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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Niall Hampton

"When I put my cameras away at night, I leave them at ISO400, f/8 and back-button focus – so when I pick up my kit first thing, I'm ready to go"

Photograph of a walrus in the Arctic taken by nature photographer Paul Nicklen and titled 'A walrus rests on sea ice, High Arctic, 2005'. .

When it comes to working in the field and setting myself up for success, I've tried a lot of different approaches, some of which I'd like to share with you in the hope they might help you too, Paul Nicklen writes.

When I'm shooting, I always remind myself of the left brain, right brain theory: that there are two 'sides' to our brains – the left 'analytical' side and the right 'creative' side.

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