I've been leading and running wildlife photography safaris in Kenya's Masai Mara for a few years now, together with my good friend, wildlife and sports photographer and filmmaker, Kaleel Zibe. I also work with Penda Photo Tours as a freelance guide to take photographers to various locations in South Africa's [...]
At the beginning of March, I undertook a marathon of a journey from Scotland’s Isle of Skye to Kenya’s Masai Mara with a pre-production FUJIFILM X-T4 camera. It was a great opportunity to get a hands-on and detailed look at how the X-T series has evolved and how these new [...]
I missed the boat on World Hyena Day yesterday! Like most animals, spotted hyenas have their own fascinating behaviours and ecology. Along with vultures, they're an unfairly maligned species too, often portrayed as cowardly, skulking, thieving and even demonic! After all, they're the villains of the Lion King films! [...]
In October 2018, I had a fantastic opportunity to use a pre-production version of the Fujinon 200mm f/2 lens. It also coincided with the date of one of my Rural Northumberland Birds of Prey wildlife photography techniques days. In a nutshell, my thoughts were that the lens is incredible, the [...]
Cheetah and Wildebeest, Fujifilm X-H1, Fujinon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 A couple of weeks ago we spotted this lone male Cheetah looking to hunt in the Ol Choro Conservancy of Kenya’s Masai Mara. The plains were full of potential prey, young Wildebeests and Zebras, Grant’s and Thomson’s Gazelles and Impalas. As [...]
