About A Wilder Eye.

What is A Wilder Eye?

Wildlife • Conservation • Discovery

A Wilder Eye is where I share photographs and stories from my wanderings around the natural world.

Wildlife, conservation, places I’ve been, and the occasional thing I wasn’t looking for but couldn’t just walk past.

I’m interested in what animals are doing, not just what they look like. The squabbles, the family moments, the strange relationships and those little bits of behaviour that make you stop and wonder.

Sometimes it’s an elephant. Sometimes it’s a spider having its lunch. Occasionally it’s two teenage kangaroos carrying on like a pair of idiots.

I’m not out there chasing the perfect shot. Of course I want to take a good photograph, but I’m more interested in what catches my eye, what’s actually happening, and the story behind it.

Sometimes it’s something spectacular. Sometimes it’s something small that most people might walk straight past.

It might not be the picture everyone else would take. But it’s how I saw it, and that’s what matters to me.

I’ve always liked the thought:

That’s really what A Wilder Eye is about.

Some photographs have a story. Some raise more questions than answers. And occasionally the story will wander off on a tangent, much like the bloke telling it.

That’s all part of the adventure.

Still curious. Still exploring.

The Bloke Behind the Camera

I’m Andy Pittway. A wildlife photographer with a fairly healthy dose of curiosity and a tendency to wander off and see what’s around the next corner.

My camera has accompanied me around Australia, Africa, Brazil and Asia, and on a fair few other adventures besides. Not every trip started out as a wildlife expedition, but I’ve always had a habit of finding something interesting to point the camera at.

Along the way I’ve spent time volunteering on wildlife research and conservation projects, getting involved in the work rather than simply passing through with a camera.

I enjoy the technical side of photography. Light, timing, composition and knowing when something interesting might be about to happen all matter. But I don’t head out with a shopping list of photographs I must come home with.

I’d much rather get out there, spend time in an environment, watch what’s happening and see what unfolds.

Sometimes I come home with something rather special. Sometimes I come home with muddy shoes and an empty memory card.

Both have their place.

I take the photography seriously. Myself, perhaps a little less so.

And if one of my photographs makes you stop, smile, wonder what’s going on, or look at the natural world a little differently, that’s a pretty good result.

If you enjoy the stories too, even better.