Sabi Sabi has played host to many of the world’s top wildlife photographers over the past 30 years. Few places in Africa can offer a photographer up close and personal encounters with Africa’s wildlife like Sabi Sabi. This, combined with a highly trained safari team, will ensure the very best opportunities and placement to achieve these once-in-a-lifetime shots.
volume 3:
leopard on the move
Most photographers dream to take pictures of these elegant cats.
african sunset
In the African bush we are lucky to often see some of the best sunsets in the world.
night photography tips
When it gets dark we so often resort to a flash, or pack away our cameras!
multiple exposure moon and vulture
Most cameras have the facility to shoot a picture on multiple exposure.
elephant pose
I was driving guests from Little Bush Camp to Bush Lodge for a morning of pampering.
patience for the perfect lion photo
When taking photos of lions it’s normally a case of needing lots and lots of patience.
black-bellied korhaan
You know its summer when you are sitting in the bush and you hear the sound…
leopard in a tree
I knew that a female leopard which had made a kill the night before…
impala
So many people lose interest in these truly beautiful antelope shortly after seeing one.
day dreamer
Sleeping lions is what one can expect on an early afternoon in summer.
capturing that african sunset
Whatever the season, sunset in Africa is always something special.
spotted beauty
We spent the afternoon taking pictures in what was the most amazing light…
african spoonbill fishing
Only the very last rays of the sun were still falling on the top edge of the pan.
it’s a beautiful world…
This year we have had unseasonably late rains – and lots of it.
low light photography
With digital cameras we can take photos using only the light from a Land Rover spotlight…
an icy stare
A lion’s eye is without doubt one of the most humbling things in nature.
the view from above
Close ups of a giraffe’s head tells a good story, showing off their eyelashes…
sundowner drinks at the bush lodge waterhole
Late one afternoon while on safari with a professional photographer, the radio crackled…
the ultimate leopard photograph
To my surprise I found a young male leopard moving up the riverbed.
saddle-billed stork
One of my personal favorite birds is the Saddle-billed stork, a truly beautiful bird…
lioness in the grass
When I arrived the lions were just waking up and the sun was setting.
african spoonbill
This African Spoonbill which is a specie we do not often see, was doing exactly that.
leopard silhouette
I came around the corner and bumped straight into a huge male leopard.
cheetah on an impala kill
On this afternoon I was told that a cheetah had been seen during the early safari.
summer skies
I was racing home as a storm cell was approaching and I had no covers for my cameras.
playing with light
A subject that is placed in its natural surrounds tells a far better story than a posed portrait.
rhino pair
Being low to the ground gave me a better angle and the rhino looked larger than life.
perfect portrait
I positioned myself where I thought he might move next and got my camera ready.
capturing an african fish eagle…fishing!
I am sure many photographers dream of a good picture of a fish eagle actually fishing.
wild dogs with a blurred effect
Wild dogs are without doubt one of the most threatened predators in Africa.
vulture silhouette
The bush had had a lot of rain and with this came a carpet of green.
rhino face-off
In both crashes there where territorial males so I expected some action.
sensational sunset at sabi sabi
The sun had just dropped below the horizon and I insisted we just wait it out…
A GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY AT SABI SABI
