Helping hand...

July 19, 2014
Sometimes it is good to give a helping hand. I volunteer as a filmmaker for a local online community TV station. I make about 2-3 films per year for them. This may not seem a lot, but depending on the subject that can be quiet a lot of work. And when there's a good story to tell, its very enjoyable to do these types of films. I have a friend who i...
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Sony A7S: The low light king. A contender for wildlife photography?

June 19, 2014
I fell backwards into photography coming from a background in video. I therefore follow a lot of what's happening on camera technology with my video hat on. And we are currently in a very exciting time. Video DSLRs spurred a revolution in convergence between video and stills photography. The market then split as the camera manufacturers pushed to p...
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Look up, look down, look all around

May 26, 2014
I read an interesting blog post the other day - it conveyed one key message: When you are out shooting, don't waste time looking at the images you've just taken, keep looking around you and see the opportunities in front of you. This is one of the issues I have found when out shooting wildlife…the risk is you see everything through a viewfinder ra...
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Go big, go wide!

May 09, 2014
Before getting in to wildlife photography one of the aspects that actually seriously put me off making the jump was the need for a whopping big telephoto lens. Firstly telephoto lenses are seriously intimidating pieces of kit for the uninitiated. Secondly, they cost a serious amount of cash. If you buy a telephoto lens then you have to seriously co...
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Experiencing the bush life cycle

May 02, 2014
I warn readers now that there are images I am sharing in this blog post that are not to everyones taste. If you are sensitive about dead animals you have been fair warned. On my latest trip to South Africa in the Madikwe reserve, we got word of an Elephant that had died. The cause of death was unknown. It wasn't a predator kill, but the elephant w...
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