Category Archives: africa

From Rhodes to Plettenberg Bay

This account picks up the story as we leave Rhodes in the Drakensberg Mountains of the Eastern Cape after our one night stay en route to Plettenberg Bay and Cape Town. We have friends (Chris and Julie Marias) living in … Continue reading

Posted in africa, News, safari, Tips, travel, Travel Guide | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Wildlife Panoramas

When one thinks of panoramas the mind automatically leaps to scenes of great vistas and awesome landscapes. (well mine does…) While working on our new book about lions I started playing about with shooting panoramas stitched from 2 or 3 images … Continue reading

Posted in africa, Equipment, photo, photo tips, photography, photoshop tutorials, predators, tuition, tutorial, wildlife, Workshops | 1 Comment

Lion Roaring at MalaMala

We are spending a few days at MalaMala Game Reserve working on our book about lions and on our first evening here came across this male lion on the airstrip. There were some lions calling to the north and he … Continue reading

Posted in africa, predators, safari, video | Comments Off

Mala Mala Predators

We are at Mala Mala Game Reserve at the moment and are having a very busy time shooting pix for our new book on lions. We’ve been getting some very nice material some of which I have put into a … Continue reading

Posted in africa, News, photography, predators, reserach, safari, video, wildlife | Leave a comment

Snow, Snow and More Snow

When it snows it South Africa it us usually greeted as something of a special occasion. Everyone behaves like children and there is much building of snowmen and throwing of snow balls. this inevitably leads to cold fingers, feet and, actually, everything … Continue reading

Posted in africa, beginner photography, learning safari, photo, photo tips, photographic workshop, photography, Workshops | Leave a comment

Lions Pinch Camera Followup

The interest in our Lions Pinch Camera video has been amazing with just under 20 000 view in 2 days! It seems it is on the London Telegraph web site, New York’s ABC Breakfast Show and the Huffington Post. And … Continue reading

Posted in africa, News, photo tips, predators, safari, Tips, video | Leave a comment

Lions Pinch Camera

While shooting pictures for our new book on lions (www.africanlions.co.za) at Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve (www.tswalu.com) we found some lions patrolling the fence line. We placed our GoPro action camera in their path hoping to catch some good footage of … Continue reading

Posted in africa, Equipment, photography, predators, safari, video | 28 Comments

Does this Pic Work?

I was showing some of the images we are shooting for our new book on lions (www.africanlions.co.za) to some friends the other night and this one caused a bit of controversy. Some of the group loved it – others thought … Continue reading

Posted in africa, photo, photo tips, photography, safari, Tips, wildlife | 15 Comments

Video with a DSLR

This is all very new to us! Having shot stills for the past er, well, more years than I care to remember we are starting to shoot a bit of video using Nikon’s D7000. What a lovely experience! Also included … Continue reading

Posted in africa, Equipment, kwazulu natal, News | Leave a comment

Botswana Photographic Safari

A friend of ours owns the Zambezi Queen based in Kasane in Botswana and we’ll be running a Photographic Safari there in June. Follow the link above to see how special this is. Have a look here for details. While … Continue reading

Posted in africa, learning safari, News, photographic workshop, photoshop tutorials, Travel Guide, Workshops | 1 Comment