Graham Bailey's Wildlife Photography

Welcome to my website! I am a wildlife photographer based in Oxfordshire, UK, and this site is a showcase of some of my work. It was my interest in wildlife that initially drew me into photography and, as you will see from the images here, that is still the subject I most enjoy photographing.

Since watching David Attenborough programs as a child I have always wanted to visit the rainforest and in 2005 I got my first chance. I spent six months working on a conservation research project in the Amazon Rainforest, in Ecuador, and during that time I had the opportunity to photograph many wonderful and exotic species. It was the tree frogs and snakes that really caught my imagination here, but while taking the closer look that macro photography demands, I also gained a new appreciation for the less cute creatures such as the spiders and the bizarre and wonderful bugs, of which there were many in the rainforest.

A few years on and I have now been back out to the Amazon Rainforest twice more, running expeditions with Earth Sessions and the Quechua community of Pavacachi. My work there included setting up a camera trap program to study the more elusive mammals and in particular the cats. A report of our progress so far can be found on the camera trap page.

On my most recent trip to Ecuador, although most of my time was again spent in the rainforest, I also managed to spend a couple of days in the cloud forest and visit the Galapagos islands. They lived up to their reputation as one of the best places in the world to see wildlife up close and personal as the animals have absolutely no fear of people.

Of course I also photograph the wildlife back at my home in the UK. It may not be as glamourous as that of the Amazon but when you start to look for it there can be an increadible amount of beatiful wildlife right in your back garden.

You can browse a selection of my images from both Ecuador and the UK by visiting the wildlife galleries or if you're a regular visitor you can just check out what's new.

My other passion is sport, having played many sports throughout my life, and as I was aready used to following fast and unpredictably moving subjects like birds in flight it was a natural progression to move on to photographying sport. Since my time at Cambridge University I have been playing the fast and exciting new sport that that is Ultimate Frisbee and in 2007 I covered the European Championships where Great Britain cleaned up winning four gold and three silver medals in the seven catagories. Ultimate is a fast growing, fast paced, team sport played with a Frisbee. You can find out more about it on the UK ultimate site, and see the photos in the sport galleries.

I hope you enjoy the images on this site. If you have any comments or questions about the site, the photos or wildlife photography in general please feel free to email me using the link below.

- Graham Bailey