Compared to their body size they are known to have the longest eyelashes around. That is not a fact actually, just a personal opinion. I have over the last few years spent a fair amount of time tailing families of these large birds as they move about foraging for frogs, snails, lizards and snakes. They…
For a 5th year in a row, I completed my annual pilgrimage to one of the premier National Parks on this big rock on which we reside. I tried out a new travel strategy and after leaving a cold and icy London on a Friday evening, I landed to a warm reception at the Oliver Tambo…
Ok, so this blog is not about the ruthless business of photography but an attempt to illustrate how to always try and take a photograph at eye level with your subject. In hundreds of ‘how to’ photographic books and thousands of blogs you will read that you need to get on the same level with…
I shall indeed miss the violent clash of antlers and echoing roar in the early morning mist, but after many years of photographing this fascinating event in the surrounds of the UK, I decided that this year was going to be my last deer rut for a while. The main reason was simply to allow…
This year in South Africa, 232 rhinos have been killed for their horns since the start of the year compared to 122 poached last year. Due to rhino being shot out across the rest of Africa and Asia, the market has turned its attention to South Africa and India as the demand from the Far…
