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Successful photography on a safari requires knowing your subjects and your equipment. We present some articles to help in addition to what you will learn while with us.

Safari Trip Report
Posted onAugust 10, 2022African Wildlife

Safari Trip Report May 2022

Our May 2022 Small Group Safari in South Africa was full of wildlife and wonderful photographic opportunities and settings. We photographed in Kruger Park, Sabi Sands Reserve, and at a special private wildlife hide at water level to a watering hole

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Safari with water level photography bunker hide
Posted onApril 12, 2022Photography on Safari

Photograph at Water Level at Special Photo Hide

I have added an exclusive 2 night stay at a house with an underground water level photography bunker / hide for our exclusive use. After magic days in Kruger and Sabi Sands we will relax and photography all day and night in the hide.

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know your antelope
Posted onApril 8, 2020April 12, 2022African Wildlife

Know Your Antelope

The Kudu, Nyala, and Waterbuck are antelope both found in South Africa. They have similarities, especially in the females, but once you know the differentiating features, you can quickly tell them apart. Here are some images to help you learn each species.

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Posted onNovember 21, 2017March 29, 2020Cameras & Equipment

What is in My Safari Camera Bag?

When I prepare to lead a safari group, I pack my safari photography kit with the minimal amount of equipment. With so much time spent on safari, I am able to assemble a refined collection of equipment that provides the coverage range for my most likely subjects.

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Posted onJune 22, 2017March 29, 2020African Wildlife

Photographing Elephants: 10 Ways to be Creative with Elephants

Elephants are frequently our photo subjects while on safari.  Their size, shape, intelligence, and trunk are just a few things that make them great subjects and very interesting.  There are many opportunities for unique, beautiful, and descriptive images of elephants.

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Posted onNovember 23, 2016April 1, 2020Creating Photo Stories

Using the Lightroom Dehaze tool on Safari Images

Adobe has released a new version of Lightroom CC which contains a new adjustment tool: The DeHaze slider.  It is found in the FX menu of the Development module (way down toward the bottom of the list). I see how it works on a safari photo

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Posted onJune 26, 2016April 1, 2020Creating Photo Stories

Make a Dynamic Wildlife Portrait with Adobe Photoshop

A South Africa photo safari will be full of opportunities to photograph animals at close distances. These images have all the details and interesting poses found in modern (human) portraits. You can apply current portrait processing techniques to your wildlife portraits.

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Posted onOctober 13, 2015April 1, 2020Creating Photo Stories

Using the Shadows / Highlights Command in Photoshop to add Contrast to an image

Adding contrast to an image is a great way to boost the impact of the image, especially African images shot in full sun and those where the animal is camouflaged.

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Posted onMay 11, 2015April 1, 2020Creating Photo Stories

Post Processing Creativity: 1 Photo Presented 3 Ways

Digital photography and its post processing tools offer so many creative possibilities for making a final presentation of our RAW files.   Here I demonstrate the same photo presented 3 different ways mostly using Adobe Lightroom / Camera Raw and a little bit of Photoshop.

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Posted onMay 4, 2015March 31, 2020African Wildlife

White vs Black Rhino: What are the differences?

South Africa has two species of rhino: the White Rhino which is the largest population and most commonly seen and the Black Rhino which is not as numerous and harder to spot. The two species are distinct and here are a few of the differences most important to photographers.

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