‘Take to the sky’ is a new photobook from Taraji Blue, featuring birds from across the world and at home. It was inspired by the fact that many of our recent bird shots are becoming firm favourites among Taraji Blue fans so we decided to celebrate the best shots in one new book.
For many years we were guilty of overlooking birds – we favoured larger more iconic animals and mammals, often neglecting to look towards the sky. A holiday to Ecuador in 2006 changed all that – we had an amazing opportunity to spend a day with hummingbirds. These stunning fairies of the cloud forest impressed us with their agility, their speed and their beauty. It changed our mindset forever and took us down a new path for our wildlife photography projects.
The same year we were lucky enough to visit Antarctica and we were blown away by the immense size and beauty of the Wandering and Great Albatross which followed our boat across the Drake Passage. It was there that we experienced with a new type and style of bird photography, spending many hours on the windy deck of the ship, learning to track the birds in flight, hoping for that one perfect shot. It’s a technique which Ali mastered early on, and this led him to produce some amazing pictures – most recently of the ‘Fulmar in Greenland’.
Take to the sky is a new size photobook – small and square, it represents great value for money and is an ideal stocking filler! A full preview of the book ‘Take to the shy’ is available on our website. We hope you enjoy it.