Presented on this photo library web site is a collection of images by photographer Martin Sneary. This is his passion, exemplified by beautiful portraits and images of wildlife in their natural environment.

Martin Sneary licenses images from his Photography Stock Library for a range of uses, including editorial illustrations, web sites and advertising.  All images on this web site are copyright Martin V. Sneary. All rights reserved, 2012.

Swell seabirds off Cape Town (the challenges of seabird photography) Monday, 5th March 2012 - this was my first time on a pelagic from Cape Town, and the first where I was very much focused on photography. Here’s a brief account of the day and reflections on the (many) challenges of photographing seabirds from a small fishing boat. Read more...

Grand Canyon and a lesson well remembered Monday, 30th May 2011 - The Grand Canyon National Park is a beautiful place - this enormous great hole in the ground presents a range of (admittedly well shot) opportunities. I was in Vegas for a wedding and had planned a short 2-night side trip to the Grand Canyon with my fiancée and a couple of friends. Read more...

High speed spiders Wednesday, 6th April 2011 - I was nerding my way through some BBC Wildlife web pages, and came across a quite dazzling Jumping Spider Gallery by Scott Linstead. Now, before you dismiss this as some run-of-the-mill macro arachnohphile work, let me tell you this imagery is off the scale. Read more...

Shoot the Light launches blog Sunday, 3rd April 2011 - In addition to a new look web site, wildlife photographer Charles Glatzer (Shoot the Light) has now launched a blog, available here http://www.shootthelight.com/blog. Destined to be a great source of wildlife photography tips, photoshop techniques and workshop news, this is one to add to your bookmarks! Read more...

Shooting the goose Saturday, 8th January 2011 - more experiences from the Charles Glatzer Shoot the light workshop. A more specific look at some of what I learnt from Chas - on overall approach, metering and visual design - and under his careful guidance applied it to capturing flight shots of geese. Read more...

Shoot the Light exposed! Friday, 10th December 2010 - I've just come back from a technical workshop with Charles Glatzer (Shoot the Light). In a nutshell, what a fantastic workshop! Great learning experience, great photo venue - 1,000s of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese, beautiful light. Read more...

Avian trickster is quite majectic Saturday, 23rd October 2010 - that most charismatic of corvids, the Raven Corvus corax, being very approachable in Yosemite National Park. Read more...

Tiger fire Thursday, 21st October 2010 - late afternoon at the National Zoo (Washington D.C.), catching a Tiger in the sun's rays. Great colour! Read more...

Not a drop of water... Thursday, 21st October 2010 - in the harshest of droughts for several years (August 2009), the rains haven't come to Amboseli for months. The stench of death hangs in the air and when Zebras start to struggle you know it's really tough surviving. Read more...