David Northcott has been photographing wildlife for over 35 years. It all began with his pet chameleon. He spent countless hours taking images of the chameleon (among other animals) trying to capture images of the chameleon’s tongue in action. After finally achieving some reasonable results, the quest began to improve the images. Mainly self taught, he read everything he could get his hands on regarding photography, particularly nature and macro photography. Having always had a love for animals and nature, this helped spawn a love of photography and a strong desire to capture wildlife and nature on film.

After taking a number of workshops with George Lepp and Joe & Mary Ann McDonald, and developing strong friendships with them, his photography improved drastically with their help.

David has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences, with post graduate studies in most major animal groups (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish and insects) as well as animal behavior.
He currently maintains a photographic library of over 100,000 images that includes a wide variety of wildlife and nature subjects. There is particularly strong coverage in reptiles and amphibians, which have always been a passion, including a number of action shots (ie: jumping, running, feeding, striking etc.)
His images are represented by four stock agencies that have been selling his work, worldwide, since 1986. Nature’s Lens is the name of his photographic business and actively markets his images, posters and post cards world wide.