HDR photography has been around for a while and continues to be a ‘love it’ or ‘hate it’ type of thing. I am not one of those people who avoid HDR like the plague and, at best, I have dabbled around with multiple exposure images. I do enjoy playing around with it and can most [...]
This last weekend has been rather quiet from a wildlife photography point of view. Even though we saw a few lions, elephants and rhino there was never a moment where I felt that ‘I need to grab my camera NOW’. All the subjects we sat watching, or followed around waiting for photo opportunities, just did [...]
To take good wildlife photographs you have to have a lens big enough to scare little children! ;) You see, this weekend I decided to shoot exclusively with my Nikon D300 and a Nikon 80-200 f/2.8. Limiting yourself to one lens is not only a great way to start thinking creatively about your images, rather [...]
Whether people who are viewing your work know anything about photography or not, exposure is important. It is up to you as the photographer to make sure you produce correctly exposed images time after time and not just shoot and hope for the best. This is probably one of the more difficult for someone just [...]
Panic! I have started this blog with the word “panic” The reason? Photographers at some time PANIC, how do I know this PANIC? Because it happened to TWO photographers at the same time at the same place with the same vista in front of us Time: Two minutes before Gate close Place: Addo Elephant National [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to September! Before we get going with this month’s free wallpaper downloads, a big thanks to Brendon Cremer for his guest post yesterday. I am sure you will agree – that is about as good a leopard photography gets! Truly spectacular photographs! Thanks for sharing! Make sure to go and check out Brendon’s site [...]
Welcome to August! I am sure that by now you know how this works. If not, it’s simple. Simply scroll down, choose your favorite image, click to download and save. Simple as that and the best part, apart from the handy little calendar – it’s free! I will be posting a few iPhone wallpapers in [...]
