Paul Wishart Photography

Paul Wishart Photography Welcome! Paul's passion for photography, wildlife and nature can be felt in every one of his photos.

A friend recently asked for a print of one of my favourite wildlife photos. I offered up a couple suggestions and they c...
08/16/2026

A friend recently asked for a print of one of my favourite wildlife photos. I offered up a couple suggestions and they chose slide 15 from this sequence, which is one of my all time favourites as well!

I captured this little Green Heron back in 2023 from my kayak along the banks of Stratford's Avon River. It was a fascinating experience as I watched the little heron fish with a little stick, dropping it in the water, letting it float for a bit then picking it back up again and repeating the process.. Until this happened!

I'll post some videos showing the awesome fishing technique and the eventual swallow soon 😉

Nikon Z9 + 400mm f4.5 + 1.4 TC
560mm 1/1250 f6.3 ISO2000

06/26/2026

Here's a breakdown reel of the process I took to create the photo of BREAD & Lynn that won the Group Photo category in the Legend of the Lens hosted by YetiCon & KameraNinja (Paul Hillier)!

If you're familiar with wide aperture lenses you might have recognized that the 'photo' technically isn't possible with traditional lenses, at least on a Full Frame / 35mm sensor camera. Instead this image feels closer to what a medium or large format camera would produce.

This effect is called the or sometimes referred to as a Bokeh Panorama. It's achieved by taking multiple photos through a portrait or telephoto lens like the 85mm f1.2 used for this image, then stitching them together in the edit. The very shallow depth of field combined with the wide angle framing gives a very unique and soft/dreamy perspective.

The resulting image can be quite large and when taken on a high megapixel camera like my , you have the ability to crop in quite close or print quite large. The resolution on this one is 220mp.

Here's a better look at my photo of Lynn & BREAD that won the Group Photo category in the Legend of the Lens Photography...
06/25/2026

Here's a better look at my photo of Lynn & BREAD that won the Group Photo category in the Legend of the Lens Photography competition put on by YetiCon and hosted by KameraNinja (Paul Hillier).

A huge thank you to everyone involved and congratulations to the other winners and finalists! 👏👏👏

I'll post a breakdown of how this was created a bit later today. This is essentially a panoramic photo stitch that consists of 26 different photos taken with an 85mm f1.2. Stay tuned for a full breakdown 😉

06/19/2026

Finishing touches on the backdrop! Packing it in the car now 🙂

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Iceberg Lounge! Be sure to swing by and get some of your own photos on this hand made backdrop!

06/13/2026

One week left before YetiCon!

Here's a look at the updates to my light wall that I had at TGE in March. Lots of lessons learned from that build and I've taken steps to improve on it for Yeti.

The challenge is keeping the whole thing compact enough to move in a small SUV, quick to set up, compact footprint at the convention, doesn't break the bank, and looks cool in photos!

Come find me and this setup at the Iceberg Lounge and Frostfire Gala (weather permitting) events next weekend! This time the wall will be using golden light, which is a new look 🙂



05/16/2026

I missed the start of the solar storm last night, but happy to have been able to capture part if it regardless!

The Aurora was barely visible by eye in Stratford, just a slight brightening on the northern horizon, with the occasional line here and there when the pillars were at their strongest. Thankfully the camera sees much more than I can!

May 15 23:31-23:44
Nikon Z9 - 35mm f1.4
2.5s f/1.4 ISO500

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