Category Archives: learning safari

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

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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

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Swaziland Photographic Workshop

We have just returned from Swaziland and more specifically from Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary and Mkhaya Game Reserve, part of the Great Game Parks stable. The idea was to run a pilot Photographic Workshop there with the intention of holding these … Continue reading

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Shallow Depth of Field

I am a member of the Pix Magazine photography forum (have a look here: http://pixmag.ning.com) and from time to time members ask advice. Here’s a recent one and I’ve posted it here because I think that it could be useful … Continue reading

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The Wild Dogs of Madikwe Photographic Safari.

Wow! What a Photo Graphic Safari that was! We had 5 people join us at Jaci’s Camp in Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa’s North West Province – Lousie Donald (Publisher of Pix Magazine), Tim and Yvonne Driman, Hilary Baak … Continue reading

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Photo Tip – Photographing Waterfalls.

When I mentioned to a friend recently that we were heading out to 88m high Karkloof Falls in the Kwazulu Natal Midlands to do some pix of the falls, all he said was, “what? In this @%*$ weather – it’s … Continue reading

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Howick Photo Workshop

We’ve just finished another of our Howick Photography and Photoshop Workshops held again at the delightful Yellowwood Cafe just outside town. We had some old friends along – Fran, Nick and Doug who have all done at least one of … Continue reading

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