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"Life has certainly changed for me in the last
few years. Until very
recently I was a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University having
written, and led a B.A. Hons degree in Dance Science – the Science
of Movement. I loved the
challenge of this job.
Much of my life has been spent working in the world of dance and
sport, aiming to learn and subsequently teach the science behind
improving technique and performance, and in particular I developed
an analytical approach to posture, balance and control and expressed
that in a practical as well as a written experience. I have worked
for well over 30 years in this field, which also included giving
seminars and workshops throughout the UK and in other countries
also. A remedial therapy
practice that I run from my Hertfordshire home completed the
picture. Working within
the world of sport as a remedial therapist/soigneur, I accompanied
many cycling teams to World Championships and even Olympic Games and
travelled extensively.
It was very, very rewarding.
During this time I was also developing a deep
interest in wildlife and nature photography. Interestingly I felt a
strong affinity on how the theories of balance and control of the
body were reflected in nature, flora and fauna.
I wanted to capture that in my photography.
I definitely felt that at some time that this passion in
wanting to express movement through a camera could take over – It
now has!
We had visited South Africa many
times, for over 20 years and in 2005 Phil (husband ) and I bought 11
hectares of bush land in the north of South Africa – within the
Greater Kruger National Park in fact.
Having a wealth of wildlife literally on our doorstep gave me
a wonderful opportunity to expand my ideas and put more of them into
practice. My approach to
photography changed as has life itself – I am now part of this
fragility that is the balance of nature.
My father was an accomplished
photographer specialising in action and sports photography.
My mother loved wildlife, African elephants being a
favourite, and she was a very talented artist – wildlife was always
her subject matter.
Sadly she never visited Africa.
I have them to thank - I have inherited from them both.
I love the technique and accuracy required for photography
but also the abstract expression of nature – its art.
Having Kiboko Khaya, our house in the bush , encouraged me to
take a slightly different direction with my photography – the
wildlife on our doorstep and the habitat in which it lives.
Four years on I now want to share the wonders of the bush
with others – hence the inception of Kiboko Khaya Photographic
Safaris. As you will see
elsewhere on the web page, profits of our safaris will be given to
Paradise Wildlife Park and Wildlife Heritage Foundation to help the
great work they are doing for endangered species of big and small
cats.
I hope that anyone reading the
pages of this website will be caught by the spirit of the bush and
want to join Andy and myself on one our very special photographic
safaris."
