A Mixed Bag follows fifteen years of fieldsports photography taken by the Shooting Times staff photographer, Paul Quagliana. The book covers everything from mainstream shooting sports to more obscure pastimes, politics, fishing and the flora and fauna that abound both in the UK and overseas. The world of British fieldsports and the countryside have remained relatively unchanged over the decades, but at the same time they have undergone radical changes of both a legislative and technological nature. A Mixed Bag records these pastimes and professions in almost all their forms. Whether it is ferreting on a wet day in the West Country, driven shooting, hunting under the hot sun of Africa or the vastness of Alaska or fly fishing on the lakes of Ireland, the camera records many moments, places and people that would otherwise have passed only into memory. With its stunning photographs and wide range of topics, A Mixed Bag is a wonderful record of sport and the countryside which will appeal to sportsmen and women the world over. AUTHOR: Paul Quagliana was brought up in Lancashire and gained a degree in English literature and history at the University of Central Lancashire and a photography diploma at Blackburn College before starting on the Shooting Times in 1994 as a junior reporter. Paul has shot and fished on three continents, was a former clay pigeon champion as a teenager and is a passionate angler, with sea fishing a favourite. Aside from fieldsports his hobbies include collecting vintage fishing tackle, books, cookery, music and a general fascination with the wildlife and people of the British Isles. SELLING POINTS: ?A Mixed Bag will be promoted through the Shooting Times ?Paul Quagliana is one of the most highly rated fieldsports photographers ?Cover sports in the UK, Africa and the US ILLUSTRATIONS Colour photographs *
