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I Followed Squirrels Daily With My Camera For 6 Years And Here Are 50 Of My Best Photos
I am a Dutch/Swedish international awarded photographer specializing in photographing red squirrels. My work has been published widely abroad in newspapers, books, calendars, radio and television, and magazines.
Six years ago, a fox was standing on my doorstep, and I immediately rushed back inside to fetch some meat. The fox would come back daily to get more food, and I used that as an opportunity to do some wildlife photography.
By the end of a second week, the wild animal would come to the balcony where it interacted with various props I used for photography. Soon, a Russian bird visited me and continued doing so daily. Suddenly, my balcony had become a wildlife photographers' studio filled with nature props, cameras, mirrors, etc. The bird followed me, and I followed the bird with my camera, as it searched for hidden food in scenes that I had created. Some photos of this encounter were awarded and published. Eventually, cute squirrels appeared, and they still come daily to my outside studio. Little did I know back then that the wildlife would become my living.
Since last year I have been organizing squirrel workshops at home. These workshops are organized to occur two times a year when the baby squirrels arrive. A maximum of 3 participants can join this 5-day workshop.
Scroll down to see a collection of my works featuring the cute animals.
More info: geertweggen.com | Instagram | Facebook | flickr.com | geertweggen.com
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"Hello, huh, I would like to order a Big Mac and a large root beer. Can you hear me? Man, I hate this new drive-thru system."
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holyshit 6 years ago
all these pictures look like the squirrels are being paid. All perfectly shot. The poses are so dramatic
Geert Weggen (Submission author) 6 years ago
Thanks for the wonderful comments.
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David Viesta 6 years ago
Squirrel to nuts: "Do you see all your friends scattered on the ground? You better tell me what I want to hear or you will be next."
Andy Bradbury 5 years ago
At a guess, the wood, nut and axe are all fixed together. If this is a regular feeding spot, you just have to wait until the squirrel turns up. Then take LOADS of photos and hope you get at least ONE good one. Patience. Lots of patience.
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Barb Knight 6 years ago
"I'd rather use my teeth to open these nutshells. These tiny hammers were made in China."
Geert Weggen (Submission author) 6 years ago
I glued the axe in the nut and the nut I glued also
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Marylou Burke 5 years ago
This is amazing. Did he really break them in two? I love all the pictures. Thank you for Sharing with us.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
You are darn good, but how did you get the squirrel to hold that tool ???
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oh dear he looks like he's going over the speed limit. Better scurry away!
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"Hello, is it the police? There is a man following me and taking pictures, please send help."
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David Viesta 6 years ago
First squirrel: "Are you sure you know how to use it properly?" Second squirrel: "Of course I do, I watched all the seasons from Arrow and the Hunger Games movies".
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The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
Thank you so much for these! Squirrels are my favorite animal and these definitely made my day :)
Vicki Fisher 6 years ago
So beautiful I love squirrels. My late partners name was CYRIL but my little grandson always called him Skirrl which became Squirrel... everyone called him Squirrel till the day he passed away. There are two squirrels engraved on his headstone 🐿💜🐿💜🐿
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
Ridiculously adorable! Squirrels are precious, and these pictures have made me love them even more! Thank you for giving us these. It couldn’t have been easy.
Chicago Kitty 6 years ago
These are wonderful! So adorable they made my heart happy to look at them. I've always found squirrels to be charming little creatures and these photos prove they are.
Full Name 6 years ago
I can't imagine this type of shot when looking for something specific like it grabbing the tiny letter out of the tiny mailbox. It's like "Wait for iiiiit, waaaaiiiit for iiiiiit............yes!". Must kill you every time the thing does indeed happen when you take your eye off the subject for just a second to check settings or adjust your position, haha.
danielw 6 years ago
I'm guessing there was something interesting/ smelly on the letter or in the mailbox- possibly peanut butter? Does that work on squirrels? even then, though, yes. Yes indeed.
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Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
Now I use a 50-500 mm, but I used different lenses like the 150-600
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Геннадий Алёхин 6 years ago
Очень забавный post !!! 😊 Терпение фотографа, чтоб поймать нужный момент, и чёткость снимков - потрясающие 👍👍👍 👏
Petia Vladimirova 6 years ago
Fantastic job! You can hardly see photos with so much care to nature today. And those must be 6 years making photos with pleasure. Regards!
Mama Panda 6 years ago
Omgoodness they are so cute! Such wonderful and fun pictures. Thank you for sharing!!! By any chance, do you have these in calendars? I would be interested =)
Zaheen Muhammad 6 years ago
Fantastic work sir. Can't even imagine how much effort each one of these would've taken! Would definitely love to see more of your work..
Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
They are alive. Videos can be watched on youtube
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Suzanne Kelsey 3 years ago
Amazing photographs such skill, talent, imagination and patience! Thank you just what we all need in our troubled world.
Hanlei Chang 4 years ago
looking at the photos ... it calms me down and makes me smile when I am agitated and aggravated at work ... Thank you, Geert.
Dot Arnott 5 years ago
Oh my word, what patience and ingenious ideas you have. I love every single picture
Dot Arnott 5 years ago
Oh my word, what a lot of patience and ingenious ideas. I love every one.🐿🐿🐿
Deborah Flanery 5 years ago
your pictures are mesmerizing, I could look at them all day......truly exceptional!!
Patrick Foss 6 years ago
Beautiful photos! You should make a calendar for people who love squirrels.
Maria Caterina 6 years ago
I love pictures of wild animals enjoying nature! Never tamed by Humans. They seem so happy!!!
Maria Caterina 6 years ago
Awesome pictures. I love to see wild animal enjoying nature, they seem so happy!!!
Rich McCormick 6 years ago
I love our little furry friends. This is all wonderful but as a fellow artist I'd love to know how you set up some of the more fantastical scenes. Are they so used to you that the two with you in the frame real or did you photoshop your in? In any case, loved them all!
Trish Christoffersen 6 years ago
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for making me smile this morning!
Johanna Kidd 6 years ago
I cannot believe how gorgeous these squirrel pictures are, the photographer has a unique joy that shows in each&every photo. Loved all of them
Artahmiss 6 years ago
These are adorable and fantastical! These creatures are majestic! But the title of this post is misleading, you did not "follow" these squirrels; which implies a more organic nature by which you captured these images. But that is also not the point of these photos. Maybe something like: I've been photographing squirrels for 6 years and here are some of the most fanciful images I've captured.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Some pictures are beautiful, some are funny, some are "When you go over the top with Photoshop."
Susan Robinson-Collins 6 years ago
Ummmmmm....what did I miss. These are almost all photoshopped. Whats the point.
Joelle Kohn 6 years ago
Squirrels are cute in life. Great job photographing the cutest squirrels. You made us happy!
Destiny Dreama 6 years ago
I rescued a baby grey squirrel that fell from his nest... I still have Scrat 4 years later.. They are absolutely sooo smart and adorable! Very misunderstood animals! You have done an amazing job and I absolutely Adore each and every one of these pictures! Thank you for sharing!I'm in Love with them ALL!💞
Bonita Bielawski 6 years ago
Haha. You're also stupid. Do you assume I live in a city far from any nature?. I jdon't. You world and your understanding of it is pretty small hey
Juan-Carlos Saez 6 years ago
If somebody ask me for a specialist in red squirrels I would highly recommend you Sir. Jokes out your work is pure magic, every picture took me to dwarfs and fairies time,thank you so much
Sally Rohrer 6 years ago
These pictures are nothing but GREAT, especially the concept, use of flash fill, composition, backgrounds, colors and magic. I'm a fan!
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I like the ones in their natural settings over the ones with human props in them. The items, like the umbrellas and the toys, just take away from the beauty of the squirrels themselves. It's just those ones seem faked or staged instead of natural.. Great Photos though!
XEOFIRE XEOCHANGE 6 years ago
Please, stop with the fake stuff. I would like to see genuine photos.
Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
They are real photos. Mostly 1 photo and a time I used 2 of my photos together. Videos can be seen how these photos are taken on youtube
Load More Replies... Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
That way they have both hands free
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Taming a fox and training it not to be afraid of people isn't doing that animal any favours. In fact, it's a good way to get the fox killed.
Bonita Bielawski 6 years ago
There's always gotta be that one person who knows better.
Load More Replies... The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
Thank you so much for these! Squirrels are my favorite animal and these definitely made my day :)
Vicki Fisher 6 years ago
So beautiful I love squirrels. My late partners name was CYRIL but my little grandson always called him Skirrl which became Squirrel... everyone called him Squirrel till the day he passed away. There are two squirrels engraved on his headstone 🐿💜🐿💜🐿
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
Ridiculously adorable! Squirrels are precious, and these pictures have made me love them even more! Thank you for giving us these. It couldn’t have been easy.
Chicago Kitty 6 years ago
These are wonderful! So adorable they made my heart happy to look at them. I've always found squirrels to be charming little creatures and these photos prove they are.
Full Name 6 years ago
I can't imagine this type of shot when looking for something specific like it grabbing the tiny letter out of the tiny mailbox. It's like "Wait for iiiiit, waaaaiiiit for iiiiiit............yes!". Must kill you every time the thing does indeed happen when you take your eye off the subject for just a second to check settings or adjust your position, haha.
danielw 6 years ago
I'm guessing there was something interesting/ smelly on the letter or in the mailbox- possibly peanut butter? Does that work on squirrels? even then, though, yes. Yes indeed.
