Austin Thomas is an International Award Winning wildlife and nature photographer, based in the United Kingdom.
Since an early age, he has been interested in nature, wildlife and the great outdoors, often spending many a happy hour walking in the fresh air with a pair of binoculars.
All of that changed in 2007 when he decided to purchase a camera. He now gets up earlier, spends half of his life in a hide, views wildlife through a camera lens, and spends the other half in front of the computer. In 2008 he joined a camera club, Wigan 10 Foto Club, which enabled him to diversify photographically and learn new skills. Entering photographic competitions both nationally and internationally broadened his exposure in those early years to the world of nature photography. Having specialized in Bird Photography and African Wildlife images for more than ten years he decided to turn his attention to Underwater Photography. He now spends roughly equal amounts of time “top side” and ‘underwater”, creating images of wildlife.
Austin has had countless images published, both Nationally and Internationally. He was named as Bird Photographer of the Year in 2014 by Bird Guides and Nature Photographer of the Year by the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain in 2015. He has worked with the BBC, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Canon, The British Ornithological Trust, Zeiss and many other companies on various photographic projects and assignments.
He uses Canon equipment, having started life with a Canon 300D. Today he typically carries two camera bodies in his kit bag. A Canon DSLR 1DX MK3 and a Canon Mirrorless R5. When underwater he uses Nauticam housings and specialist optics.