Neil
McIntyre - Wildlife & Landscape Photographer Award
winning Wildlife and Landscape photographer Neil McIntyre is based in Strathspey
in the Scottish Highlands, making the most of the fantastic scenery and wildlife
that surrounds him. Over the years Neil has
concentrated on many of the local species, building up detailed portfolios of
Red squirrels, Red deer, Mountain Hare and the wonderful ancient Caledonian pine
forests. His first book "Red Deer"
published by Colin Baxter Photography Ltd is illustrated with Red deer pictures
that were taken over a period of 3 years. Neil has a wide and distinguished client
base for his work and runs workshops on Nature and Landscape Photography. In
the BG BBC Wildlife Photographer of the year awards Neil has won the Eric Hosking
award twice, been a category runner-up once and had four images highly commended
over the past few years. Neil says “For
the future my aim is simple, to try and take good original pictures which show
the subject in an intimate and personal way, so that whoever looks at that picture
can feel in a small sense that they were there as well.”
Lorne
Gill - Photographer, Scottish Natural Heritage
Lorne
has been a professional environmental photographer for over twenty years; firstly
with the Countryside Commission for Scotland and latterly with Scottish Natural
Heritage, he presently works within their Publishing Unit at Battleby near Perth.
Lorne was born and raised in rural Perthshire
where he still lives to this day. He studied
photography at Napier College in Edinburgh in the 1980’s. His early years
as a professional photographer were spent working with medium and large format
cameras primarily photographing the Scottish landscape in both black and white
and colour. He has been a category winner and
five times commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and
in 2009 won the urban wildlife category in the British Wildlife Photography Awards
he also had a highly commended landscape image in the European Wildlife Photographer
of the Year competition. He has been the organiser
of the Scottish Nature Photography Fair since 1996; the SNPF is now in its twentieth
year.
Niall Irvine - Perspectives
Niall
has a strong background in photography and imaging stretching back from the “dark
ages” of the dark room, through to the cutting edge of digital imaging technology
as Production and Quality Manager of one of the first digital imaging bureaus
in the UK. Now a partner in Perspectives, a
dynamic imaging and design company based in the North East of Scotland, Niall
undertakes a wide range of photography commissions, as well as contributing art
photography to marinescape.co.uk. Niall was
inspired to set up Scottish Nature Photography Awards to provide a platform to
showcase the depth of photographic talent that is drawn to and inspired by Scotland's
landscape and natural heritage. Niall will
bring his aesthetic appreciation for good photography and a sharp eye for technical
quality to the judging panel. | 