Load More Replies... Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
Now I use a 50-500 mm, but I used different lenses like the 150-600
Load More Replies... Геннадий Алёхин 6 years ago
Очень забавный post !!! 😊 Терпение фотографа, чтоб поймать нужный момент, и чёткость снимков - потрясающие 👍👍👍 👏
Petia Vladimirova 6 years ago
Fantastic job! You can hardly see photos with so much care to nature today. And those must be 6 years making photos with pleasure. Regards!
Mama Panda 6 years ago
Omgoodness they are so cute! Such wonderful and fun pictures. Thank you for sharing!!! By any chance, do you have these in calendars? I would be interested =)
Zaheen Muhammad 6 years ago
Fantastic work sir. Can't even imagine how much effort each one of these would've taken! Would definitely love to see more of your work..
Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
They are alive. Videos can be watched on youtube
Load More Replies... Suzanne Kelsey 3 years ago
Amazing photographs such skill, talent, imagination and patience! Thank you just what we all need in our troubled world.
Hanlei Chang 4 years ago
looking at the photos ... it calms me down and makes me smile when I am agitated and aggravated at work ... Thank you, Geert.
Dot Arnott 5 years ago
Oh my word, what patience and ingenious ideas you have. I love every single picture
Dot Arnott 5 years ago
Oh my word, what a lot of patience and ingenious ideas. I love every one.🐿🐿🐿
Deborah Flanery 5 years ago
your pictures are mesmerizing, I could look at them all day......truly exceptional!!
Patrick Foss 6 years ago
Beautiful photos! You should make a calendar for people who love squirrels.
Maria Caterina 6 years ago
I love pictures of wild animals enjoying nature! Never tamed by Humans. They seem so happy!!!
Maria Caterina 6 years ago
Awesome pictures. I love to see wild animal enjoying nature, they seem so happy!!!
Rich McCormick 6 years ago
I love our little furry friends. This is all wonderful but as a fellow artist I'd love to know how you set up some of the more fantastical scenes. Are they so used to you that the two with you in the frame real or did you photoshop your in? In any case, loved them all!
Trish Christoffersen 6 years ago
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for making me smile this morning!
Johanna Kidd 6 years ago
I cannot believe how gorgeous these squirrel pictures are, the photographer has a unique joy that shows in each&every photo. Loved all of them
Artahmiss 6 years ago
These are adorable and fantastical! These creatures are majestic! But the title of this post is misleading, you did not "follow" these squirrels; which implies a more organic nature by which you captured these images. But that is also not the point of these photos. Maybe something like: I've been photographing squirrels for 6 years and here are some of the most fanciful images I've captured.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Some pictures are beautiful, some are funny, some are "When you go over the top with Photoshop."
Susan Robinson-Collins 6 years ago
Ummmmmm....what did I miss. These are almost all photoshopped. Whats the point.
Joelle Kohn 6 years ago
Squirrels are cute in life. Great job photographing the cutest squirrels. You made us happy!
Destiny Dreama 6 years ago
I rescued a baby grey squirrel that fell from his nest... I still have Scrat 4 years later.. They are absolutely sooo smart and adorable! Very misunderstood animals! You have done an amazing job and I absolutely Adore each and every one of these pictures! Thank you for sharing!I'm in Love with them ALL!💞
Bonita Bielawski 6 years ago
Haha. You're also stupid. Do you assume I live in a city far from any nature?. I jdon't. You world and your understanding of it is pretty small hey
Juan-Carlos Saez 6 years ago
If somebody ask me for a specialist in red squirrels I would highly recommend you Sir. Jokes out your work is pure magic, every picture took me to dwarfs and fairies time,thank you so much
Sally Rohrer 6 years ago
These pictures are nothing but GREAT, especially the concept, use of flash fill, composition, backgrounds, colors and magic. I'm a fan!
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I like the ones in their natural settings over the ones with human props in them. The items, like the umbrellas and the toys, just take away from the beauty of the squirrels themselves. It's just those ones seem faked or staged instead of natural.. Great Photos though!
XEOFIRE XEOCHANGE 6 years ago
Please, stop with the fake stuff. I would like to see genuine photos.
Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
They are real photos. Mostly 1 photo and a time I used 2 of my photos together. Videos can be seen how these photos are taken on youtube
Load More Replies... Geert Weggen (Post author) 6 years ago
That way they have both hands free
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Taming a fox and training it not to be afraid of people isn't doing that animal any favours. In fact, it's a good way to get the fox killed.
Bonita Bielawski 6 years ago
There's always gotta be that one person who knows better.
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