Aug 2012 brings another safari to Tanzania. This safari will feature the all of the highlights of Tanzania. From the elephant rich Tarangire National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the famous Serengeti National Park. This safari gets it all including the northern area along the Mara River. If you are interested, check out all [...]
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On one of our last days with the dogs, we found them lounging around in a small open area surrounded by low brush and trees. I really wanted to walk away with a low angle shot of the dogs; sort of an image taken from a dog’s view. Steve Carey, our guide (AKA Wild Dog [...]
I recently led a photo safari to the Lewa and Sossian areas, both in Kenya. Located in the the middle of literally nowhere with the nearest village some 2.5 hours drive from our camp, the Laikipia Conservation Area is the place to see and photograph wild dogs in Eastern Africa. Until some 4 or 5 [...]
Sitting in Zurich awaiting our flight to Kenya for another wonderful safari. This safari will focus on two locations, Lewa and Sosian. Lewa is Lewa Wilderness Trails Lodge is located on a 60, 000 acres Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to the north on the foothill of the snow capped Mount Kenya which is Africa’s second largest [...]
It has been a cold snowy past week (actually last week) in the Seattle area. On the heals of this, the 48 hour flu ht me right between the eyes, just as I was planning to travel to San Diego to do some nature photography. On my mind these days is my next safari in [...]
A setting sun and the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in the background with wonderful cloud formations and not an animal in sight; what’s a guy to do? Looking around the parched river bed, I located the skull of a Wildebeest and decided it was going to be the best that I could do. I placed the [...]
Happy Holidays – Smithsonian Travel to Tanzania
Posted in Africa, Safari, Tanzania, Travel on Dec 21st, 2011
Happy Holidays to All I’m going to be taking a couple of weeks off, so no (or limited) posting for the next two weeks unless I sneak a photo or two in. Meanwhile, some exciting news: I will be leading a photo safari for the Smithsonian into Tanzania next December. This will be an exciting [...]
Last Safari Update – Funny Observations
Posted in Africa, Dubai, Kenya, Safari, Tanzania, Travel on Dec 21st, 2011
On each safari, I always learn from things that did not go as planned. All of the items below have funny stories, for the most part, to go with each entry. Just let your mind wonder and I am sure you can conjure up images to go along with tag lines. If you are on [...]
Photo of the Week
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Photo of the Week, Safari on Dec 19th, 2011
A very early morning on the Mara Plains with sun kissed grasses and balloons in the air. Nikon D3S, 24-70mm @ 65mm, f/6.3, ISO 800 at 1/200 sec, 6 images stitched together. Cheers and happy photo’ing