Doug Perrine
Aliases: None known Role: Wildlife photographer First appearance: 2004 ([1]) Affiliation: Independent
Biography
Doug Perrine is an underwater wildlife photographer who won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 2004 with digital underwater photographs — notably the first year digital entries were allowed in the competition ([2]). His winning images were shot on a Canon D60 in a UK-Germany housing with a Sigma 14mm lens and Inon Z-220 strobes.
Perrine credited digital photography for enabling his winning shots, noting that digital allowed hundreds of exposures in chaotic conditions (such as the sardine run) versus only 72 with film ([3]). He is a specialist in sardine run photography, and Eric Cheng organized a Wetpixel sardine run expedition with Perrine for 2006 ([4]).
Contributions
- Won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004 with digital underwater photographs, a landmark moment validating digital over film for professional wildlife photography
- Sardine run specialist whose work helped popularize this subject in underwater photography
- His WPotY win demonstrated the advantage of digital’s high frame count in dynamic wildlife situations
Timeline
- 2004-10: Won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004 at the British Natural History Museum with digital UW photos shot on Canon D60 in UK-Germany housing. Douglas David Seifert and Charles Hood also won categories with digital UW shots ([5])
- 2005-06: Announced as co-leader of Wetpixel Sardine Run Expedition 2006 in South Africa ([6])
- 2009-02: Authored Wetpixel article advocating Hawaiian manta ray protection legislation (HB366, SB394) ([7])
- 2009-10: Named among underwater winners at WPY 2009 ([8])
References
Sources
- Wetpixel article, Oct 25, 2004: Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Doug Perrine ↩
- Wetpixel article, Oct 25, 2004: Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Doug Perrine ↩
- Wetpixel article, Oct 25, 2004: Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Doug Perrine ↩
- Wetpixel article, Jun 8, 2005: Wetpixel Sardine Run Expedition 2006 ↩
- Wetpixel article, Oct 25, 2004: Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Doug Perrine ↩
- Wetpixel article, Jun 8, 2005: Wetpixel Sardine Run Expedition 2006 ↩
- Wetpixel article, Feb 22, 2009: Support Legislation To Protect Manta Rays In Hawaiian Waters ↩
- Wetpixel article, Oct 22, 2009: Bbc Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners For 2009 Announced ↩
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Doug Perrine (article) ↩
- Wetpixel Sardine Run Expedition 2006 (article) ↩
- Support legislation to protect manta rays in Hawaiian waters (article) ↩
- BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners for 2009 announced (article) ↩