Should we be concerned about the future of conservation? The reason I ask this is that last night a few of us went to a talk hosted by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and I was very disappointed with the turnout. No no, don’t get me wrong. The talk, by Andrew Jenkins of the Western Cape Raptor [...]
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Photography Meets Conservation – Make a Difference!
There are many different approaches to wildlife photography. You can shoot what you see and represent your subject in a documentary type fashion such as in the image below. Alternatively you can take more of a fine art approach where you use both your composition and post processing to create a more emotive, arty image. [...]
Don’t Turn a Blind Eye
In a recent post on his blog, Shem Compion asked “Who cares about the images you take?” I am amazed that more photographers don’t ask, or try to answer, this question. Is it perhaps because we are afraid of what the answer might be? What if no one cares about my images? What if if [...]
From Conservation to Photography
Been an unbelievably busy weekend and the next three two days also looks like there will be no rest! That is about as far from a complaint as you can get because during the last two days we have darted three White Rhino, captured two lions and flew across Madikwe in a helicopter. Amazing weekend! [...]
Wanted – White Leopard Images
Madikwe has a pale leopard called ‘Sepoko’ meaning ghost. The Leopard Conservation Project is currently looking for images and videos of this very rare African predator. If you work in, or have ever visited, the Madikwe Game Reserve and have any images of the pale male that gets seen around the western parts of the [...]
