Into the Wild with Joris van Alphen Photography

April 2011 Archives

Dive Another Day
Posted April 19, 2011. Filed under: Photography, Underwater. One comment.
It’s an underwater photographer’s worst nightmare: a red light on your underwater housing blinking frantically, screaming: LEAK! LEAK! LEAK! Yikes! I just had a leak for the first time during a dive to test a new drysuit. A scary amount of water got into the camera housing in the few seconds it was submerged, but [...]

I am thrilled to announce that I have won the National Geographic Emerging Nature Photographer Award!
National Geographic Emerging Nature Photographer
A while ago I came to the rescue of a little owl that fell down a chimney and found itself a remarkable hiding place.
A Wise Little Owl
Autumn has arrived and large garden spiders are a common sight throughout the northern hemisphere this time of year.
Garden Spider
Great news everyone: there are little barn owl hatchlings squeaking and hissing from the nest box!
It’s a Barn Owl Family
Year after year we've had a breeding pair of barn owls, raising the ugliest fluff balls of chicks into the most elegant birds you've ever seen. But luck has not been with our owls this year.
The Fright of the Bell Towers