Andy rouse
ANDY ROUSE
Andy Rouse is one of the biggest names in wildlife photography, he speaks to Andrew James on his love of wildlife and shooting with his Canon kit, his favourite nature subjects and locations, and being a dad at 50 years old…
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ndy Rouse is an Essex-boy made good. Although a relative late starter, not turning professional until his early 30s, he made up for lost time by quickly establishing himself as one of the world’s best wildlife photographers. Now 50 and recently becoming a father for the first time, he’s showing absolutely no appetite for slowing down and settling for slippers and a pipe! Although Andy has switched very publicly from Canon to Nikon and then back again to Canon, he’s now a Canon Explorer and loves nothing better than putting his EOS-1D X through its paces in some of the harshest environments on the planet. Photographer, author, showman and businessman, Andy’s ability to create a brand around his natural talent for wildlife photography is certainly one of the keys to his enduring success. But above all else he regards himself as an unashamed animal hugger and admits that, even if he didn’t have a camera to shoot with, he’d still go and watch animals in the wild. We asked him to look 01 P ENGUIN PATROL
Fresh from the surf on a beautiful sunny day in the Falkland Islands, a gentoo penguin marches comically across the wet sand. Andy lies in wait with his EOS 7D Mk II, snapping focus on the bird’s head
The Canon Magazine
Lens
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Exposure
1/350 sec, f/4, ISO800
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