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Botswana Workshop

August 28, 2022 - If you want to enjoy a river cruise while photographing wildlife, this workshop is for you. Each participant has a sw...
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Animal Portraits

January 17, 2021 - Animals also make nice portrait images. But what can we do to give them a bit of life? We can wait for the growl, yawn,...
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Frame-rate and wildlife photography

January 10, 2021 - Which of these two images do you prefer? I and the people I show my images to tend to prefer the last image. But why? W...
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Look-room & choosing a position to shoot from

January 03, 2021 - In the video industry, they often refer to "look-room." Look-room speaks of leaving enough room for the subject to look...
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Wildlife photography: the myth of always needing to fill the frame

December 27, 2020 - Generally speaking, we want to fill the frame with the animal. But doing that can be boring and can miss telling the sto...
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Depth of Field (wildlife photography)

December 20, 2020 - When photographing wildlife we all want that creamy out-of-focus backgrounds that we always see in award-winning images.
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Mixing the abstract with wildlife

December 13, 2020 - Abstract photography is usually reserved for a different genre of photography than wildlife photography. But why not com...
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Animal interaction

December 06, 2020 - This bird (oxpecker) had a free-range. The buffalo allowed it to go wherever it wanted to go unhindered. But why? Why wo...
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Zoom out a bit

November 29, 2020 - With wildlife photography, we always want to zoom in close. It is tempting and for good reason as such images are striki...
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Get the shot

November 08, 2020 - It was close to sunset. We were driving near Savuti in Botswana. A Leopard was spotted some distance away and we were in...
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Follow the Action

October 18, 2020 - The rule of thumb with almost all photography is to follow the action. In landscape photography that may be where the co...
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Get Creative with Animals

October 11, 2020 - Okay, so you already have 21 images of the elephant bathing in the mud or drinking water. Do you shoot 40 more or drive...
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Focus and Motion

September 13, 2020 - Should all images always be totally in focus? We all know that blurred backgrounds are very nice when shooting flowers,...
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Intimate Wildlife

June 13, 2020 - From time to time we have the good fortune to get really close to wildlife. Firstly, always stay safe. Wild animals are...
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Do wildlife photography from a low angle

June 07, 2020 - Drone photography has really taken off and for good reason. Some drone taken images are just wonderful. If you look at r...
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Show life

April 26, 2020 - In wildlife photography it is important to showcase life, show life living, doing what wildlife does. This means that we...
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Animal interaction

April 19, 2020 - Animals also have emotions. Dogs, for example, are happy to see you when you come home. They like interacting with you....
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Size and Proportions

April 12, 2020 - When different sizes and proportions are juxtaposed it creates contrast. This is when we see how large something really...
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Capturing birds in flight

March 29, 2020 - Getting good pictures of birds in flight can be some of the most difficult types of photography you can do. The smaller...
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Intimacy in wildlife photography

March 22, 2020 - We often show animals in their environment and take landscape images of animals in the landscape. These images can be wo...
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Focus creates interest

March 15, 2020 - Firstly, I am not talking about focus, as in focusing the lens, here. I am talking about when animals focus in a special...
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Life is harsh, show it

March 08, 2020 - Life is harsh. Life happens and it is not always kind. In the animal world, it is often eat or be eaten. When you witnes...
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Wildlife Moments 2

March 01, 2020 - Continuing on with last week's topic, always try to add something special to wildlife photography. Capture special littl...
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Wildlife Moments

February 23, 2020 - Photography is all about capturing a moment in time that can have someone look at it for a long time. Wildlife photograp...
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Wildlife and patience

February 16, 2020 - Wildlife photography is really difficult! Yes, anybody can take a nice-looking image of a static animal just looking at...
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Shooting the action

August 25, 2019 - Wildlife photography requires patience and persistence. You might drive for an hour or so without even seeing any animal...
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Composing wildlife images

August 18, 2019 - We typically have two options when it comes to the composition of wildlife. Either we photograph the animal showing it i...
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Setting gear up for wildlife photography

August 11, 2019 - Pre-setup Before actual photography should take place, watch a few videos to setup your autofocus system for wildlife....
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Wildlife photography tips

August 04, 2019 - During August I will be co-teaching a wildlife safari workshop in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Having grown up in South Africa...
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Be ready!

October 14, 2018 - During our recent photographic workshop in Namibia, I was reminded how important it is to be ready. Many people miss onc...
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Add interest to wildlife

April 22, 2018 - Animals can make great imagery. Just like in landscape images you also require good light. The good news is that wild an...
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Tell a story

November 19, 2017 - A picture is worth a thousand words. Are your images telling a story? How about using a sequence to tell the story? Ima...
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Animal photography

October 29, 2017 - Animals can be well camouflaged; their survival depend on it. That makes them difficult to spot. Now that you have spott...
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Wildlife photography tips: Part III - Use good composition

November 22, 2015 - Animals and birds do not often cooperate with photographers. At times they turn their backs at us. At other times they j...
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Wildlife photography tips: Part II - Getting better shots

November 15, 2015 - The same tips apply here as we discussed during the bird photography series of blogs a few weeks back. Shots that show i...
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Wildlife photography tips: Part I - Setting up your gear

November 08, 2015 - So you want to shoot wildlife. As discussed before a crop camera is preferred over a full frame camera. A crop camera ha...
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