How I did it- Eye level

How I did it- Eye level

Those of you who have had the misfortune of suffering through one of my workshops have heard me say numerous times- “The most compelling wildlife photography is that which allows you to enter the animals world. You do this by shooting at your subject’s eye...
How I did It- chimps in trees

How I did It- chimps in trees

I thought I would do a bit of teaching for the next few blogs since I have been preening and strutting the last few blogs- time to get back to what I do best. I am going to pick a few of my favorite pics from my Tanzania trip and talk about how I got the shot-...
A Few More Favs

A Few More Favs

  Indulge me just one more time for a few more favs from my trip to Tanzania. This is an odd grouping of images but I do like them. Some a pretty traditional but a few are unlike what I normally shoot. The elephant above is quite a departure for me. All my past...
How I did It- chimps in trees

Chimpanzees!!

I just spent 4 days in Mahale National Park on the shore of Lake Tanganyika on the western border of Tanzania. It is a huge, mountainous, mostly densely forested park with more than 600 resident chimpanzees. One troop of about 60 chimps has been habituated to people....
Photographing People on Safari

Photographing People on Safari

  Turns out that when on safari in Africa there are other things to photograph than lions, leopards and wildebeest. Turns out there are people who live in Africa and they make great subjects for photography. Now I realize that for many of you out there the...
Back from Tanzania!

Back from Tanzania!

Just got back from a 3 week trip around the national parks of Tanzania. Six friends and I visited Arusha,Serengeti, Mahale, Ruaha, Tarangire and Lake Manyara national parks making a big circle around this beautiful country. There will be a lot of related posts to...