ABOUT AMY
Where it all began....
My passion for wildlife goes back as far as I can remember. I grew up surrounded by animals. My dad bred buggies in an Avery in the garden which is where I spend a lot of my time looking after the birds, helping hand rearing chicks, sweeping up all the poop and all the other good jobs that came with it but I loved it. We started off with two lovebirds who'd fly around the house because my mum didn't like them being in a cage and ended up with lots of chicks which we hand reared and that's the when we ended up with a big outdoor Aviary for the lovebirds in he garden too. I spent hours looking for bugs and wildlife in our garden. Outdoors and amongst wildlife was always when I was at my happiest.
A family trip to the zoo was a strange one for me. Being na young child I was fascinated by all the different types of animals and how close I was able to be to them and yet for someone so young I never looked at the animals being the bars and say oh look at that entertained... I would look at the animals and also feel sorry for them. I couldn't help but look at their eyes and seethe despair and frustration. I couldn't say I learnt a lot about the animals either, I learnt more from all the wildlife documentaries that I was obsessed with and I dreamed of being able to see these beautiful animals in the wild.
Growing up, I would go out looking for wildlife as often as I could. I loved the experiences that wildlife photography and being in nature gave me and I was so lucky to have had so many amazing experiences through my work and even more lucky to have shared many of these trips and experiences with my Grandad. He was always my biggest fan and supporter and I couldn't have done a lot it with him.
Ethos
"Nature is my passion, photography is my profession and my camera is my tool to help me tell a story; because a photo has the power to evoke change in one single image and there's a lot that needs to change."
I call myself a wildlife and conservation photographer because I want to show the beauty of the amazing wildlife and nature that we have the privilege to share out planet with but also the problems that they are facing. Pretty to make people fall in love with them backed up by the stir story to raise awareness and make people feel the need to protect them. By just simply being a wildlife photographer wouldn't be fair to the animals. Human impact on wildlife and the environment is constant and if I present that it doesn't exists and simply took just pretty pictures I would not be telling the full story.
I want these animals to be around for many more generations to come and the only way to ensure that is to make their plight public.This is what I love about being a conservation photographer, because it's a real chance to make a real difference for creatures that do not have a voice themselves.