Due to popular demand, Sewerby Hall and Gardens have again teamed up with local award-winning wildlife photographer Steve Race to offer aspiring photographers an exclusive day of Wildlife Photography at Sewerby Hall and Gardens and on site at RSPB Bempton Cliffs in 2024.
The wildlife photography days, which sold out fast in 2023, will run alongside the hugely popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum, returning to Sewerby Hall and Gardens in 2024, with a brand-new selection of photographs.
The full day experiences will include a private viewing of the exhibition led by Steve, who will talk participants through the stunning photographs. This will be followed by a workshop and the opportunity to view some of his award-winning work. After lunch, the day continues with a truly captivating afternoon, on site at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, for some hands-on tuition and experience with Steve and around half a million seabirds gathered there to raise a family on the towering chalk cliffs overlooking the North Sea. Here, participants will capture their own shots and hopefully an award winning one, too!
These three special photographic days - on Saturdays, 18 May, 15 June and 6 July - offer a fantastic opportunity to be part of a small exclusive group, led by a local award-winning professional wildlife photographer, giving a day to remember.
Steve, who is based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, has been a keen naturalist and photographer for over 30 years, lived on the Yorkshire Coast all of his life and believes there is no better place for variety of habitats and amazing wildlife. Inspired by the natural world around him, Steve captures incredible wildlife images. In 2013 he was "Commended" in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards, Big Picture USA - Natural World Photography Competition and British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards in which in 2015 he was "Highly Commended". His work has been published in national and regional media and magazines, leaflets, websites and publications. Steve has also been featured on BBC Countryfile, Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, and regional television programmes. He was a researcher/location assistant on Channel 5's "Yorkshire | A Year in the Wild" series and recently appeared on Sky Arts with Jim and Nancy Moir on their 2023 series "Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir".
Steve Race said: "It's great to see that the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition is coming back to Sewerby Hall and Gardens for a third consecutive year. After the fantastic success and attendances for our Wildlife Photographer Experiences last year, I am delighted to say that we will be delivering these events again in 2024 to run alongside the exhibition.
"I am excited to have the opportunity again to run these events at Sewerby Hall & Gardens and RSPB Bempton Cliffs Nature Reserve and Iook forward to meeting new and past participants across the three events".
Councillor Nick Coultish, The East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism, commented: "It's great that we have again been able to team up with Steve Race to run these very popular photography days. They add a wonderful extra element to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition programme, and I can't wait for another hugely successful summer at Sewerby Hall!"
