I also like flyfishing – maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that? – Nigel Dennis
Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. – Nigel Dennis
I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world – the money is OK but it is no life at all. – Nigel Dennis
Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot. – Nigel Dennis
I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take – they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective. – Nigel Dennis
Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library – all this keeps me quite busy! – Nigel Dennis
I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift! – Nigel Dennis
So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting – and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! – Nigel Dennis
For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall – but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me. – Nigel Dennis
A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock. – Nigel Dennis
For the first few years we lived in a tiny rented cottage at the bottom of a friend’s garden. We often joked that there was plenty of film in the fridge, but not too much food! – Nigel Dennis
My first serious project was photographing badgers – very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. – Nigel Dennis
