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23.02.2023
26 Minuten
In our line of work, we have ventured over a lot of the United
Kingdom and parts of Africa. We really enjoy going and
experiencing new places and wildlife to photograph. The thing
about new places is they can be more than a little bit
frightening. You don’t know what you have let yourself in for. Is
all the time and money you’ve spent going to be worth it?
Of course most of the time going somewhere new is worth the
effort, but it is impossible to keep going to new places. So we
have a fall back. We have a series of places that are very local
to us that we visit on a regular basis. These are our banker
places to take photographs, somewhere we are going to get
pictures.
We’ve had a lot of comments about close by locations that you can
visit regularly. It seems that they seem to be the last on the
list for photographers to visit and take photographs. Well we
hope that in this podcast we can help change your mind. Local can
be just as rewarding as traveling hundreds of miles to not get a
sighting or photograph.
If you would like to reach out to us with a question or comment
our social media links are below.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/m&j-bloomfield/
Buzzsprout -
https://wildlifeandphotography.buzzsprout.com/1491085
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09.01.2023
51 Minuten
Episode 19 “A year through our kitchen window” What an odd
subject for a podcast you may think. But we will take you through
our kitchen windows and into the woods beyond, which are full of
wildlife. The wildlife we are privileged to be able to watch day
to day. To witness, dramas life and death struggles, going on
just outside our kitchen windows. This episode contains a full
year of extracts from our wildlife diary where we record the
comings and goings in our garden.
There has been a wee bit of a break in the regularity of
publishing episodes in 2022. We hope that you will stick with us
as we have started to overcome the circumstances that have made
it impossible for us to publish as many episodes as we would
wish. Fingers crossed we are now getting back on track and will
be able to publish more in 2023.
Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/
LinkedIn -
https://www.linkedin.com/company/m&j-bloomfield/
Buzzsprout -
https://wildlifeandphotography.buzzsprout.com/1491085
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27.05.2022
41 Minuten
Have you ever stopped and wondered how close-ups of flowers,
butterflies, etc., are taken? These pictures are the ones we
repeatedly take regularly.
Over many years we have tested many bits of equipment. Some have
been a help; others have ended up in a box somewhere.
In this episode, we will tell you what we carry with us. Why we
do it and how we use it. Learn from our successes and
failures.
You’re going to be surprised by some of the equipment we use. But
over the years, we have refined what we take with us. What helps
us create spectacular and individual pictures; of the intricate,
macro world that surrounds us all.
Take a journey into the world of macro photography. Don’t make
the mistakes we did. Find out what we have ended up using, and
learn from us.
Companies that manufacture the products we mention in the
podcast.
O’Tom Tick Twister - https://www.otom.com/
Zeiss Binoculars - https://www.zeiss.co.uk/
Gitzo - https://www.gitzo.com/uk-en/
Arca Swiss - https://www.arca-shop.de/en/
Manfrotto - https://www.manfrotto.com/
Sto Fen - http://www.stofen.net/
Lumecube - https://lumecube.com/
Wimberley - https://www.tripodhead.com/
X-Rite - https://www.xrite.com/
Helicon Soft - https://www.heliconsoft.com/
Our Social media links
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/
LinkedIn -
https://www.linkedin.com/company/m&j-bloomfield/
Buzzsprout -
https://wildlifeandphotography.buzzsprout.com/1491085
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29.04.2022
45 Minuten
Episode 17 part 2 of the wildlife and photography podcast “Trees,
myths legends and the science”. We continue where Episode 16 left
off with another five tree species, facts, and recent scientific
findings, about how woodlands and the trees in them work
together.
Trees and the products we make from them have been part of our
world and homes, for tens of thousands of years. We understand
how important wood is when we look for furniture to make life
comfortable. We burn wood to keep us warm in the cold or cook our
food on. But we don’t really have a deep understanding of how a
tree and woodland work. We have lived side by side for 3
mega-annum, but it is perhaps only in the last 100 years that we
have begun to understand, just what a complex organism a tree is.
Chapter timings
Hazel
09:10
Horse Chestnut
16:30
Oak
22:48
Rowan
29:31
Scots Pine
35:14
Organisations
Trees for life - https://treesforlife.org.uk/
Woodland Trust - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/
American Forests - https://www.americanforests.org/
The World Wildlife Fund - https://www.wwf.org.uk/
Wildlife Conservation Society - https://www.wcs.org/
Social media
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/m&j-bloomfield/
Buzzsprout -
https://wildlifeandphotography.buzzsprout.com/1491085
Donation
We have a dear friend who's husband passed away. In his memory, a
grove of trees is being planted here in the highlands. If you
would like to help with the planting of new trees you can make a
donation here - https://treesforlife.org.uk/groves/g5891/
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04.04.2022
41 Minuten
Episode 16 – of the Wildlife and Photography podcast is all about
Trees, myths, legends, and the science that surrounds trees.
Trees have been part of our culture and providing us with
material goods for tens of thousands of years. Over that time we
and our ancestors have revered, and worshiped trees. We have come
to rely on the tree to provide warmth comfort and protection from
the world.
Most of us, however, know very little about the woodlands we love
to visit, and even less about the trees which grow there. It is
only in the last few decades that our understanding of trees and
the role they play in our lives has started to emerge.
It is a truly fascinating subject and you will never look at a
tree in the same way after listening to this podcast.
If you want to know even more after listening to this episode,
the next episode number 17 will be about trees as well. Because
we couldn’t get all that we wanted to tell you into one episode.
Chapter timings
Alder 10:52 mins
Ash 16:17 mins
Aspen 21:29 mins
Beech 26:22 mins
Birch 31:22 mins
Elm 36:29 mins
Organisation
Trees for life - https://treesforlife.org.uk/
Woodland Trust - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/
American Forests - https://www.americanforests.org/
The World Wildlife Fund - https://www.wwf.org.uk/
Wildlife Conservation Society - https://www.wcs.org/
Social media
Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/MarkandJackyBloomfield/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mandjbloomfield
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mandjbloomfield/
LinkedIn -
https://www.linkedin.com/company/m&j-bloomfield/
Buzzsprout -
https://wildlifeandphotography.buzzsprout.com/1491085
Donation
We have a dear friend who's husband passed away. In his memory, a
grove of trees is being planted here in the highlands. If you
would like to help with the planting of new trees you can make a
donation here - https://treesforlife.org.uk/groves/g5891/
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Über diesen Podcast
If you’d like to learn a little more about the natural world and
how to take better pictures? This is the podcast for you. These
podcasts are about inspiring a passion for wildlife. Explaining
taking incredible pictures isn’t that difficult. We’re Mark and
Jacky Bloomfield, and we take photos of the natural world for a
living. We want to help people understand, enjoy and learn about
the things we are passionate about, wildlife and photography.
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