Gail Bisson

Dr Gail Bisson

Gail is a newly retired family physician who now lives the dream. She travels extensively photographing birds and other wildlife. She lives in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia with husband Elwood, who encourages her passion for photography and supports her global wildlife wanderings.

Having almost failed an ornithology course at university, she swore off birds until a chance encounter with a lilac-breasted roller in Tanzania in 2011. Struck by how beautiful the bird was, she took many pictures with her point and shoot. Those pictures turned out to be her favorite images of the safari and upon her return to Canada, she bought her first DSLR.

Gail has quickly become a photographic force to be reckoned with and 2020 has seen her pick up a stack of awards including Bird Photographer of the Year Inspirational Encounters Award Winner, Amateur Category Winner of the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards, and 2020 Grand Prize Winner of ‘Everybody Duck’ Kingbirder photo contest.

Gail is in charge of our very first monthly contest entitled ‘Wet’ which will be open for entries during the month of January 2021.

Each of our judges were asked to supply six images that define them as photographers. See Gail’s images in the gallery below. You can also see more of her work on her website and social media channels, the links for which are given below:

Website: https://gailbissonphotography.zenfolio.com/

Instagram: @gailmbisson

Facebook: @gailbisson

Find out more about Gail and her photography by watching the Facebook live with competition founder and organiser Rob Read as they both share some of their favourite images. Unfortunately, the show came to an early end due to technical problems, but we promise to finish it!