Guest Post: ‘Capturing Those Special Moments in Time’ by Mitchell Krog
I’ve always had a love for nature and the world around me and photography just opened up my eyes even more to the wonders of this world. To me there is nothing more special than capturing unique moments in time and having them there forever for the world to see. Photography is such a powerful [...]
Guest Post: ‘It Never Hurts to Have a Dream’ by David Lloyd
Someone once remarked to me the pointlessness of storing pictures on computers after taking them. I did this for a long time. Then I used my other skills to make a website to show them to other people. Then suddenly with that, a Flickr account, and a Facebook fan page I’ve had an unexpected number [...]
Guest Post: ‘The Photo Safari Business’ by Shem Compion
Gerry asked me to pen a few thoughts about the photo safari business. The more I thought about it, the harder it became. Firstly I don’t know where to start, and once I do get started, I won’t know when to end- there is so much to talk about. I tried making a video to [...]
Blog: Plan Your Safari
I have not had too much reading time the last while so for now a quick blog review. The idea with the Books & Blogs category is purely to highlight books and blogs that fall somewhere between wildlife & photography that you guys might find useful or interesting. I will be doing a whole lot [...]
iPhone Apps for an African Safari
The iPhone has changed the way the way people use their cellular phones.
Apart from the friendly and very funky user interface it is the thousands of applications that you can download to your phone that makes the iPhone such an addictive little gadget. With a multitude of photography apps and numerous references available I had [...]
A Lioness, Zebras and an African Sunset
Welcome to Monday! I was originally going to do a Daily Photo but decided to post a few images instead. Why? Well, we had quite a good weekend out in the field and I don’t really have enough time to write too much right now so posting images will have to do. Also working [...]
New Images Added: Gavin Tonkinson
Gavin Tonkinson has just uploaded new images to the Photo-Africa Stock Library.
Thirsty by Gavin Tonkinson
Thirsty Glance by Gavin Tonkinson
To view more of or purcahse any of Gavin’s images click here.
More soon.
Gerry
Guest Post: ‘Photographing Leopards’ by Marius Coetzee
As a wildlife photographer I have been very fortunate to photograph in many different African countries, from the rainforests of East & Central Africa to the beaches of South Africa. I have had the opportunity to photograph creatures from Mountain Gorilla’s to Ghost crabs.
But nothing compares quite like photographing a leopard in its wild habitat. [...]
Daily Photo: Elephant in B&W
Elephant in B&W
Madikwe Game Reserve
(Nikon D300, Sigma 50-500 @ 120mm, 1/125, f/5.6, ISO 200)
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This morning we sat watching a small herd of elephants as they slowly moved through the thickets. With the overcast skies casting a very soft diffused light the scene was tranquil, almost romantic. There is no doubt that golden morning sun is [...]
Daily Photo: African Sunset
African Sunset
Madikwe Game Reserve
(Nikon D300, 50 – 500 @ 125mm, 1/2500, f/8.0, ISO 200)
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An African sky with a sunset that lasts for ever. Dry tree with strategically placed herons. Lift camera. Click. Done.
Yeah, sometimes it really is as easy as that. See something beautiful, shoot it. Don’t worry about the aperture, ISO or any of [...]
Shooting the Light
Still in the process of bringing some older posts across since the move to Worpdress. This is one of them and more coming soon.
Why do we stop to have a drink when the sun sets?
I am all for having a drink and watching the sun set, and for some this is a near-religious experience, but [...]
The Dummy’s Guide
Right, now that the revamped blog is starting to work I thought I’d have a quick look at some of the new features.
This new Photo-Africa site has a much cleaner and easier feel to it which should make navigation around the site a lot easier. The previous site, even though it worked quite well, felt [...]
