Patrick Palmen

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Overview

Patrick joined Buteo Photo Gear on 1 April 2022 to strengthen the team.
His current tasks are quite broad but are mainly: Contact person, development of new products, new product groups, marketing/webshops and sales.

‘Hi, my name is Patrick Palmen (1970). I’ve been watching birds, mammals and other animals since I was a teenager. I grew up in a beautiful environment with lots of nature and a nice river nearby.

When I was fourteen, I joined the Dutch Bird Protection Society (partner of BirdLife International) and used to go out as much as possible nearby to watch birds with my binoculars.

In 1995, birdphotography came into my life and became a great passion of mine. Some of you will remember the famous Novoflex 600mm f/8 met Pigriff B (Pistol grip) where I started with.

In the following years I have been using photo hides from Buteo Photo Gear many many times and I’ve gained a lot of experience with hide photography.

Nowadays, I photograph mainly in my immediate surroundings, with a focus mostly on birds, mammals, insects, reptiles & amphibians. Of course not always from a hide, but sometimes it seems pretty much photohides are my second home.