About David Lloyd

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

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

I prefer a fine art style, choosing to appeal to buyers of framed wildlife photography. Although I have a preference towards black and white, colour features strongly too.

Visit my black and white wildlife photography gallery and my colour wildlife photography gallery to see a selection of my latest images.

Six-times awarded 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 have been awarded six times in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.

My other award successes have included winning image 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.

Wildlife Photography: Behind the Scenes

I use Fujifilms X-H2s and X-H2 with two Nikon D850s together with an array of lenses for each from 8mm to 600mm.

I also have several older cameras including a 40-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 in 2023 is an all-manual Olympus OM-1.

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

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