
Keen wildlife photographers will soon be able to focus on how to snap the perfect picture with some top tips and an expert eye’s view on some of the world’s best animal images.
This spring and summer will see East Yorkshire once again provide a masterclass on wildlife photography with the return of full day experiences with an award-winning wildlife photographer.
After a sell-out last year, three new dates have been announced for 2024 featuring an exclusive private viewing of the popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition with an expert guide, plus hands-on photography tuition at one of England’s top bird watching spots.
Georgian country house Sewerby Hall, set on a dramatic clifftop position with spectacular views over Bridlington, is to host the world-renowned exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London.
Regarded as the most prestigious photography event of its kind, the exhibition’s international tour will come to the East Yorkshire coast from 4 May – 14 July 2024 (http://bit.ly/3GLfxOu).
For photographers inspired by the images, there will also be the chance to learn a few tricks of the trade during exclusive photography workshops, which will run alongside the exhibition.
Led by award-winning photographer Steve Race, the full day experience includes a tour of the exhibition, a photography workshop, lunch, and a full afternoon at RSPB Bempton Cliffs – East Yorkshire’s very own ‘Seabird City’.
Based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, he has been a keen naturalist and photographer for over 30 years and lived on the Yorkshire Coast all his life. His work has been published nationally and regionally, including on BBC Countryfile and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, and he is also director of tourism company Yorkshire Coast Nature (www.steverace.com).
Costing £115 per person, the photography experiences are on 18 May, 15 June, and 6 July (https://bit.ly/48xqcZL).
RSPB Bempton is among England’s best places to see nesting seabirds, with the dramatic clifftops playing host to an annual seabird spectacle from April to August each year featuring the sights, sounds (and smells) of around half a million breeding birds.
In one of nature’s great displays, the cliffs between Bempton and Flamborough come alive with nest-building adults or young chicks taking their first steps. Visitors can get close to the action from special cliff-edge viewing platforms, offering the perfect vantage point to spot and photograph the birds.
Among the wildlife gems is the chance to see gannets plummeting from the skies at 70 mph, diving into the sea for fish, and the sight of ever-popular puffins courting and nesting on coastal chalk cliffs (www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/bempton-cliffs).
General tourist information on East Yorkshire as a destination is available at www.visiteastyorkshire.co.uk
Photo credit: Steve Race, Yorkshire Coast Nature