{"id":295,"date":"2018-07-19T14:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T14:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:53:18","slug":"ross-hoddinott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/ross-hoddinott\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Hoddinott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ross Hoddinott is one of the UK\u2019s leading outdoor photographers. He has worked as a full time professional since 1997, supplying photographs and undertaking commissions for a wide range of clients worldwide, which include BOSE, Kew Gardens and Petronas.<\/p>\n<p>Ross is the author of several photography books, including <em>Masters of Landscape Photography, The Landscape Photography Workshop<\/em> and <em>Digital Macro &amp; Close-up Photography<\/em>. He is also a multi award winner in Wildlife Photographer of the Year, British Wildlife Photography Awards and International Garden Photographer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Ross lives in rural North Cornwall with his wife Felicity and their three young children. He has a lifelong passion for nature and conservation and is best known for his close-up images of insects and plant life \u2013 many of which are photographed locally to help limit his carbon footprint. He was a member of <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/2020vision\/2020vision.html\">2020VISION<\/a><\/span> \u2013 the most ambitious multimedia conservation initiative ever staged in the UK. Ross is an Ambassador for Nikon UK (2013-15) and also Manfrotto.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-295 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Sandymouth Bay in evening light. North Cornwall, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01355004-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Sandymouth Bay in evening light. North Cornwall\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on grass, Dunsdon Nature Reserve\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415199-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on grass, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01578392-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Shaugh Prior, bridge and River Plym, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01578392-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01578392-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01578392-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Shaugh Prior, bridge and River Plym, Dartmoor National Park, Devon\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), close up portrait. Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01359336-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), close up portrait. Tamar Lake, Cornwall\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Colmers Hill in morning mist, near Bridport, Dorset, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415168-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Colmers Hill in morning mist, near Bridport, Dorset\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01314819-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Robin (Erithacus rubecula) displaying in snow, nr Bradworthy, Devon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01314819-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01314819-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01314819-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01314819-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Robin (Erithacus rubecula) displaying in snow, nr Bradworthy, Devon\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Newlands Valley and Causey Pike, Lake District National Park, Cumbria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01415202-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Newlands Valley and Causey Pike, Lake District National Park, Cumbria\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>A full gallery of Ross Hoddinott&#8217;s images can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-photographers\/e-i\/hoddinott-ross.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ross Hoddinott is one of the UK\u2019s leading outdoor photographers. He has worked as a full time professional since 1997, supplying photographs and undertaking commissions for a wide range of clients worldwide, which include BOSE, Kew Gardens and Petronas. Ross is the author of several photography books, including Masters of Landscape Photography, The Landscape Photography&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/ross-hoddinott\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographers","tag-photographers","tag-ross-hoddinott","tag-cornwall","tag-close-up","tag-2020vision","tag-landscapes","tag-macro","tag-photography","tag-books","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}