Kruger National Park Photography Workshop

We’ve just got back from Rhino Post Safari Lodge in the Kruger National Park where we held a 5-day Photography and Photoshop workshop. We based the workshop at Rhino Post but all the participants had the opportunity to spend at least one night at the delightful, Out of Africa styled Plains Camp just a few kilometres away. What fun we had!! Days were filled with photography: early morning shoots followed by image analysis and Photoshop instruction followed by afternoon game drives and sundowners. One of the highlights was a sleep out in the park, really to photograph the full moon, but alas, poor weather conditions resulted in only occasional sightings of it. Still, it was a great experience and we had wonderful chats around the lovely camp fire and the occasional very strange image (like this one by Kim Stevens).

We did get some lovely images, the best probably at the hide at Lake Panic just outside Skukuza. There were a number of hippos lying on the shore fairly close by and we were able to get some great images of these huge animals as they started to move into the water as sunset approached. There were also some very large crocodiles present and a whole bunch of birds, including a very cooperative Darter.

I must say that the participants did produce some really fine images. As one put it, “Many thanks for a great experience; I learnt so much from you both and as I worked through my photos over the five days there is clearly a marked improvement. Although I have shot some quite good photos in the past the “delete” button was hit far less over the last two days with you; so I must have learnt something!!!?. Have a look at some of the images that were shot over the 5 days here.

We are in the process of setting up another one – probably in early October so that we can have another attempt at the full moon in the bush. It never rains in Kruger in October does it?!