Philippa & Colin Campbell - Wildlife and Landscape Photographers

Finally hanging up our paddles after over a decade of international dragon boat racing around the world, we were looking for a new challenge. We rekindled our individual interests in photography, and together started out in wildlife and landscape photography around the UK, and in 2012 made our first overseas photography trip to South Africa. Enthused by that trip, nature and landscape photography became our main focus for future trips in the UK and overseas. Using our competitive drive to perform at elite level in sport, we continually push ourselves in a positive way, and encourage each other to develop our photography; both technically and artistically through workshops, reading, and of course YouTube. Combined, these are where we have developed as photographers and together honed so much of our workflow.

Our shared interest in nature photography continues to take us to some amazing places, both in the UK and around the world.

At PhiCoFoto you’ll find a selection of our photographs, grouped by a theme, in our Galleries and you’ll find our particular favourites in the Portfolio.

Our Blog page will include highlights from our trips, past and future; sharing extra photographs and background information, as well as acknowledging people who have helped us on our journey. There will also be the occasional e-Book.

Thanks for visiting us and we hope you enjoy our photos as much as we enjoy creating them.

About Colin

Colin developed an interest in photography using 4x5 LF field cameras in the landscape. It was a great medium to learn about both the art and the science behind the photograph.

LF eventually became an impractical medium, due mainly to prolonged foreign travel during his military career, coupled with the rising costs of sourcing and developing 4x5 slide film. He changed medium to use a digital DSLR, firstly a Pentax *ISD followed soon after by a Nikon D200.

He continues to use Nikon gear and believes that investing in glass is far more productive than wanting the next ‘latest & greatest’ camera body. It was a chance purchase of a used Nikon 200-400mm f4 that sparked his interest photographing wildlife in the landscape. The development of Lightroom, having endured years of frustration scanning 4x5 Slides into Photoshop, has made a huge impact upon his workflow; having the opportunity to create and produce a photograph from a vision through to the final print.

Colin is fortunate to be married to his best friend, Philippa. They now have the opportunity and time to travel together, home and abroad; through planning their own trips, guided tours, and occasional workshops; pursuing their shared interest in nature and its environment, whatever the weather.

However, they are not “joined at the hip”: they pursue one or two other interests individually and both undertake their own voluntary work.

About Philippa

Having decided to hang up her dragonboat paddle after the 2007 World Championship in Australia, with over 10yrs competing Internationally with GB, Philippa was looking for a new challenge. Inspired by Colin to get involved with photography, she has developed and grown in confidence over several years with some guidance and lots of support from him. Philippa used a Pentax SLR 35mm and migrated to digital using Nikon; having realised early on that it was easier for both to have the same base system. She has had a love for nature from an early age and is pleased to have found a new way to experience the natural world, capturing “precious memories” with her camera along the way.

Philippa describes herself as a keen amateur nature photographer. As well as looking afresh at nature on her doorstep, in and around Berkshire, she particularly enjoys travelling, throughout the UK and Worldwide; especially to those remote locations that being involved with wildlife and landscape photography has allowed her to explore.