Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.

I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?

I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.

Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.

For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.

But then one is always excited by descriptions of money changing hands. It's much more fundamental than sex.