Blog Category: Behind the Shot
As I explored Madagascar and discovered new and wonderful creatures I couldn’t shake off the feeling that they look vaguely familiar but […]
Lions differ from all other cats by being very social. The bond between pride members can be quite strong. This pride had just split up in […]
DoF (Depth of Field) is a creative element that I use often in my photography. A really shallow DoF allows me to blur vegetation to make my […]
Caracals are not easy to see. I lost count of how many safaris I was on before I finally hit the jackpot last year in the Maasai Mara. True to […]
Recently I read somewhere that if you can’t write 1000 words about an image then it’s not worth taking. I don’t agree with this statement. I […]
The story of the lions in our shower in Mabuasehube has been well documented in this blog (in case you haven’t seen it check out the blog link […]
I love lemurs but when I visited Madagascar the top animal I really wanted to see and photograph was the Fosa – the largest land carnivore on […]
The background of any wildlife photo is very important for me. Sometimes I want to make my subject “pop” against a clean background, and […]
I had never witnessed a big cat kill before – well once I came close with a cheetah killing a rabbit, but there was so much dust I could not […]
Ever since I read about this gecko I knew I just had to see and photograph one in the wild. What was so special about it for me? Well, it’s […]
