Award-winning photographer Chris Packham has traveled the world in his
quest for the ultimate image. Here, readers are offered a rare glimpse
into the imagination of an exceptional photographer at the moment he
captures each picture. Chris has chosen these iconic images from over 25
years of traveling. Alongside each image is an accompanying explanation
as to why he took it. Chris believes that taking great pictures requires
the mind, not just the knowledge of science or of which lens does what.
"It is about engaging that part of the brain which feels for the
picture, that learns how to see it coming and then, in that critical
instant, makes all the decisions from the heart. No book of technique
will help you at the crucial moment. That type of advice has to be far
behind you when you are poised finger on button. This is just you,
alone, at the only moment in all time when, if you feel it, the picture
may be there. It's not spiritual. Equally it's not scientific or
empirical. It is artistic. That fusion of all disciplines which some of
our species can manifest as a great gift."
