Chris Gomersall

Chris has been working as a full time professional photographer for over 25 years, but immediately prior to that he spent three years in Shetland on an ecological research study of red-throated divers for the RSPB. During that time he lived on Yell, and was close friends with local naturalist, photographer, musician and broadcaster, Bobby Tulloch, who was a great influence on Chris’s life and career. Subsequently, he has visited Shetland many times, on photography assignments for RSPB and 2020VISION, and tour leading for Shetland Nature with Brydon Thomason. He leads many specialist wildlife photography tours and workshops in the UK and overseas,
under his own name and for other organisations, including Nikon (UK) Ltd, London’s Natural History Museum, Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Naturetrek and Northshots. He has also acted as wildlife guide on about twenty live-aboard cruises in the Hebrides – several times on Elizabeth G and her sister ships.

Chris’s photography has been recognised in several prestigious international competitions, reaping six awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition to date, and in 2007 he was overall winner in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He is author of the books Photographing Wild Birds (2001), and Wildlife Photographer – a creative course in wildlife photography (2012).

for more information visit Chris website – http://www.chrisgomersall.com/