Graeme started an interest in Nature photography when at school; photographing butterfly life cycles and other insects with a macro set-up built around a Praktica camera. Holiday jobs helped fuel this burgeoning hobby and his membership in The New Zealand Photographic Society. Pursuit of an academic career in New Zealand and Australia and raising a young family lessened the activity in his hobby until the purchase of a Canon T90 camera while working in the UK. In 1989 Graeme took up a position in a Research Institute in Singapore and over 17 years later he is resides in the small tropical island. Ten years ago the interest in Nature photography was rekindled and Graeme became a member of both the Australian Photographic Society (APS) and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). In 2000, with other enthusiast, Graeme founded the Nature Photographic Society (Singapore) and four years later the society has 200 members and conducts field trips, exhibitions, international trips and organizes seminars with eminent overseas nature photographers. To increase his skill level he entered International Nature Salons under the jurisdiction of PSA. In the last 8 year he has been in the top 3 of PSA yearly ‘Who’s Who in Photography” list in both Nature Slides and Nature Prints for the last 5 years, having won over 500 awards in that time. Graeme has prints in permanent collections in both India and Australia and achieved his APS Fellowship in 2002. In 2003 Graeme won an international competition sponsored by the World Environment (WE) magazine and a Merit Award in the prestigious International Epson Photographic Competition. He was also awarded the Wildlife Image of the year by PSA for 2003 and was overall winner in the inaugural ANZANG yearly competition in 2004.. His passion for nature is directed to writing illustrated articles in local and international magazines and his greatest photographic thrill was achieved when an article won a Malaysian conservationist some funds to preserve the nesting habitat of a colony of Lesser Adjutant Storks.
