So my research was focusing primarily on reptiles. I have a lot of experience working with reptiles of all kinds in Madagascar. I have worked in the dry spiny forest once before in 2005, but never for such a long period, and never quite so exhaustively (back then I was […]
It’s about time I got round to posting some science stuff on here, so that I can finally get to the fun stuff – the animals! But before I can get to that, I have to go through the part that made the trip happen, and that was the science. […]
During our 7 week stay in Kobokara, there were two funerals. Fortunately, only one of these deaths actually happened whilst we were in the village; when we arrived, the first funeral had already been going on for three months. This gave us a unique opportunity to witness funeral culture in […]
Quite literally. One of the very best ways to integrate into a community is to play sports with them. Fact. It seems that things like football cross language, race and culture and are always common ground for people to stand on. I have no doubt that the football games we […]
Fort Dauphin Fort Dauphin has a strange atmosphere to it. It is as though its history of great touristic and industrial activity has vanished, leaving behind what is, in places, almost a ghost town. It is eerily quiet, outside of the marketplace, and the beautiful hotels which rise above the […]
I have so many photos to share in this post, I don’t actually have enough words to describe them all, so I have decided to use a different technique. Click an image, and you can scroll through them. how cool is that? The people of Madagascar are of extremely mixed […]
Hello again! Back now from my expedition to Madagascar, it is time for me to get back to blogging. That’s not just photo blogging; we are going to be uploading blogs to the expedition website, so you can also read those if you want to know how the whole thing […]
Welcome, and to everyone who has been here before, welcome back! I have to say, it has been an irrationally long time since I last put a blog up here. There has been a lot of crazy stuff going on. So what’s new? Well, I’m going back to Madagascar in […]
Hello and Happy New Year! It’s been too long; really it has. What with exams and all, the time has just rushed past. The stress of it all has lead to a massive decrease in my photographic output, but that’s fine. I think it’s a good idea to look back […]
Sometimes, and more often than not in wildlife photography especially, it pays to take your time to get a shot. The orchid above took me almost a hundred shots and almost an hour to get right, but once I got it, I was really happy. Remember that nobody cares how […]
I’ve gone on extensively in previous posts about the reason I don’t like zoos. Now, without repeating myself, I want to go a bit deeper into the issue because, let’s face it, most of us don’t get to spend time out there in the wild with the animals. Zoos are […]
Zoos and wildlife parks present challenges for even the most experienced photographers, which often take time and a few dozen images to overcome. This will be the theme of the new blog post that is on its way! Apologies for the silence on my part. Back at University, and classes […]
It’s important to remember that it’s a combination of light, composition and focus that make a photograph technically good, but expression and behaviour that make a wildlife photograph truly memorable. Also, as far as Zoos go, it doesn’t get much better than Zurich. If you must shoot at a zoo, […]
Sometimes a zoo or wildlife park (in this case Lange Erlen in Basel) affords you opportunities that you would never have on a normal day out with your camera. But never underestimate the value of patience. A friend and I waited three hours for 10 minutes of action from this […]
When we walk around from day today, we are irked, pestered, even attacked by the insects and “creepy crawlies” that throw themselves at us, intruding into our comfortable little bubbles. They are unwelcome in our world of flypaper, flyswats and roach traps. Yet insects are by far the most successful […]
