Alongside the thriving tourism industry of the South Luangwa is a community which is the rightful owner of the assets on which this industry depends. Their revenue stream is significant, in the form of employment, payments for goods and services bought in the area and, [...]

I have been using the Canon EOS R5 for almost a year. I've put it through a safari season, with all the associated travel, knocks, bumps and dust which that entails, and I'm happy to say that it's coped very well. It doesn't have the [...]

Despite being the icon of Africa, savannah elephants are among the most difficult species to photograph well. I think there are four approaches which work effectively: family and group shots; behaviour; close ups and elephant-scapes. There are certainly other techniques which can be used too, [...]

All photographers go through a journey with their craft; while each person's exact route might be slightly different, there are some features which are likely consistent with many. When photographers start to take photos of wildlife, their early work is usually centred around getting photos [...]

Silhouette images - in which the subject is defined mostly or entirely by its shape - convey huge visual impact if they are created successfully. Certain elements are important in creating this impact: the subject should be recognisable by its shape; the subject's shape should [...]

African Skimmers are charismatic tern-like birds which live along the permanent rivers of sub-Saharan Africa. They are most noted for their unusual feeding technique which involves flying just above the river's surface with the lower part of the bill dragging in the water. The bill [...]

We all love to take lots of action shots, especially in the heat of the moment. We all hope that we've set the camera up correctly and that majority will be sharp! But then comes the time when you have to sort through the resulting [...]

Zambia has reached double-digit cases of COVID-19. While the progression of the virus appears to be slow here, the testing and reporting capabilities are perhaps less developed than in Europe, so it is suspected that there are more going undetected. Of course, these undetected cases [...]

The use of cropping in wildlife photography has often suffered bad press. How many times have you heard, "Oh, but he must have cropped that", or "That's heavily cropped!"...? Certainly there are times when a crop has been over-used, or used in the wrong situation, [...]

On a safari to Mana Pools in September this year, my guests and I encountered a once-in-a-lifetime sighting of wild dogs surrounding and attacking an eland and her calf. It was a very distressing scene but Nature can be tough to watch sometime. We observed, [...]