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Our team post regular content about exciting destinations, photographic tips & tricks, recent trip reports, ‘how to’ guides, wildlife and more.
Whether you’re a regular safari goer, a wildlife photography enthusiast, keen traveler, someone with a sense of adventure, or just looking to learn a little more about wildlife, our blog is for you!
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Behind the Frame: Elephant
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many different locations. [...]
Behind the Frame: Gorilla
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many [...]
Behind The Frame: Jaguar
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many [...]
Behind the Frame: Wildebeest Crossing The Mara River
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many [...]
Behind The Frame Animal in a big environment
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many [...]
Behind The Frame Dazzling Zebra
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many [...]
Behind the Frame African Wild Dog
Are you looking to improve your photography editing skills, specifically your wildlife photography editing skills? if you answered yes, then our Behind the Frame series is just for you! Join our expert photographic guides on the last Friday of every month, as they talk you through various editing styles of many different species from many [...]
Behind the frame: Gorilla in Uganda
In this episode of the Behind the Frame series, Johan van Zyl shares an image of a gorilla in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This moment was captured during the Best of Uganda tour in July 2021. Spending time with our distant cousins and locking eyes with them is one of the most humbling experiences you [...]
Behind The Frame: The Best Of The Serengeti
In this episode in the Behind The Frame series, Michael Laubscher shares a Lightroom edit of an image of a lioness on a koppie overlooking the plains of the Serengeti. This moment was captured during the Best of the Serengeti safari of February 2021. What's not to love about the Serengeti? It's iconic in every [...]
Behind The Frame: Mara Leopard
In this episode of Behind The Frame, Trevor talks us through the importance of shooting in raw and the ability to fix errors we have made out in the field in post processing. There are many advantages to shooting in RAW, the biggest advantage is that it is a large file that can be manipulated [...]
Behind The Frame: India Spotted Deer
In this episode of Behind the Frame, Trevor takes us back to his trip last year in April to India and shows us how he edits a beautiful shot of two spotted deer standing in symmetry in the beautiful meadows of Kahna National Park I hope that you all enjoyed this episode of Behind The [...]
Behind the frame: Wide angle Amboseli Elephants
In this episode of Behind The Frame, Johan Van Zyl shares a Lightroom Edit of a photo taken in Amboseli National park of a herd of elephants on the dry lake bed. Amboseli is one of the most amazing photographic destinations in Africa and arguably one of the best places to view and photograph elephants [...]
Behind The Frame: Masai Mara Wildlife Photography Workshop
In this episode in the Behind The Frame series, Michael Laubscher shares a Lightroom Edit of an image of a male leopard and a spotted hyena feeding on the same carcass captured during the Masai Mara Wildlife Photography Workshop in November 2022. The Masai Mara offers incredible photographic opportunity outside of the typical migration period. [...]
Behind the Frame: Polar Bear
In this episode of Behind the Frame I share some details on one of the amazing polar bear sightings I shared with my guests during my recent Svalbard Arctic Expedition. I share some info on how to photograph in Arctic conditions and then look at how you could go about processing a polar bear image [...]
Behind the Frame: Chimpanzee in Uganda
In this episode of Behind The Frame, I shares with us how he edits one of his favourite images from Uganda on the Best of Uganda Safari he hosted in June of last year. Not every image you take can be converted into black and white so I thought I would share my thoughts and [...]
Behind The Frame: Langur monkey
In this episode of the Behind The Frame Series, Michael Appalsamy shares some insight into one of his favourite images of all time while hosting the Incredible India Tour. Incredible India 2023 Just incase you missed my trip report from the 2023, you can watch my updates about it all here including some of our [...]
Behind The Frame: Lion in the Okavango Delta
In this episode in the Behind The Frame series, Andrew Beck shares the story behind one of his all time favorite images captured in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Join our Botswana Wilderness Safari The Okavango Delta, the Jewel of Africa. Can there be any place more unique than an oasis in the Kalahari Desert filled to [...]
Behind The Frame: A Portrait of a Male Lion taken at Sabi Sabi Last year
In this episode in the Behind The Frame series, Trevor McCall-Peat shares a lightroom edit of an image of a male lion captured at Sabi Sabi Last year while hosting a Private safari in October 2022. Sabi Sabi is very well know for its big cat activity, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve borders the Sabi [...]
Behind the Frame: A Leopard at the Lentorre Hide
In this episode in the Behind The Frame series, Andrew Beck shares a Lightroom Edit of an image of a male leopard captured at the Lentorre Hide during the September 2022 Great Migration with Hides and Helicopters Safari. The Lentorre Hide offers the most incredible, intimate sightings of birds and animals at ground level. Launched [...]
Behind The Frame Episode 34
The Behind the Frame series takes RAW wildlife images, works through the technical specifications of the image and then looks at how the image is edited in Lightroom. In this episode I share a moment from a late afternoon game drive at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve and touch on what to look for when [...]
Behind The Frame Episode 33
The Behind the Frame series takes RAW wildlife images, works through the technical specifications of the image and then looks at how the image is edited in Lightroom. In this episode I look at how to combine two images of a Forest Elephant shot in landscape orientation in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park to create a [...]