Nature Features

Esther Beaton is all about nature photography—and writing.

Going beyond mere photography of beautiful animals and places, Esther Beaton weaves appealing stories about them to produce nature features. Sometimes there is a fascinating story behind the pictures: The way orphaned fruit bats are raised by human carers. Or the way Sydney residents cope with deadly funnelweb spiders in their backyards. Or the tongue-in-cheek reactions of Queenslanders to cane toads.

Her endless ideas are generated by her vast experiences of travelling throughout Australia. She has clocked up 30 years of interacting with the locals (whether people or wildlife), living life at their level.

If you’re an editor, communications or marketing specialist, with a specific need or idea, Esther can research, interview and write the text to fit your publication. For especially large projects, Esther usually works in co-operation with an independent writer, so she can concentrate on the photography.

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Features available for license

Are you a frustrated editor? Too many white page deadlines and not enough fillers on tap? Then you may be interested in Esther Beaton’s tightly integrated, virtually ready-to-publish packages.

Short features to suit a variety of publishing needs are available. If you are an editor of a lifestyle, health, women’s, cooking, gardening, crafts, children’s, science, travel or, of course, a nature publication, you’ll be interested in browsing through some of these unpublished stories now.

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Assignments

After many years of freelancing in the corporate world, Esther has come “back home” to shooting only natural subjects, many with her own distinctive studio style. Most assignments carried out by Esther Beaton these days are “self-assignments”. However she does have a special fondness in her heart for Australian Geographic. Similar philosophies, based on a love of the land, means that she is one of their long-standing contributors—“perennial journal photographer” as the editor, Terri Cowley, put it.

Assignments to photograph wildlife and nature are not common. Not every photographer knows how to capture elusive animals on film. But Esther Beaton can. She has the experience and connections and frequently comes back with that “impossible” shot.

If you would like to discuss an assignment or feature, or commission exclusive photography for your needs only, please contact Esther.