10% of the proceeds from William’s print sales are donated to his partnered conservation charity, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. An organisation focussed on the conservation of wildlife in Africa and Asia through an unyielding, holistic approach.

With William’s style deeply focussed on wildlife in its environment, working with organisations of this calibre and determination is a natural fit and prints are proudly embossed with the foundations logo next to William’s signature.

To date William’s work has been used to raise over £80,000 for a variety of charitable organisations.

As a photographer there are few places more exciting to visit than Amboseli, and perhaps nowhere in the world is there a more exhilarating place to photograph elephants. The combination of some of the last remaining ‘super tuskers’, huge families migrating between the national park and adjoining conservancies, and most dramatically, it all unfolds underneath Mt. Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free standing mountain.

My first visit to the area was in October 2020. We started each day on the Amboseli lake bed, which at the end of a long season without rain meant it was dry and the earth crumbled under our land rover's wheels. We were hoping to catch a group of elephants as they crossed from one side to the other - something they undertook twice a day; once coming in to the park for water in the morning and then back again in the evening to return to the hills and the abundance of food they contain.

On our third day of five in the area, we got extremely lucky. Arriving as one herd had almost crossed the lake and in to the long grass, the mountain clearly visible in the background and the beautifully textured earth framing the scene, the photo composed itself.

While I had hoped for some kind of moment like this, there’s so much out of your control that needs to fall into place. Mostly though, it wouldn’t have been possible without my guide, Eric Ole Kalama. Born just outside the park and a proud Maasai, Eric spent 10 years working for Dr. Cynthia Moss as part of her camp staff at Amboseli Trust for Elephants. Following his decade with Dr. Moss he went on to work as a guide at Tortillis, one of the regions most luxurious camps, before starting his own safari company and conservancy; Elephant Garden.

Without Eric I’d have very few photos to show for my time in Amboseli.