\u201cThere were water droplets everywhere, and I thought it would be a really nice time to go out and capture some photos of animals,” said Jamie, who has over 170,000 followers on her Instagram account.<\/a><\/p>\n Spotting a blob of spider\u2019s web among dead dock leaves, Jamie followed it until she found a garden spider, perhaps half a centimetre long, tucked up inside a hide-out which it weaves freshly each day.<\/p>\n Jamie Smart’s award-winning photograph -Credit:Wolverhampton Museum & Art Gallery\/Jamie Smart<\/p>\n Jamie used flash and a diffuser, \u201cchanging setting and angles and all sorts\u201d to light up the spider in a breath-taking shot.<\/p>\n Spiders are among Jamie\u2019s favourite creatures to photograph and she is keen to dispel fears about them.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cThey (spiders) don’t want to harm you. They\u2019re just full of character and some are really cute – their hunting behaviours are incredible\u201d.<\/p>\n Home-schooled Jamie\u2019s love of wildlife grew from her \u201cimmense\u201d early passion for dinosaurs.<\/p>\n She has been taking animal photographs since she was six and a half, supported by dad James, a carpenter who used to take photos as a hobby but hadn\u2019t picked up his camera in years.<\/p>\n James is now trying to master videography to film Jamie for social media, and to help her understand how the wildlife photography industry works.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWe’ve been learning together, we never stop.”<\/p>\n The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will be available inside Wolverhampton Museum & Art Gallery until January 25.<\/p>\n![\"Jamie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/87b6ecd8016d9ad5d018c5e8e15803a0.jpeg\"\/)
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