I’ve spent much of this year looking for light. The way that it interacts with the environment is a constant source of inspiration for me. After the Brilliance of Birds was published, I felt a little flat on the bird photography side of things. I realised that I’d had such a focus for so long that I’d pushed away the aspects of photography that I used to love. Finding patterns. Interactions between atmosphere and earth. Textures, details. Things that aren’t birds.

So I’ve been been pushing back against that. I wanted to reclaim the other things that bring me joy in photography, even if they aren’t the things that people look for when they visit my instagram or blog. I haven’t stopped photographing birds, but I have re-started photographing everything else as well. It’s a creative kick in a different direction, to pull myself out of a bit of a slump. The past year and a half has been strange, and it has sucked at times. But I have a lot to be thankful for, and re-opening my eyes to the play of light has been one of the things that has helped me.

This blog is a collection of not!bird images. Found flora, with beautiful lighting, from adventures at home and further afield. Some of these photographs are from time in the field, where I take a break from work to simply look, and be.