Category Archives: africa

From Rhodes to Plettenberg Bay

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Roger

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 →

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Wildlife Panoramas

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Lion Roaring at MalaMala

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Mala Mala Predators

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Snow, Snow and More Snow

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Lions Pinch Camera Followup

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Lions Pinch Camera

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Does this Pic Work?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Video with a DSLR

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Roger

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 →

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Botswana Photographic Safari

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Roger

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 →

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