DIGITAL
PHOTO SAFARIS / WORKSHOPS
Specialist Photography Safaris in Africa
SPECIALIST PHOTOGRAPHY SAFARIS / PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS IN AFRICA
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SINGITA CASTLETON - SOUTH AFRICA PHOTO SAFARI
• Experience the best of the Sabi Sands region in the game-rich Singita Private Reserve.
• Eight days at Singita Castleton - a private residence in the heart of prime game viewing country.
• We will have private game drives, off road driving, and excellent guiding in a location that has "the best" leopards in all of Africa!
•Andy Biggs is a highly successful photographer, who recently won the "Wild Places" category of the 2008 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
• Limited to 10 participants - very exclusive.
2 openings available |
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APEX PREDATORS - SOUTH AFRICA PHOTO SAFARI
• Photograph Africa's top predators on this thrilling adventure in South Africa.
• Four days at MalaMala - arguably the Africa's top destination for photographing lions and leopards.
• Five days in Cape Town, South Afrca, where we concentrate on the great white shark. We have three shark expeditions with one of the world's foremost experts on Great Whites.
• Grant Atkinson is one of Africa's finest safari guides and a well published photographer. He is a regular contributor and blogger for Africa Geographic Magazine.
• Limited to 7 participants - very exclusive.
5 openings available |
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MASAI MARA GREAT MIGRATION PHOTO SAFARI
• Witness the Great Migration and its incredible drama as the big herds cross rivers and plains.
• Four days in the Olare Orok private conservancy and four days in the Masai Mara Reserve.
• Grant Atkinson is one of Africa's finest safari guides and a well published photographer. He is a regular contributor and blogger for Africa Geographic Magazine.
• Limited to 7 participants - very exclusive.
5 openings available |
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BOTSWANA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP & SAFARI #1
• Botswana's Okavango Delta and Linyanti.
• Four days each at Chitabe Camp and DumaTau Camp.
• Andy Biggs is a highly successful photographer, who recently won the "Wild Places" category of the 2008 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
• Limited to 13 participants (including 3 "Sharing" slots at reduced price).
• Price is 50% for "Sharing" slots (sharing row on vehicles with a full-paying partner).
4 openings available (including 1 share slot) |
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BOTSWANA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP & SAFARI #2
• Botswana's Okavango Delta and Linyanti.
• Four days each at DumaTau Camp and the renowned Mombo Camp.
• James is the owner of Eyes on Africa and has been leading safaris in Botswana for over 10 years. He is an avid photographer and passionate naturalist and birder.
• Limited to 13 participants (including 3 "Sharing" slots at reduced price).
• Price is 70% for "Sharing" slots (sharing row on vehicles with a full-paying partner).
7 openings available (including 1 share slot) |
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BOTSWANA - OKAVANGO DELTA AND CHOBE PHOTO SAFARI
• Botswana's Okavango Delta and Chobe.
• Three days at Kubu Lodge, three days at DumaTau Camp and four days at Chitabe Camp.
• Six private Chobe River boating excursions to photograph wildlife from the water.
• Seven days in two distinct regions of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
• Grant Atkinson is one of Africa's finest safari guides and a well published photographer. He is a regular contributor and blogger for Africa Geographic Magazine.
• Limited to 7 participants - very exclusive.
5 openings available |
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BOTSWANA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP & SAFARI #3
• Botswana's southern Okavango Delta at the beginning of the Green Season (great for photography and baby animals).
• Four days each at Sandibe Lodge and Nxabega Camp (exclusive use of both camps).
• Andy Biggs is a highly successful photographer, who recently won the "Wild Places" category of the 2008 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
• Limited to 14 participants (including 4 "Sharing" slots at reduced price).
• Price is 60% for "Sharing" slots (sharing row on vehicles with a full-paying partner).
3 openings available (including 0 share slots) |
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BOTSWANA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP & SAFARI #4
• Botswana's southern Okavango Delta at the beginning of the Green Season (great for photography and baby animals).
• Four days each at Sandibe Lodge and Nxabega Camp (exclusive use of both camps).
• Andy Biggs is a highly successful photographer, who recently won the "Wild Places" category of the 2008 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
• Limited to 14 participants (including 4 "Sharing" slots at reduced price).
• Price is 60% for "Sharing" slots (sharing row on vehicles with a full-paying partner).
3 openings available (including 0 share slots) |
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MASAI MARA & MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
• Three days of mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda.
• Six days in the Masai Mara during the peak of the Great Migration.
• We use Mara Plains Camp to give us the flexibility of off-road driving in the Olare Orok as well as trips into the Reserve to photograph river crossings.
• This is a repeat of our extremely popular 2011 trip.
• Andy Biggs is a highly successful photographer, who recently won the "Wild Places" category of the 2008 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
• James is the owner of Eyes on Africa and has been leading safaris in Africa for over 10 years. He is an avid photographer and passionate naturalist and birder.
• Limited to 14 participants.
8 openings available |
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Summary of our trips
These
specialist safaris combine a rich learning environment for photographers
interested in learning the techniques of digital photography with the
luxurious safari settings and wildlife of Southern Africa. A safari in Africa, combining wildlife photo opportunities with expert, personalized photographic instruction is, for most avid photographers, a dream trip. Because
these trips are exclusive, even by high-end Botswana standards, availability
is limited and demand is high. These are uniquely designed safaris that
will be forever etched in your memory, on the tip of your tongue at every
gathering with friends and family, and with a little adventurous spirit,
documented on film or digital media forever. These trips are the safari
of a lifetime.
