{"id":322476,"date":"2025-10-30T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?p=322476"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:02:13","slug":"the-young-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/entertainment\/general-entertainment\/the-young-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"THE YOUNG WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Love venturing outdoors? Got an eagle-eye for nature? Then this is the competition for you!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The <strong>Natural History Museum&#8217;s Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/strong> competition is one of the world&#8217;s top wildlife photography contests, celebrating remarkable photos that capture our wonderful wild world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Kids can take part, too, competing to become the <strong>Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year!<\/strong> Your images can cover any aspect of nature &#8211; from teeny ants and terrific trees to unusual habitats and urban animals. The competition is <strong>free to enter<\/strong> and you don&#8217;t need hi-tech camera equipment to take part. One of this year&#8217;s category winning picture was taken on a <strong>smartphone!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Could YOU be crowned the <strong>2027 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year?!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Meet a winner!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>10 year old<\/strong> <strong><em>Amelie Davis<\/em> <\/strong>won the <strong>\u2018Ten Years and Under\u2019 <\/strong>category in the <strong>2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition<\/strong> with this <strong>show-stopping<\/strong> shot of a <strong>bee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We had a quick chat with her\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amelie-Davis-Headshot-3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amelie-Davis-Headshot-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl working as a photographer whilst holding a camera with a long telephoto lens outdoors.\" class=\"wp-image-331240\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Hi Amelie! Congratulations on your win! What made you enter the competition?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I\u2019ve been fascinated by animals and insects for as long as I can remember. Then I saw <strong>last year\u2019s winner interviewed in National Geographic Kids magazine<\/strong> and was inspired to enter. It feels incredible to have <strong>won <\/strong>the <strong>10 Years and Under category<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What\u2019s your favourite animal to photograph?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I love <strong>photographing bees<\/strong>. I find their<strong> colours<\/strong>, <strong>stripes<\/strong> and <strong>furry<\/strong> <strong>bodies<\/strong> fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Just look at her <em>un-bee-liveably<\/em> awesome winning photograph!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Winning-Image-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Winning-Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"A fuzzy bumblebee, captured by a photographer, flies towards a tall, pale pink spiky wildflower in a sunny garden.\" class=\"wp-image-331244\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image \u2013 \u00a9&#xfe0f; Amelie Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Is there another creature you&#8217;d love to photograph?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Wild <strong>golden eagles<\/strong> are on my bucket list. I\u2019d love to go to <strong>Scotland<\/strong> and <strong>photograph<\/strong> one <strong>soaring through the sky<\/strong> in its <strong>natural habitat<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>That would be amazing. What do you think makes a great wildlife photo?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I think it should <strong>make you feel something<\/strong>. It might capture a <strong>really special<\/strong> or <strong>fleeting moment<\/strong>, show an animal in a way <strong>you haven\u2019t seen before<\/strong>, or <strong>tell a story<\/strong> about the natural world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What are some things you need to become a great wildlife photographer?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Be curious about the animals you want to photograph.<strong> Persevere and be patient <\/strong>\u2013 it will pay off. And <strong>know your camera<\/strong>! Learn how your camera or phone works and you\u2019re much more likely to achieve the photo you want when the <strong>perfect moment happens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What&#8217;s your top tip for kids looking to get into wildlife photography and enter this year\u2019s competition?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You don\u2019t have to go far to find a great subject. Look in your <strong>garden or a local park<\/strong> and just <strong>start taking photos<\/strong>, whether that\u2019s on a <strong>camera or a phone<\/strong>. If you capture a <strong>special moment<\/strong> that makes you think \u2018wow\u2019, <strong>enter it<\/strong>! You never know what might happen\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Amazing tips, thanks Amelie!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/competition\/enter-the-young-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition-copy\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/competition\/enter-the-young-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition-copy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION!<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love venturing outdoors? Got an eagle-eye for nature? Then this is the competition for you! The Natural History Museum&#8217;s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is one of the world&#8217;s top wildlife photography contests, celebrating remarkable photos that capture our wonderful wild world. Kids can take part, too, competing to become the Young Wildlife Photographer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/entertainment\/general-entertainment\/the-young-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE YOUNG WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2391,"featured_media":331252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,7,28,26],"tags":[],"christmas-category":[],"class_list":["post-322476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-entertainment","category-kids-club","category-nature","category-science","countries-ireland","countries-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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