Archive for Guest Posts

Guest Post: ‘Leopards & The Sabi Sands Game Reserve’ by Brendon Cremer

Sep 02, 2010 9 Comments by Gerry

Known locally as Ingwe, meaning “pure sovereignty”, the leopard can still be found on farmland as well as other habitats throughout Southern Africa where they co-exist with their human neighbours depending on the attitudes of both parties. Game Reserves that are inadequate in size to hold most big cats such as lion and cheetah, show [...]

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Guest Post: ‘Activism Through The Lens’ by David Devo Oosthuizen

Jul 22, 2010 2 Comments

Louis Psihoyos, Director of the most awarded and ultimately successful Activist Film to date ‘The Cove’ said it best for me when he exclaimed … “You are either an Activist or an Inactivist. I chose to become active”. Well, some years back I tipped into this very Active Mode when my Camera Lens no longer [...]

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Guest Post: ‘The Kgalagadi – Space, Sand, Silence, Serenity’ by Morkel Erasmus

Jul 08, 2010 12 Comments

A name that is certainly not unfamiliar in the natural world, is “The Kalahari”. Many people, although they haven’t been there, have heard about this strange hinterland where African bushveld merges with Namib desert in a marriage that produces one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. Covering a massive 900,000 square kilometers and [...]

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Guest Post: ‘Photography Tips’ by Phil Gould

Jul 01, 2010 4 Comments

The reason I started photography 28 years ago was to share my memories of my first school trip aboard to Israel. Photography is one of the biggest hobbies in the world, whether you are capturing your family, birthdays, weddings, celebrations or that special moment. Photography is all about passion, I still have the same excitement [...]

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Guest Post: ‘The Town of St Lucia’ by Nick van de Wiel

Jun 24, 2010 5 Comments

Hi everyone, It is time for post number two on the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and today I’d like to show you some images taken in and around the little town of St. Lucia. This cozy little town is situated in the southernmost part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and claims to be the only town [...]

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Guest Post: ‘The Beauty of Dreams’ by Wynand van Wyk

Jun 17, 2010 10 Comments

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt From a very young age, my family and I have been great lovers of nature and enjoy viewing nature for the masterpiece that it is. When I received my first camera at age 11, I started looking at my surroundings with [...]

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An Old Elephant

Jun 16, 2010 No Comments

This last week has been pretty slow from a wildlife photography point of view. In stead of digging in the archives I thought I would post a shot I got yesterday at the lodge.  Shot at midday, when most people would tell you to put your camera away. The image below shows Tsokwane, one of [...]

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Guest Post: ‘Black and White Photography and The Ethics Behind It’ by Etienne Oosthuizen

Jun 10, 2010 4 Comments

When asked Gerry me to be a guest blogger on Photo-Africa I was delighted at the opportunity. Especially to be considered to be at the same level of the people that have contributed to this site before and will after me…. so thank you. I had posted some black and white photos on my blog [...]

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Guest Post: ‘What Makes a Spectacular Landscape Photograph?’ by Mark Dumbleton

Jun 03, 2010 No Comments

What makes a spectacular landscape photograph? What is it that catches our attention? Why does a specific photograph work so well. These are, among many other some of the questions I ask myself when photographing landscapes. When I’m out in the field, capturing the essence of the destination is my goal. Many different factors contribute [...]

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Guest Post: ‘Two Leopards and One Tiny Snail’ by Tom Hadley

May 27, 2010 4 Comments

Like a lot of the contributors to Photo-Africa, I have a lifelong love of big cats. Gerry and the team do a great job of bringing the stories and images of Africa’s cats to a wider audience, so when he asked me if I’d write something for the site I hoped I wasn’t going too [...]

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Guest Post: ‘On Assignment: The Chobe Elephants’ by Paul Lindenberg

May 20, 2010 8 Comments

It doesn’t happen too often – a case of being in the right place at the right time – asked to shoot stills for an elephant research group based in the U.K. who had a field day in the Chobe, Botswana. Here’s the cut though – I had to take the standard issue elephant shots [...]

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