Hippos spend most of their daylight hours in the shallow water of rivers and lagoons. They venture out at night to find food, when the cooler temperatures and cover of darkness protect them from the enemies of overheating and predation. However, at night they are [...]
Kathy Phipps joined me on safari in August for a few days. August is prime-time in the Luangwa so as expected, the sightings were spectacular! She and her group had particular skills that they wanted to develop during their trip so we focused our attention [...]
Wherever we come from, we grow up being aware of elephants; they are the stars in children’s books, the decorations on kids’ clothes and prominent members of the cuddly toy section of a baby’s room. However, nothing compares to watching these wildlife icons in their [...]
Towards the end of 2016, I was involved in an accident that left me badly injured and with a 5 week hospital visit. I received first-class medical care - for which I am most grateful - but I was nervous about my first safari season [...]
Occasionally, mammals with unusual colouration show up around the world. Some of them are albino (lacking any pigmentation in the skin), some are leucistic (lacking some pigmentation) and others are melanistic (with a higher than normal level of pigmentation). In some cases, melanism becomes quite [...]
During a safari, we spend time over lunch reviewing guests' images, chatting about composition, camera settings and various techniques. With those who wish to, we also start doing some editing work on the computer. In this way, I have a chance to see how my [...]
Most modern cameras have auto-focus systems that perform extraordinarily well. As a photographer, we need to instruct the camera which point in the frame should be in focus (by moving the focus point selector in the viewfinder) but then the camera will do the rest. [...]
It was early afternoon, and the light was still bright. The high-contrast was too much for photographing elephant, zebra or giraffe, but there were still some good opportunities to be had at the start of this afternoon drive. When I spotted this baboon sitting on [...]
Puku are a medium-sized, stocky antelope which make a living in the grassy dambos across Zambia and into the margins of Zambia’s neighbours. As with many of Africa’s antelope, they live in herds of females, youngsters and immature males, headed by a dominant territorial male. [...]
This image is one of my favourite images from my 10 years in the Luangwa. We had spent a long time with this particular buffalo herd as the crossed a dusty plain on their way to the river. We knew they were heading to drink, [...]
