At the intersection of art and advocacy, Rachel creates fine art wildlife photography specialising in seabirds and remote marine environments.

For over a decade, Rachel has travelled pole to pole from the cliffs and islands of Britain and Ireland to the Arctic, Antarctic and some of the world's most remote Subantarctic islands, documenting seabirds in the landscapes that define them. Entirely self-taught, her work is shaped by years of independent field experience, voluntary conservation work and self-directed study. Rachel's photography is founded on an intuitive approach that seeks not simply to document what a scene looks like, but what it feels like, moving away from conventional wildlife photography to develop her signature style guided only by the subjects she truly loves.​​

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Rachel serves as a Nikon Europe Creator and as an Ambassador for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). Her work has earned international recognition, including winning the Natural Artistry Award in Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the Portfolio Award in Bird Photographer of the Year. Her imagery has appeared in publications including National Geographic and New Scientist, while her lectures have been delivered at venues such as the Natural History Museum, the Royal Geographical Society, the UK Parliament and the National Museum of Scotland. Rachel's  clients include the United Nations, National Geographic, the Falkland Islands Government, WWF, Nikon Europe, Nikon Australia, the RSPB, the National Trust, Lord Howe Island Tourism Association, BirdLife Australia and the Natural History Museum among others. Alongside this public-facing work, Rachel is also entrusted with a select number of private commissions for high-profile clients, where discretion and expertise are paramount.

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Alongside her artistic practice, Rachel has become recognised as one of Britain's leading advocates for seabird conservation. She has documented the devastating impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on Britain's internationally important seabird colonies and led the international campaign that challenged Scotland's centuries-old Guga Hunt. Through her photography, public speaking and conservation work, she continues to champion the protection of seabirds, believing that photography remains one of conservation's most powerful storytelling tools.

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Rachel's specialist qualifications and extensive field experience allow her to lead photography programmes and expeditions across some of the world's most remote environments, from the polar regions to the seabird colonies of the British Isles, the North Atlantic and the Subantarctic. She is an AECO and IAATO-certified expedition guide, a licensed powerboat operator and a qualified emergency first aider, combining technical expertise with a teaching style rooted in encouragement, creativity and collaboration.

Passionate about making the creative industries more accessible, Rachel also mentors emerging photographers through university lectures, workshops and one-to-one guidance. Having built her own career without formal training, financial support or industry connections, she is committed to helping the next generation access opportunities that once felt beyond her own reach.

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The Founding Years

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Rachel’s connection to the natural world began in earliest childhood, shaped by an enduring curiosity and a deep love of wildlife passed down by her late grandfather. Growing up along the Sussex coast, she found inspiration and escape in wild places, first beginning to photograph nature on an iPod camera during her early teens. At seventeen, she purchased her first DSLR camera with all of her savings from a part-time job, and devoted herself to photographing the wildlife close to home; foxes in summer fields, winter seas and the changing rhythms of the seasons. But it was an encounter with a Northern Fulmar soaring along the chalk cliffs of East Sussex that ultimately changed the course of her life, sparking an enduring fascination with seabirds and the oceanic world they inhabit.

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Without financial privilege or formal training, Rachel forged her own path into the industry through persistence, fieldwork and relentless self-education. She volunteered on remote seabird islands to gain experience, immersed herself in behavioural study and conservation and sought opportunities wherever she could find them. Determined to learn, she attended lectures at universities she was never enrolled in, wrote hundreds of emails to industry professionals and travelled across the country for opportunities while working full-time to support her ambitions. By her early twenties, Rachel’s work had begun attracting wider attention through publications and sheer determination, leading to opportunities in broadcast and natural history filmmaking with BBC Earth, BBC One, Channel 4, Springwatch, and The One Show. One of the defining moments of her early career came while filming her beloved European Badger clan for Wild Isles, presented by Sir David Attenborough. Yet despite the world of broadcast filmmaking, Rachel found herself continually drawn back to the still image. For her, stills photography holds a unique power; the ability to distill emotion, atmosphere and story into one single frame.

That pursuit of emotional connection, artistry and authenticity continues to define her work today.