I offer plenty of advice to my guests when we are on safari especially at the beginning of the trip and when we are approaching something exciting. I often mention an ISO that I think will give a fast enough shutter speed, or I suggest [...]
FINEST LUANGWA: NSEFU SECTOR ULTIMATE PHOTO SAFARI "Peak-season safari with sightings and lighting conditions at their finest, in a remote and exclusive area of South Luangwa National Park"
We were very fortunate to enjoy an outstanding leopard sighting on our last morning of safari last week. The sighting occurred just as the sun was coming above the trees, and a shaft of beautiful light struck the cat from the side. What made the [...]
I had been looking forward to this safari from the moment I took the booking last year: 12 nights in two different camps at a great time of the year in Luangwa. I could already feel the excitement that I knew would grow every time [...]
Early on our last morning, we found these two lionesses resting on the river bank. They had stalked and chased a warthog, but failing to catch it, they settled down to sleep. Their heads were kept up by the presence of 6 lions on the [...]
Ever since auto-focus appeared on cameras, photographers have used the shutter button to focus, meter and take the final shot - half-press to focus & meter, and full-press to take the shot. When you half-pressed the shutter button, the camera's focusing system would behave in [...]
Another week of safari has come to an end; this time round our time was split between the excellent, remote Nsefu Sector and the wonderfully game-rich central area of the South Luangwa NP. I was joined by Patrick Cooper, a Kiwi on his first safari [...]
For me, the purpose of having a grasp of camera settings and post-production techniques is to allow me to best capture the beautiful sights that I see, not to falsely exaggerate them. After all, in the bush there's little need to overstate the beauty of [...]
Colin wrote to me recently with the following short summary - "We both had a great time. Sitting in my office in Sydney, I wish I was in your office!" Need we say any more??! I'm really grateful that he has sent me his [...]
It's a common event: a beautiful sight, which just doesn't come out on your camera how it looks to your eyes... There are various reasons for this, but the most common is probably that your camera cannot capture the range of tones (we call it [...]
