Professional Grouse Shooting Photography
Oli Lees is a UK-based professional sporting photographer specialising in game shooting and country sports photography, including grouse shooting.
With more than 15 years of professional photography experience and first-hand knowledge of the shooting world, Oli understands the rhythm and demands of a sporting day. His approach is to photograph more than simply the action, capturing the character and atmosphere of the experience through sporting action, people, dogs, landscapes and the surrounding environment.
Spaniel retrieving a grouse.
Based in Warwickshire, Oli is available for grouse shooting photography commissions throughout the UK and for selected international sporting assignments.
Driven Grouse Shooting
Driven grouse shooting provides a unique photographic environment. The speed of the birds, the landscape of the moors and the character of the sporting day all contribute to a distinctive visual story.
Oli's sporting photography aims to capture the complete experience of driven grouse shooting, from the preparations before the first drive through to the action itself and the moments between drives.
Photography can include:
Grouse in flight
Sporting action
Guns and shooting parties
Dogs and handlers
Gamekeepers
Sporting portraits
Moorland landscapes
Sporting estates
Vehicles and equipment
The atmosphere between drives
The wider experience of the shooting day
Photography Beyond the Action
A successful grouse shoot is about considerably more than photographing birds in flight.
The landscape, weather, people, dogs, gamekeepers and traditions surrounding the day all contribute to the story.
Oli's photography combines action images with quieter documentary and environmental photographs, creating a collection that reflects the character of the entire sporting experience.
This approach can be particularly valuable for shooting estates, sporting organisations, private clients and editorial commissions looking for photographs that tell a story rather than simply record an event.
Photography for Sporting Estates
Professional photography can provide an important visual resource for a sporting estate.
Oli Lees can create photography suitable for:
Estate websites
Sporting brochures
Editorial features
Social media
Marketing campaigns
PR and press
Private archives
Sporting publications
Promotional material
A shoot can provide opportunities to photograph not only the sporting action but also the estate, moorland, people, dogs, gamekeepers and wider sporting environment.
Grouse in flight
Editorial Grouse Shooting Photography
Oli Lees has extensive editorial photography experience, with work associated with national newspapers and specialist publications covering shooting, country sports, rural life and other subjects.
His editorial portfolio includes work associated with publications including The Field, The Shooting Times, Sporting Gun, Fieldsports Journal, Horse & Hound, Farmers Weekly, The Times and The Sunday Times.
This experience allows sporting commissions to be approached with both the requirements of professional photography and the visual storytelling expected of editorial work.
A Photographer Who Understands Shooting
First-hand knowledge of shooting is an important part of photographing a sporting day successfully.
Oli has extensive experience in the fields, woodlands and moors of the UK and has photographed shooting ranging from smaller farm shoots through to exclusive driven shooting.
Understanding the way a shoot operates helps a photographer anticipate the action, work unobtrusively and recognise the moments that tell the wider story of the day.
UK & International Sporting Photography
Although based in Warwickshire, Oli Lees works throughout the UK and is available for international shooting and hunting commissions.
His international sporting work can combine photography and video to document the complete experience of a sporting trip, from the landscape and journey through to the people, wildlife and sporting action.
For international commissions, availability and requirements can be discussed directly.
Photography & Video
Oli Lees also provides professional video alongside still photography.
This can be particularly useful for estates, sporting organisations and commercial clients who want to create a broader library of visual content from a shooting day.
Photography and video can be commissioned separately or as part of a wider sporting project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you photograph driven grouse shooting?
Yes. Grouse shooting forms part of Oli Lees's wider sporting and game shooting photography work. Commissions can focus on the sporting action as well as the wider experience of the day.
Where do you photograph grouse shooting?
Oli Lees is based in Warwickshire and works throughout the UK. He is available for suitable grouse shooting commissions in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK.
What do you photograph during a grouse shoot?
As well as grouse in flight and sporting action, photography can include guns, shooting parties, dogs, gamekeepers, landscapes, sporting estates, portraits and the atmosphere surrounding the day.
Can you photograph an entire sporting day?
Yes. A commission can be planned around the complete experience, from preparations and the start of the day through to the drives, time between drives and the wider sporting environment.
Do you work with shooting estates?
Yes. Photography can be commissioned by shooting estates and sporting organisations for websites, brochures, editorial, PR, social media and other marketing purposes.
Can photographs be used for editorial purposes?
Yes. Oli has extensive editorial photography experience and has worked with national and specialist publications. Usage requirements can be discussed as part of the commission.
Do you provide video as well as photography?
Yes. Oli provides both professional photography and video and can discuss combined stills and video requirements for sporting commissions.
Do you travel for grouse shooting photography?
Yes. Oli is based in Warwickshire but works throughout the UK and is available for suitable international sporting and hunting commissions.
About Oli Lees
Oli Lees is a professional sporting, commercial and editorial photographer based in Warwickshire, England.
With more than 15 years of professional experience, his work spans sporting photography, commercial photography, editorial photography and video.
His sporting experience includes driven shooting, grouse shooting, international shooting and hunting, deer stalking and wider country sports.
Oli graduated from Arts University Bournemouth with a First Class Honours degree in Commercial Photography.
Enquiries
If you are looking for a professional photographer for a grouse shoot, sporting estate, editorial commission or wider country sports project, get in touch to discuss your requirements.