Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze…
An interview with Greg du Toit, South African wildlife photographer and photographic guide. Hi Greg, thanks a million for taking the time to chat with us. It’s a real honor to have you contribute to AfricaFreak. 1. If you only had a few words to describe yourself, what would they ...
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A Day in the Kruger!
This blog has been waiting far too long to be posted. With all of my other shoots in between I forgot to give this [...]
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Tips for Taking Memorable Photos While You’re on Safari!
You have certainly seen some astounding photos of wildlife however, there are photographers who spend hours watching an animal to take that one poignant photo. Doing research, patient and practice, along with these ...
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‘The Art of Backlighting’ by Etienne Oosthuizen
That title makes it look like I know what I am doing, I do in some sense but my techniques are all self discovered. I did a bit of search for this blog when Gerry asked me to be a guest blog on the subject. There are many types of back lighting, but there are two types [...]
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Zebra Silhouette Against African Sunrise – Maasai Mara, Kenya
My second morning game drive in the Maasai Mara led to this image of a Zebra (Equus zebra) silhouetted against the rising African sun. Shooting directly into the sun can always produce mixed results, but a slight bit of haze in the air seemed to soften the sun just enough to allow for some retention [...]
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PhotoShare: Steppe Buzzard
So here's my first attempt at a mid-week random blog post with very little of me babbling and a nice photo attached. Rather than calling it "Photo of the Day" (because I can't guarantee that I'll find time to select and post one every single day), I wi...
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‘Making the Most of Composition and Chance’ by Rudi Hulshof
When I was asked by Gerry to be a contributor in his Thursday Guest Post slot, a multitude of ideas and images and went racing through my head. Actually sitting down and choosing the few that may have some value to talk about was probably a harder task than sitting down to write this post. [...]
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The Amazing African Night Sky
Well, good afternoon. I don't really know where you are when reading this, or what the time is...but right now it is about 17h40 on a lazy Sunday afternoon in South Africa.I am aiming to now post at least one blog post per week, if not more, but in a m...
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Guest Post: ‘Panic’ by Steve Bailey
Panic! I have started this blog with the word “panic” The reason? Photographers at some time PANIC, how do I know this PANIC? Because it happened to TWO photographers at the same time at the same place with the same vista in front of us Time: Two minutes before Gate close Place: Addo Elephant National [...]
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Shoot What You See
You can only shoot what you see. All too often wildlife photographers, or people photographing wildlife, get too catch up in the never ending quest to create perfect images. Sounds strange? Think about it. You have a great sighting out in the wild. Take what you think is a great photograph. Then people comment that [...]
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