ABOUT THE ARTIST
MARK A FERNLEY
PROFESSIONAL WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER
UNTAMED PHOTO SAFARIS
MARK A FERNLEY
Renowned wildlife photographer Mark A Fernley has been traveling and photographically documenting the African continent for many exciting years. As a British wildlife photographer focusing on African Wildlife, Mark has spent much of his career on this vast continent searching observing and capturing remarkable images of wildlife to the extreme. From Lions in the flatlands of the Masai Mara and Serengeti to the Gorillas in the mountains of Bwindi, his photographic and exploratory knowledge is most inspirational.
During his photographic career, Mark has been involved with numerous photographic publications and projects leading to the guidance of film makers for the famous and well known Netflix series Our Planet. His photographic and wildlife knowledge has helped many make dreams come true in the visual wildlife photography and film world. He has written for many wildlife photography magazines where he has shared his passion for turning the wildlife world into captures of art. After writing for numerous magazine articles based on his wildlife photography, Mark continues to be a lead roll for his own wildlife photography magazine known as Untamed Photo Magazine. This wildlife photography based online magazine is designed to teach, inspire and promote wildlife photography to all readers worldwide. On top of that, Mark has wone several wildlife photography awards, one of them being the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of The Year Competition.
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His Photography
Mark Fernley's African wildlife photography offers a unique perspective on the raw and intense nature on wildlife here in Africa. He has spent many years focusing on the emotional journeys that most African mammals have to face on this harsh yet stunning land of giants. Mark spends many months in remote parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, AND southern Africa where there photography draws them into capturing the harsh and unseen natural world. His ability to capture nature, continues to impress the public eye and inspire wildlife photography enthusiasts around the world.
His Eye on Detail
When it comes down to what lies in Marks images, detail is one of his key factors. During a recent interview, Mark A Fernley continued to talk about his eye for detail and how his most iconic animal to photograph was the African Hippopotamus. Mark talks about the overwhelming pressure that the lens has to face when absorbing the detail of the hippo and how his images have to be blown up as large prints and seen close up to fully appreciate the images value. With subtle and desaturated tones presented in Marks images, he continues to perform a rather dramatic yet comforting style that transforms reality into a mind puzzling and detailed frame in time.
His Focus on Minimalism
Many of Marks African wildlife captures clearly show a sign of minimalism. He is well known for his off set subjects placed carefully in frame with a unique open space of brightness that hold a lack of detail. His vacant spaces bring context to the frame and force the isolated subject to be the most important viewing point in the image. Mark is a wildlife photographer that continues to speak of not wanting to fill the image with unwanted subjects. In fact he persistently isolates the animal from the surroundings to help embrace the animal itself. Although most of his images are rather minimalistic, Mark also dives to the other end of the scale where he focuses on complete chaos. This is where his abstracts comes in and continue to impress.
Black and Whites
Diving into the world of black and white, Marks monochrome images bring a rather intimidating feel to the room. Mark states that his black and white wildlife photography is created to reduce distraction of colour and lead the viewers to focus directly on the animal in frame. His black and whites don't consist of even tones, he either over powers the image with intense whites around a subject or dominating blacks making his images stand out.
Getting Low
In his recent years, Mark has focused on getting low. This has a been a recent idea during his photographic safaris and in his personal photographic trips in the field. Photographic and underground hides have played a big part in his recent years and many have followed in bis foot steps. His wildlife photography has become ever growing in interest as he explores other interesting ways to make his viewers look up at animals and there for embracing the power of an animal in his images.
MARKS PHOTO SAFARIS
As Mark and his wife Jaren travel through the uncharted lands of Africa, their knowledge to the knowhows of photographing African wildlife has become globally renowned. For many years the Fernley's have led semi and professional wildlife photographers through many national parks in many African countries through their photographic safari company known as Untamed Photo Safaris. Mark and Jaren's photographic safaris have been most recognised in the famed Serengeti and the Masai Mara. Their photographic knowledge and guidance has earned their stamp in the East African wildlife photography world.
So, who is Untamed Photo Safaris and what does this photographic company have to offer. Untamed Photo Safaris is one of Africa's leading photographic safaris companies led by two professional wildlife photographers Mark and Jaren Fernley. These two enthusiastic wildlife photographers combine photography and adventure into a whole new level in the photographic travel world. Offering photographic safaris in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, Mark and Jaren have carefully designed their photo safaris to get wildlife photographers into the best locations while experiencing a memorable African photo tour of a lifetime. Their photographic vehicles have been carefully designed to get photographers low to the ground and to provide enough manoeuvrability to capture those iconic shots. With only four guests per photo vehicle, Untamed Photo Safari's clients have the space to enjoy a photo safaris where they can easily focus on capturing those iconic shots with ease.
