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The glorious forest hideaways, the waves almost engulfing the lens, the
The curious thing is, Phil’s beautiful nature photography is one habit feeding another –
It wasn’t until my late 20s that I picked it up again, moving up through cameras and finally
The tools these days are unrecognisable from when I started in earnest 10, 12 years
I’m still just a bit of a wide-eyed child when it comes to nature. It’s something that I’ve always had in me, and it never really went anywhere. The forests of

South Beach Sunrise Phil McDarby 29MAR19
oming across Phil McDarby’s stunning studies of our
green and golden land, the first thought is, bejiggers,
freaky little creatures caught in a ray of sunlight…
namely his
landing on a Canon Eos Mark III, the camera I use today. I use a lot of photographic elements in my artwork, mixing painting with photography to try to capture a kind of realism. Like the creature on the right, and the scene, above, left.
ago – the light sensors are now just so advanced, the resolution so high – the quality and detail you can capture today is incredible.


















