Sean Pattrick is the founder of Natural Exposure CC, a company that was born in 2002 to offer others the exposure and experience of wildlife that Sean himself is passionate about, be it through the lens of a camera or in the form of guided nature safaris.
Sean has spent a lifetime in close proximity to nature having been schooled in the Natal Midlands and then following a career development path that included agricultural studies and farm management, a professional hunting apprenticeship and eventually field guiding. Sean has guided at and managed some of southern Africa’s top private lodges and in the process attained his FGASA level 3 qualification as well as Trails Guide (with Advanced Rifle Handling). He is also an accredited Theta / FGASA guides trainer and assessor. Sean enjoys sculpting and knife-making, with several fine pieces to his credit.
After years of experience living, working and travelling in deserts, deltas and the African bush, Sean became an accomplished photographer. He is now equally at home hanging from a helicopter shooting elephant and rhino captures, tracking the big five for photographic safaris, collaborating with magazine journalists for foreign publication commissions and submitting travel articles.
Natural Exposure has a vast travel and wildlife image library comprising thousands of images. From these Sean creates giant-size works for photographic exhibitions and interior decorators, lodges and hotels, plus smaller pictures and cards. Although his work concentrates mostly on classic wildlife photography, it incorporates a wide range of genres.
Travels to international destinations include Europe, U.K., Australia and New Zealand. Closer to home Sean has extensively travelled his homeland, South Africa and Southern African countries including Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho,Mozambique, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Sean’s articles have been published in the following magazines (to name a few):
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- Africa Geographic www.africageographic.com
- Country Life
- Saturday Star Travel
- Diversions
- Sawubona
- Progress
- Sports Afield (USA)
- Practical Photographer (UK) (April 2006)
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