My top 3 images from 2014

December 21, 2014
2014 has really been about African Wildlife Photography for me. Last year in 2013, I actually got chance to photograph in both South Africa and the UK. My trips to the UK yielded some great images of birds of prey and fallow deer. This year, I only got chance to photograph wildlife in South Africa, and didn't get chance to get out with the camera w...
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Thoughts on 500px

December 18, 2014
For those of you who don't know, 500px is a photo sharing site. I joined as a "free" member about a year ago. I joined because I liked the user interface and the way that photos were displayed. It's a very elegant and clean way to view photos. However 500px has a dark side. Notably it has a scoring system, they call it a "pulse". People can view,...
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"Fine Art" Photography - what is it?

December 11, 2014
Quiet a few things have happened this week. First, Peter Lik sold a "Fine Art" photograph of Arizona Canyon for $6.5M. The most expensive photograph ever. This pretty much flooded my Facebook stream with a whole host of opinions on the worthiness of the photo and the broader debate on whether Photography could really be classed as an "art" let alon...
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You can only shoot what you see!

December 09, 2014
I am going to start this blog post with a very simple and stark fact: you cannot control what wildlife is going to do. There are factors that are within the realm of your control; your camera and how you use it, and the position of the vehicle you are in (to a certain degree). One of the biggest frustrations I see with wildlife photographers is w...
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The wildlife photography "hedgehog"

December 05, 2014
No hedgehogs were harmed in the writing of this blog! In the corporate world, "hedgehogs" are a way to describe three concepts that overlap and when you hit all three you overlap in the "sweet spot". The "sweet spot" should be the unification of those 3 concepts that guides your direction or your journey. It comes from a book by Jim Collins called...
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