I first started speaking in public at the tender age of eighteen and since then I have given well over 300 illustrated talks to many different groups throughout England.

I currently have 7 lectures in my portfolio each illustrated with slides. You will find a brief description of each lecture below. Depending on the format of your evening I can easily tailor each talk to suit your requirements from say 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.  Please contact me for more details regarding fees etc.

I like to describe my talks as light hearted, yet informative!

I am also available for judging.  Please see foot of page.

'Wildlife of the North Downs'
Living just a stones throw from the North Downs, I have over the years spent a great deal of time observing and of course photographing its wildlife. The Downs is not just about rolling hills of grassland and so I hope that through this talk it will open your eyes to an area that is forever under constant threat.

'Kent woodlands through the Seasons'
As the title suggests, I shall be going through the seasons depicting the wildlife that fequents such woodlands as oak and coppice.

'A Nature Photographer's Year'
There really is no such thing as a typical year for a wildlife photographer. This talk however will give you some idea as to what I do and even go through to achieve my results. This talk has always gone down well with all groups since it shows a wide range of subject matter

'The Fiels Techniques in Nature Photography'
A talk idealy suited to a camera club whereby I go through both the equipment and techniques required to shoot many different subjects. Those areas covered include plant and nest photography and preety much everything in- between.

Robert Canis
Photography

Lectures & Judging  

'Nature in close-up'
Any club or society wishing to learn or be inspired by the images depicting the world of miniature could do a lot worse (or so I've been told)! than to choose this talk. The use of wide angle to telephoto lenses, flash and high magnification macro work are all covered. My objective is to not over complicate matters and for the talk to be enjoyed by experienced workers and novice alike.

'Flowers to Fungi -
The art of wild plant photography'
As I put it in my introduction to this talk - "Plants dont exactly do much. They possess neither sharp teeth nor talons and so are often overlooked by many photographers, yet they can be as time consuming and frustrating to work with than any number of wild 'moving' creatures. The results however, can be equally as rewarding." I think that says it all!

'Bob's best of the Year'
Over the years I have returned to many clubs and societies eventually exhausting my portfolio of lectures. This was therefore put together when they foolishly invited me back to simply show a selection of slides that I had taken over the last year or so. The result is often a mixture of images depicting those subjects I have covered in the UK and sometimes abroad but always accompanied by the stories behind them and occassional tall tail!

Testimonial letter

On behalf of the Clacton Camera Club a very BIG THANK YOU for coming all this way and giving your lecture and showing so much of your work. I think and hope you could tell by the atmosphere, chatter and enthusiasm of your audiance what an excellant evening you gave us. I am sure we will be talking about you, and your images for many weeks to come. The evening seemed to go all too quickly, and we have had many phone calls thanking us for the evening, an evening which you made special.

Jean Pain
Programme Secretary
Clacton Camera Club

Judging

Over the years I have given hundreds of lectures to all manner of groups and societies and over the last 5 or so I have been  increasingly asked to judge photographic competitions.  This is something I find I really enjoy doing as not only do I get to see some really good work I get the opportunity to pass on some of my knowledge as to how, if at all possible, the picture may be improved. 

From a very early age I attended camera clubs as a member and whenever I entered competitions I would often came away feeling rather despondent and pretty useless! This would result from a judge making all manner of comments but leaving one very important ingredient out...constructive criticism.  I learnt from those early experiences and whenever I judge competitions I remember those days and never forget that there may be a budding young photographer responsible for that image and so regardless of my criticism I al ways try to end on a positive note.