Some photographers find their way to a camera gradually. For Brooke Whatnall, it was immediate.

Brooke picked up a camera in 2007, and within two years had turned that passion into a profession. From 2009 to 2012 he worked as a staff photographer with The Adelaide Advertiser, where daily news photography sharpened instincts that no classroom could teach: how to move fast, read a scene, and find the frame that tells the story. That grounding in photojournalism runs through everything that followed, from editorial commissions and advertising campaigns to wildlife, landscape, portrait, and a body of aerial work that is entirely his own.

His images have been published by National Geographic Adventure, and he has contributed to Getty Images and various other image libraries over the past decades. A Nat Geo commission took him deep into the Australian outback to document rock climbing and wildlife, work that remains among the most significant of his career. He is also a runner-up in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year for Landscape.

Brooke is a licensed tandem paragliding pilot, and that shapes his aerial photography in ways that are hard to fake. He isn't just pointing a camera from the air. He is flying. That dual identity as pilot and photographer runs through his portfolio and informs how he sees the world from above.

Now based in Berlin, Brooke is available for commercial, editorial, portrait, and real estate commissions across Europe and internationally.

For bookings and enquiries: info@brookewhatnall.com