What are the most important criteria for someone wanting to choose a photographic safari? I ask this question as there are so many people offering safaris and I have heard some horror stories from photographers being crammed like sardines into safari vehicles to being stuck on safari with people they did not get on with. Consequently, I think our portfolios are rather diverse.ĥ.
We may not shoot, but we’ll have our gear out and ready, and if anything extraordinary happens we’ll be more likely to catch it. I’d suspect that photographers continually in the field might pass up the usual portrait of an impala or roller, but we can’t, so we’re probably stopping for subjects that we might pass on if we were on a personal mission. While both Mary and I love to capture action, we fully realize that for many of our participants a safari may be their first, and only, trip to Africa, the Pantanal, or wherever, and that it is important for everyone to photograph everything, and not just concentrate on the big cats.Īs photographers, we think that actually works well for us, too. Generally, no one has a problem with that as they are keen to see the behavior. We leave camp as soon as it is legal to drive, typically before sunrise, and return by noon, leaving again between 3 and 4, depending upon the light levels and heat, and returning at dusk.Įveryone is prepped, however, that if we have a hunt, or one looks imminent, we’ll stay out as long as is necessary, missing lunch if need be. Our day is pretty straight forward and typical of any safari, I’d think. Please give us an idea of a typical day on one of your African safaris. You travel the world doing photo safaris - do you have a favorite location?Īfrica is definitely our favorite continent, and our favorite location is Kenya’s Masai Mara.įor now, though, I’d have to say my next favorite destination is Brazil’s Pantanal, where we photograph a bit more limited selection of wildlife, but where jaguars provides the lure of those magical moments we’d love to capture.Ĥ. I guess that's why the divorce rate is so high.ģ. Our wildlife photography certainly has centered around our photo safaris and tours, and fortunately, although our personalities are different, we both enjoy working with and helping photographers and, more importantly, doing things together.įrankly, I can’t imagine how couples who don’t work together manage to stay married, since so many wonderful experiences are not shared, and the time apart can be long. That translates, then, into neither of us worrying about who got the better shot – if Mary gets it, great, and if I do, that’s fine, too.ĭon’t misunderstand me, we are really competitive with one another but in the truest sense of fair play, so neither one of us slacks off thinking the other one will get the shot and the other doesn’t have to bother. Most importantly, we agreed that personal egos were not important, that paying the bills and achieving our joint goals was the prize. We met when I did a talk at a local bird club, she took a workshop in the Florida Everglades I was doing, and the rest is history.Įarly on, though, we had a pivotal talk on what our strengths were, what niche we could fill in the nature photography world, and what we wanted to do. You work with Mary Ann on all your photo safaris, photo tours and digital photography courses - how did the two of you get this right!Ī very hard-working woman is responsible! Most nature photographers are married yet we never hear about their spouses.
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