22Jan
Swamp cats of the Okavango delta
Lion pride hunting through water in Botswana
31Dec
Two rare icons of desert adaptation
A desert adapted male lion sitting behind a welwitschia.
05Nov
An image needs to tell a story
The images that work best are always those that have a story to tell. Thinking about what you are trying to convey through the image will help you determine how to shoot a scene- blood and guts certainly doesn't work in most images- unless that's the point you want to...
25Sep
Lion pride drinking @chitabecamp in the Okavango
A great photographic morning when a pride of lions pops out of the long grass to come down and drink
29Aug
Many times they go through but this time he goes over
The iconic Okavango image of a big male lion plowing through the flooded grasslands is on every wildlife photographer's wants list, but today was not to be.
02Aug
Early starts are paramount for photographing wildlife
High risk, high reward. It is better to work with an animal in marginal light doing something than work with an animal in plenty of light doing nothing (my proverb)
29Jun
Iconic Okavango delta image of lion in water
The Okavango delta is a land of contrasts, its winter, its dry, its cool but the flood water is slowly trickling in and our lions are having to swim- great news for photography
08Jun
Lions fighting
It's not only male lions who fight to defend their territory
08Jun
Elephant mom protecting her calf from lions
Female elephants are formidable protectors and this was tested to the limit when the pride of lions became very interested in her calf
24Apr
Lions don’t always win
The reality is that lions seldom win, but when they do they win big