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Howick Photographic Workshop.

It started off as a rather small, informal little workshop for a previous participant (Tammy) on one of our previous workshops and also for the son of some friends who is heading back to university in the next day or … Continue reading

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Nikon D4

Great Excitement. The Nikon D4 has just been announced and I haves never desired and camera more than this one. [Just hang on - I need to pop out and see the bank manager... ] Have a look at these … Continue reading

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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

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500px Plugin for Lightroom.

Wow, now this is a useful one: 500px (a wonderful site that allows you to post photographic portfolios and images and follow and interact with other photographers) has just launched a publish plugin for Adobe Lightroom. For those of us … Continue reading

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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

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Photo Tip, Canon 100 – 400 mm IS Lens

We have just got back from a few very enjoyable few days at Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve  where we photographed the capture of some lions that were being moved to another game reserve for our new book on lions. During our stay … Continue reading

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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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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

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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

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Don’t Pack Your Camera Gear Away!

We were doing a shoot at St Lucia, Part of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site in KwaZulu Natal. One of the things we were covering was the Santa Lucia launch tour and we’d done the whole thing … Continue reading

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