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Our blog serves as a valuable resource for wanderlust seekers, offering firsthand experiences, insights, and tips from the safari world. We hope the stories not only inspire and educate but also help you plan your trips, discover hidden gems, and navigate cultural nuances.
Through personal narratives and recommendations the focus is photography and specifically photo safaris.
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Aerial Photo Safari
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The majority of my safari photography is at ground level. However, once in a while I take a group that’s looking to expand their creativity a aerial photo or two. Typically we take a small single prop and fly over several areas where the landscape and wildlife will provide some interesting compositions and scenes. Aerial
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Running With The Beasts
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It’s great to capture a standard set of wildebeest images in the Mara or Serengeti. At Exposure Tours I like to help guests push things further by experimenting with different styles and techniques. As we travel in a small group with each vehicle having only two photographers we have lots of time to get creative!
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Spotted Hyena Encounter
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Normally spotted hyenas don’t draw more than a few pictures unless they are with a kill or in pursuit of some prey. This active family was living under a rock outcrop in Amboseli. Three very young cubs still without their spots, Several a year or two older and three adults. The cubs were extremely inquisitive
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Mara Six – Cheetah Family
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After a gestation period of around three months a cheetah can give birth to up to nine cubs. Unfortunately it’s common for 70% of her litter to be killed by hyenas and other predators. When I see cheetah cubs on safari I see an average of three, occasionally four cubs. Last month while leading a
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Monkey Business
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The Olive Baboon (Pabio anubis) Is quite common in Kenya. Having few predators except humans, crocodiles, lions and hyenas, troops can grow from around 50 to several hundred. On a recent visit to amboseli after an early morning game run and lunch in the field we came back to camp, most guests take this opportunity
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24 Hours in The Mara
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The Mara is a relatively small park (1,510 sq. km) when compared to Kruger (19,455 sq km) or the Serengeti (14,763 sq km). For me this is a huge advantage, after numerous visits over the the last 30 years I’ve grown accustomed to seeing the ‘Big Five’ after only one or two days. Many visitors
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Cheetah Encounter
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Cheetahs are relatively calm compared to the other big cats. This was an incredible cheetah encounter as 5 of them sit on my vehicle The cubs tend to be a little more adventurous and of course playful and very curious.It’s not uncommon to have one jump onto a vehicle and sit on the roof, the
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Montblac / Postcard from Paris
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I had been thinking of doing a Black and White set for a while so when a project involving a $1,000+ Montblanc Greta Garbo inspired pen came along it seemed like the perfect opportunity. The concept was fairly easy but as always the details require extra attention. Total planning time was around 4-5 months. I
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Lioness & Cub
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Nairobi national park is the only african national park within a city’s border. Often overlooked by tourists heading to the Mara and other areas, I like to make an occasional trip to ease clients into the safari experience, after all its less than an hour drive from the airport! It’s a great place to
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KLM
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I got an email back in April from KLM wanting to know if I would be interested in working with a local writer on a 5-9 page spread covering summer in Toronto. Normally I wouldn’t hesitate but as I looked the pouring rain and grey clouds I realized the shoot would be a major challenge!