England, little did we both know what was to follow. Brown trout in the local rivers were the target but we could have never dreamed how the day would turn out, ending in his largest UK river trout ever. Paul wrote about the day's fishing in an exclusive story for Trout & Salmon Magazine's March 2018 issue and I supplied the photographs.
Fly fishing my way around the beautiful Inari-Saariselka area of Finnish Lapland under the midnight sun with Ville Kaipennen of Lapland Safaris looking for Atlantic salmon - Santa central come the wintertime, and its close Norwegian neighbour of Finnmark.
One of my favourite shots from a trip to Pesca Maya lodge in Mexico's beautiful Ascension Bay. Pleased to see it getting some love from Hatch Magazine.
The superbly marked cheek of a large Cumbrian brown trout.
In a county better known for the copper mining history of the Lake District, it was in fact the stunning golden-bellied brown trout of the wild Cumbrian rivers that had drawn me north from my home in Sussex in early May. I stayed at the wonderful Hole House Cottage courtesy of The Coppermines & Lakes Cottages and spent 2 days on the rivers with Paul Procter, fly fishing for large and superbly marked brown trout...
One of my all-time favourite photos features this year in the 2017 Salmon & Trout Conservation UK Gamefisher magazine on page 30 picturing Jeremy Lucas on the Upper Eden. I loved the way the river snakes off into the distance and the obvious concentration of an expert angler in action.
(By the way, that was also me on the cover of the 2016 issue!)
The 2016 Azores Airlines Big Game Fishing Tournament drew in teams from both sides of the Atlantic to these idyllic islands and the weather was much better than my last visit 2 years ago. Being on the winning boat meant I got to see and photograph the winning blue marlin for my article published in Saltwater Boat Angling magazine.
>>Click the main title to see the full article...
It was a nice surprise to see my photograph of a pike being held low in the water prior to be being released named as Fly Dreamers photo of the week earlier in the month.
The eyes of the water wolf!
