Up Periscope! April 2, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
Caracal Portrait March 27, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
Crowned Lemur March 24, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
Golden Hour March 20, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
The Fosa March 17, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
King of the Spines – Madagascar Scops Owl March 12, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography The background of any wildlife photo is very important for me. Sometimes I want to make my subject “pop” against a clean background, and […]
Trapped March 10, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko March 6, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography 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 […]
Serval Portrait March 3, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography I have been going to Africa for many years, but the Serval has always eluded me. So you can imagine how excited I was to see one on my very […]
Tiger having a relaxing soak February 27, 2014 / Behind the Shot Photography There is nothing that compares to seeing a tiger in the wild – no, not even any of the African big cats! Their impressive size and power is […]