About David Lloyd

Welcome to my world of fine art wildlife photography, where you can purchase prints, books and photo safaris or just enjoy photographs of wildlife. Check back often, as this site is updated regularly.

I am a photographer of wildlife from New Zealand living in London. I arrived in late 1989 for six months, and I’m still here thirty years later. Some of my favourite places to photograph are Kenya, Uganda, India and, just a few miles from my home in London, Richmond Park.

Style and Authenticity

I favour a fine art style, choosing to appeal to buyers of framed photography. I have a preference towards black and white, although colour features too.

I process everything in Adobe Lightroom. I rarely use Photoshop as I prefer to keep my images as natural as possible. I seek to create pictures in camera, opting not to digitally alter them afterwards. My wildlife subjects therefore retain their natural realism at the moment of capture, which is the premise of a traditional photograph.

After all, a portrait must be of who they are, not what you want it to be.

Six times awarded in Wildlife Photographer of the Year

I have acquired each portfolio of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year series since its inception in 1991. They have been and continue to be my biggest inspiration. In 2011, it was a privilege to see my picture A Flick of the Tail chosen for the cover, and to have been awarded six times in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.

My other award successes have included winning images in the Mammals category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2016 with Mud Monster, and the People’s Choice winner in the 2018 edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year with my image of two lions, Bond of Brothers. I have held exhibitions of my work in London galleries since 2013.

Please visit my photography awards page for more information.

Behind the Scenes

I use Fujifilm cameras X-H2 and X-H2s with two now-fading Nikon D850s together with an array of lenses for each, ranging from 8mm to 600mm.

I also have several older cameras, including a 45-year-old Nikon F3. It’s a film camera first made in 1980, and I think it may be one of the best cameras made. My favourite film camera to use is an all-manual, even older Olympus OM-1.

The best tip I can suggest is to believe that the picture is there; you just have to find it.

David Lloyd

You can contact me at email@davidlloyd.net