About Graham Elliott

Hello, I've been passionate about photography since I was very young. I remember saving my pocket money when I was a boy so that I could buy a new black and white polaroid camera.

I spent most of my career in a corporate environment, mostly in sales. But I always wanted to focus on my photography (if you will excuse the phrase).

I've studied photography at various times and with various organisations and photographers. I'm a qualified photojournalist and have also done portrait work (love it) and weddings (not my thing!).

I'm an adventurer at heart and have always had at least one camera in my backpack.

My adventures include:

• Helping two amazing whale researchers in Western Australia as a volunteer for a short time and learning lots about humpback whales.

• Riding a 900cc motorbike solo around Australia over a four and a half month period, six months after getting my license.

• Flying aeroplanes, including a Russian MiG-25 at more than twice the speed of sound at 80,000 feet.

• Being part of a group climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for UNICEF Australia (we raised over $84,000).

• Taking the opportunity to dive to the wreck of the RMS Titanic in a small submarine.

I've since spent time volunteering with different projects in Africa and this has given me first-hand experience of the issues confronting conservation (animal and environment) today. This drives my fine-art print photography work as I believe the more we connect with nature, the more we appreciate it.

Not everyone gets the opportunity to go where I've been, but I hope by sharing my work, some of my passion will rub off too. That's why 10% of the proceeds from print sales go to projects I've worked with.

I'm also a qualified life coach, NLP practitioner and behavioural profiler. What all of that boils down to is that I love to see people being successful, especially in areas where they have struggled.

This passion is behind my training courses; I believe that having a creative outlet is essential for good mental health and general well-being. Photography is one of those activities where there is always something new to learn.

I have tried to make my courses as accessible as possible and the membership programme is designed to build a virtual community of people around the world. Who knows what possibilities that can create?

Post-COVID, many people are reassessing what's most important to them in their lives. If what I do resonates with you, please get involved (maybe through my Patreon membership initially, or you can contact me).