Burrard-Lucas Blog - Wildlife Photography

Here are the results of our 2012 Pet Photo Competition. Thank you to everyone who entered and well done to the talented photographers whose images appear in the final selection below.

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The second competition in our 2012 photo contest series is now open for entries! The theme is “Landscapes”. We are looking for striking, original and beautiful landscape photographs taken anywhere in the world. For some inspiration, checkout the results of last year’s Landscape Photo Contest. The deadline for this contest is 30th June 2012.

We have some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR camera (more info).

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For more BeetleCam photos, entertaining video clips and information about how you can purchase a BeetleCam, please check out the new BeetleCam website.

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In 2009 we embarked on a project to take close-up, wide-angle photographs of African animals. To accomplish this we created BeetleCam, a small remote control buggy with a DSLR camera mounted on top. Filled with trepidation, we boarded a plane bound for Tanzania. We had little idea what to expect… would BeetleCam survive?

It was a trip of mixed fortunes; BeetleCam took some fantastic photographs of elephants and buffalo but early on it was mauled and our camera destroyed by a lion. BeetleCam limped on with a replacement camera but we steered well clear of lions thereafter.

On returning home our BeetleCam images were a big hit; they were splashed all over the Internet, appeared in print around the world and BeetleCam even made some TV appearances. However, we didn’t feel entirely satisfied… just imagine what we could get with a lion-proof BeetleCam!

Well, last summer we returned to Africa. Our targets? The legendary lions of Kenya’s Masai Mara!

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If the video does not appear below, watch it on Vimeo: BeetleCam is Back Teaser

BeetleCam is a remote control buggy with a DSLR camera mounted on top. I created the first BeetleCam in 2009 in order to take close-up, wide-angle photographs of dangerous African animals. You can find out more about the initial project in The Adventures of BeetleCam.

We will soon be releasing the next project instalment in which BeetleCam takes on the lions of the Masai Mara! As you can see from the teaser video, it was an eventful trip! We managed to get some incredible photographs and video footage which we will soon be publishing on Burrard-Lucas.com. If you would like to be notified when this happens, please subscribe to our free email newsletter. You can also subscribe via RSS or follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

Update: The BeetleCam website is now live: BeetleCam Project

Here are the results of our 2011 Travel Photo Competition. This was another strong year so the task of judging the entries was not easy! Thank you to everyone who entered and well done to the talented photographers whose images appear in the final selection below.

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The first competition in our 2012 photo contest series is now open for entries! The theme is “Pets”. We are looking for striking and original photographs of your beloved dogs, cats and other pets. For some inspiration, checkout the results of last year’s Pet Photo Contest. The deadline for this contest is 31st March 2012.

We have some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR camera (more info).

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Happy holidays everyone! It is hard to believe another year is almost over!

2011 flew by and was an eventful year for Burrard-Lucas Photography. For me there were some truly memorable and humbling experiences such as coming face to face with a wild giant panda in China and being confronted by the legendary Komodo dragon in Indonesia. In this post I have provided a summary of some year’s most significant developments and a brief teaser for things to come in 2012.

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