African Photography Safaris

Welcome to Episode 9 of our African Photography Safaris podcast! A shorter episode than previously but still worth grabbing a beer!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 9?

Below you can find some photographs relating to this episode’s content. Don’t forget, from Episode 7, we’re also on YouTube!

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions for our podcast and also, if you’d like to share your experiences of anything we have discussed in our podcasts.

Subject detection became confused with the ear hole and shadow

Fujifilm Subject Detection

Single point autofocus used on a slow and predictable subject

Lilac Breasted Roller, Zone Focusing

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Welcome to Episode 8 of our African Photography Safaris podcast! It’s a bit of a mammoth episode this one so join us for a beer and settle in!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 8?

Below you can find some photographs relating to this episode’s content. Don’t forget, from Episode 7 we’re on YouTube!

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions for our podcast and also, if you’d like to share your experiences of anything we have discussed in our podcasts.

Alan reviewed “The Full Circle” by Dave Varty. It’s an inspiring account of the ups and downs of how Londolozi was transformed from a farm and hunting concession to one of the most famous private reserves in South Africa.

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Welcome to episode 7 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

Newsflash!! We’re now on YouTube!!

You can listen to or watch the podcast right here from our website using the consoles (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 7?

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions for our podcast and also, if you’d like to share your experiences of anything we have discussed in our podcasts.

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Welcome to episode 6 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 6?

Below you can find some resources relating to this episode’s content.

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions for our podcast and also, if you’d like to share your experiences of anything we have discussed in our podcasts.

Podcast listener Vince asked us a very difficult question, to narrow down our experiences and describe our favourite photography moment. We talked about photographing Kisaru the cheetah with her six cubs on the termite mound, inclusing one of our guests social media posts for International Cheetah Day.

Kaleel recalled photographing a back lit lioness on the banks of a watering hole / dam and Alan thought about the time a Lemek Lioness revealed her tiny new born cubs as she returned to the pride. Beers on the savannah while photographing silhouettes of elephants against the setting also featured. But which one was our favourite?

This is the video with the Maasai village singers, mentioned in episode 6. The music is called “Lemek Plains” by Kaleel and we use this throughout the podcast.

Kaleel reviewed the Merlin Bird ID App from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The app is available for iOS and Android together with regional packs.

Merlin Bird ID App

Download

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Welcome to episode 5 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

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Alan is an advocate of using monopods, particularly on safari and with longer heavier lenses. His Alan 2.0 form 3 Legged Thing has been replaced and upgraded to Alana!

For more information, visit the 3 Legged Thing website.

Kaleel reviewed “The Elephant Whisperer” by Lawrence Anthony (with Graham Spence). It’s an incredible moving true story about how one man saved a herd of angry elephants by offering them peace in his wildlife reserve in South Africa.

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Welcome to episode 4 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 4?

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Lappet-faced vulture approaching a carcass to scavenge in the Mara Triangle.

Ruppel’s vulture approaching a carcass to scavenge in the Mara Triangle.

White-backed vulture approaching a carcass to scavenge in the Mara Triangle.

Leopard spotted on our last day in the Mara, courtesy of Jackal alarm calls!

SmallRig announced their new PowerADC battery system for Canon, Sony and Fujifilm. In the podcast, Alan and Kaleel chatted about the potential benefits of charging direct to the battery via USB and being charger free.

You can use the links to the left to find and purchase the these batteries. As an Amazon Associate, we will earn some commission from qualifying purchases but it won’t cost you any extra.

Alan discusses the benefits of using a monopod on safari, particularly in vehicles and explains why the Alan 2.0 from 3 Legged Thing is his preferred choice. For more information from the 3 Legged Thing website, click here.

You can use the link to the left to find and purchase the 3 Legged Thing Alan 2.0 monopod. As an Amazon Associate, we will earn some commission from qualifying purchases but it won’t cost you any extra.

Kaleel reviewed “Birds of East Africa” by Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe, John Gale & Brian Small (Illustrators). For us and many others, this is the ‘go to’ field guide for birding in Kenya and Tanzania.

You can use the link to the left to find and purchase this Birds of East Africa. As an Amazon Associate, we will earn some commission from qualifying purchases but it won’t cost you any extra.

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Welcome to episode 3 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 3?

*Alan is probably wrong!

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Female cheetah Kisaru returning to her cubs with the results of another succesful hunt, a young Thomson’s gazelle.

Kisaru, resting with her six beautiful cubs on a termite mound but still alert to threats.

Kisaru’s cubs didn’t stay still for very long! Ever playful, one taking on the challenge of a tree climb!

A few months on and looking much older, but Kisaru is still hunting for the cubs.

Alan also has a blog post on his own website about equipment and packing for a photography safari. Click here to visit the blog on Alan’s site.

You can use the links below to find and purchase some of the packing accessories we use on photography safaris. As an Amazon Associate, we will earn some commission from qualifying purchases but it won’t cost you any extra.

We discussed the content of this article in the UK Times Newspaper. Although we concur with the principles of it, we also also find it equally frustrating, an opportunity lost and in conclusion, rather lazy journalism.

Unfortunately, the full article is behind a pay wall but here is the link anyway in case you already subscribe or have alternative means of access.

In questions to the podcast, Kaleel discussed getting close up to wildlife using a wide angle lens, either by using a remote shutter release or by getting very close to the subject. It’s not something we do in Africa but it is something we have done here in the UK.

Alan reviewed “Pathfinder” by Janesta Pulella.

Unfortunately it seems to be a difficult book to acquire outside of South Africa. We’re not sure of international shipping but it’s possible to do what Alan did and arrange delivery to a location while in South Africa. Click here to visit the publisher’s website.

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Welcome to episode 2 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 2?

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The leopard and the porcupine, photographed by Alan in Klaserie, one of the reserves making up the Greater Kruger in South Africa. Dangerous prey for any predator, especially dragging it up a tree!

A close encounter with an elephant and her calf in the Mara Triangle, Maasai Mara.

Photographing a male lion, one of the Mayumbula boys in Timbavati, Greater Kruger.

Male Lion in the Maasai Mara walks right past Alan at the back of the vehicle.

Ann, one of our many returning guests photographs a male lion in the Maasai Mara.

Kaleel reviewed The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. He describes it as “a really well respected trove of information with loads of detail on the animals and their behaviours.”

You can use this link to purchase ‘The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals’ from Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, we will earn some commission from qualifying purchases but it won’t cost you any extra.

Thank you.

Alan & Kaleel

African Photography Safaris

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Welcome to episode 1 of our African Photography Safaris podcast!

You can listen to the podcast right here from our website using the player (below) or via any of the providers also listed. What’s in episode 1?

Below you can find some resources relating to this episode’s content.

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions for our podcast and also, if you’d like to share your experiences of the Maasai Mara Conservancies compared to the National Reserve.

Kaleel’s memorable moment, female cheetah Risasi hunts a male gazelle. Watch her go!

Alan’s memorable moment, the aftermath of an early morning lion hunt through camp…

Alan reviewed Beat About The Bush by Trevor Carnaby. In the podcast, he describes it as his “go-to book for research and information”.

You can use this link to purchase ‘Beat About The Bush’ from Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, we will earn some commission from qualifying purchases but it won’t cost you any extra.

Thank you.

Alan & Kaleel

African Photography Safaris

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