Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Angela Robertson-Buchanan is an award-winning creative bird photographer, published children's author and lecturer with Nikon School and the Australian Museum. 

Angela combines her interests in wildlife and photography by creating projects and exhibitions where she can convey a conservation message, as well as supporting wildlife organisations by donating prints or a percentage of sales.

Angela is also the founder and curator of an annual bird exhibition held in conjunction with National Bird Week and the Aussie Bird Count ‒ an event by Birdlife Australia to inspire Australians to become involved in bird conservation. Each year, 20% of exhibition art sales are donated to BirdLife Australia’s conservation work, and the exhibition has raised over $20,000 in the five years it has been running.

Angela's photographic techniques align with her respect for nature. She relies on natural light rather than flash, a passion she teaches in her workshops ‒ as well as the importance of maintaining high ethical standards when you are working with wildlife.

Angela loves photographing urban birds and is fascinated how they interact with the man-made environment.

Peter O'Brien

Peter O’Brien has a passion for photographing nature, particularly birds. Although he started later in life, he has immersed himself in the competitive photographic world. Peter was the Competition Coordinator at the Castle Hill RSL Photography Club (the largest in NSW) for eight years and is currently the President. In addition, Peter is the Print Secretary at The Entrance Camera Club.

Peter developed an interest in national and international exhibitions and has achieved an Excellence distinction in the International Federation of Photographic Art (EFIAP) and was awarded Grand Master of the Australian Photographic Society (GMAPS).

Peter has achieved 53 international photography awards in nature including Gold, Silver, Bronze. By encouraging others, he has had the pleasure of seeing others achieving recognition at international levels when they did not believe that this could be achieved.

Following his involvement in international competitions, Peter has moved into the judging world and is an accredited judge with the Federation of Camera Clubs NSW.

Peter can be found most days out photographing birds, both for pleasure and capturing “that image”.

Diana Andersen

Diana Andersen is an award-winning professional animal photographer and writer, a qualified designer, and a past educator in visual arts. In the late 1990s, she gave up an artistic career to work with animals as a zookeeper and a wildlife carer specialising in black cockatoos. During this time, Diana became passionate about animal education, both in animal care and wildlife conservation. Her camera came out again to illustrate the books and articles she wrote for magazine and book publishers and her own company, Animalinfo Publications.

In recognising the power of an image to raise awareness of wildlife issues, photography has become a passion and the focus of Diana's wildlife conservation articles. Her wildlife imagery has allowed her to combine a love of animals and art and helps her share the beauty and fragility of what she sees through her eyes and lens. Diana also runs wildlife photography workshops and tours to locations in Africa.

Craig Greer

Craig Greer is a professional bird and wildlife photographer based in Tasmania.

He is a previous finalist in the BirdLife Australia Photography Awards and Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year.

Craig shares his knowledge with budding bird and wildlife photographers through his workshops and tours in Australia and overseas. 

Gary King

Gary King has a Masters degree in Natural Resources which focused on wildlife management.

He has had strong interest in Australia’s birdlife since boyhood when he kept an aviary of Australian finches. He had always wanted to see these finches in their natural habitat.

Due to other commitments this did not happen until he reached retirement. During the last 15 years he has spent a considerable amount of time travelling throughout Australia camera in hand. He has posted more than 1100 images on the BirdLife Photography website. A significant number of his images have been requested for use in education or conservation. He managed the internal BirdLife Photography competitions for 3 years and has subsequently acted as a mystery reviewer (judge) for these competitions.

Gary is currently the national President of BirdLife Photography.

To date every entry that Gary has submitted to international competitions, from wildlife to landscape and monochrome, have been recognised and received an award – but no winners yet.

Graham Cam

Graham Cam (PhD) is a research scientist, ornithologist, photographer and educator, and has engaged in bird photography from an early age.

Graham is an Honorary Life Member and former President of Birdlife Photography (BLP), and was recently presented with the 2024 BirdLife Photography Tom Oliver Award for photography education.

Graham shares his knowledge of photography and biology to BLP members and the wider photographic community, teaching the principles of bird photography and processing. He continues to act as an image moderator for BLP and is an accredited judge for the NSW Federation of Camera Clubs.

Graham was also awarded an Honorary Life Membership of The Australian Bird Study Association for 25 years of service to bird conservation. He has studied birds for over 57 years, using a variety of techniques including bird banding, censusing and photography.

Graham’s passion and dedication to the conservation of Australian birds and their habitats extends to promoting ethical wildlife photography. As a research biologist and former member of a CSIRO Ethics Committee, his advice to photographers is that the welfare of the bird or animal comes first, even if it means missing that once in a lifetime image.