Each
safari is specialist-guided by a Photography Expert, with digital
photography techniques as the focus and premier wildlife locations
in Southern Africa as the classroom. We have combined a
high degree of quality, luxury and education into a personalized travel
adventure and photographic education for discerning travelers. By staying longer in each camp and concentrating on camps known
for their wildlife, these trips combine a premier wilderness experience
with a top-quality digital photography education without
compromising on the participants’ African
adventure. Each safari also includes a specialist safari guide,
who accompanies the group throughout to add expertise on the environment.
The safaris are designed for anyone interested
in learning the art and technique of digital photography while experiencing
a premier-level African wildlife safari.
Please read our Safari Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Photography Experts / Trip Leaders
Andy Biggs
 Andy Biggs is an avid adventurer, teacher, and outdoor photographer whose photography celebrates the African landscape and its rich wildlife, people, and culture. With a deep respect and understanding for African wildlife, Andy unfolds the world of the Serengeti onto our doorstep with breathtaking accuracy and striking emotional depth. His photographic safaris allow the traveler to not only enhance their understanding of photography, lighting, and wildlife, but to develop a life-long admiration for Africa 's beauty and culture.
Andy's photographic interests also encompass the landscapes of the American Southwest. Andy uses camera formats ranging from 35mm to 4x5" large format, to the latest in digital camera technologies. His key to shooting a great photo? Andy makes it a priority to shoot when the light is most dramatic, notably the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset.
Andy recently won the "Wild Places" category of the 2008 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for his image taken in Namibia's Skeleton Coast. Read more
Learn more about Andy on his website
at www.andybiggs.com. |
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James Weis
  James is an extremely keen and experienced photographer who spends 6-8 weeks per year in Africa - on safari. He has been going on safaris since the early 1990's and his love and passion for the bush have brought him back every year since.
James grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago and gained his love of animals from his father, who was a landscape architect designing zoos and outdoor wildlife parks throughout the USA.
James' keen enthusiasm over so many years in the bush have given him a guide's knowledge of animal behavior and bush facts, serving him well in his pursuit of special images.
His favorite animals to observe and photograph include leopards, wild dogs and elephants. James is also an avid birder, with a special affection for raptors and bee-eaters.
He has been leading and co-leading photographic workshops in Africa for many years and is always eagerly anticipating his next safari in Africa. |
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Grant
Atkinson
 Grant is a specialist guide who lives and works in Botswana. He co-leads all of our Botswana photo trips.
Grant has been guiding in northern Botswana since the late 1990’s.
Aside from regular guiding in the Jao/NG25 concession, he also conducted
a lion monitoring project in the area. Studying the lions of Jao
led to his further involvement in carnivore conservation
efforts. When not guiding guests on trips throughout
northern Botswana, Grant monitors lion numbers
throughout the Wilderness Safaris’ concessions, working closely
with camp managers and guides in this endeavor.
His
special interests are lions and other large carnivores, birds,
especially birds of prey, digital photography, deep-sea
fishing, and fly fishing. He enjoys spending time in untamed
wilderness and has visited many of southern Africa’s
prime wildlife areas. Grant
grew up on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa in a region
known as the Wild Coast. Here he spent much time fishing and
bird watching in the estuaries along the coast and also enjoyed
lots of boating, both inshore and offshore. He specialized
in saltwater fly fishing and did some guiding of fly-fishermen
in the area.
Grant is a member of the
Raptor Conservation Group in South Africa, through which he
volunteered, working mostly
with farmers, eagles, and the conflicts that arise between
them. He holds a Botswana Full Guide licence, a Wilderness
Level 3 certificate, a valid FGASA Level 3 certificate, is
a registered South Africa Tourist Guide and an Okavango Wilderness
Safaris certified walking guide, and also has a A3 Skippers
(boat) certificate. Grant
adds huge value to the trips he leads and we are fortunate
to have him as a part of our team.
Learn about Grant and his photography on his website at www.grantatkinson.com. |
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Greg du Toit
 Greg du Toit is a professional wildlife photographer and 8th generation African. Born in South Africa in 1977, he has lived and worked in four different African countries. From a young age he has engaged the wilds of Africa, and there was never any doubt as to what he would do with his life....
The first few years of his career were spent in Timbavati Game Reserve (South Africa), where he served an apprenticeship as a Wilderness Trails Guide. It was during these years that he set aside devoted time to study every aspect of the African bush, from identifying wild flowers and dung beetles through to stalking big game on foot. These skills later proved invaluable as he focused his attention on photography. Since those early days, he spent more than a decade living in and photographing some of Africa's wildest, remotest and largest ecosystems.
His photographic works of art are raw and timeless, conveying intimate interactions with the natural world. This intimacy, as a signature theme, has brought him international acclaim, whereby he has recently been invited to exhibit his work in a solo exhibition hosted by National Geographic in London. The exhibit titled 'Africa' sold out and has been extended into its current and 3rd month. The gallery is located on the 1st floor of the National Geographic Store in Regent Street and said to host an unprecedented 40,000 visitors per day.
Greg has also received honors in two of the most prestigious wildlife competitions in the world. His image titled 'Crossing Frenzy' toured the world as part of the 2009 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, while another image titled 'Maasai Enigma' featured in a special collector's edition of the Nature's Best publication, run in association with the Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C. His image titled 'Black Rhino Forest' received a Gerald Durrell Endangered Wildlife award in the 2010 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year and is currently on exhibit in London's Natural History Museum. He is also honored to currently be co-judging a photographic competition hosted by Africa Geographic magazine alongside fellow judges Peter and Beverly Pickford.
His photography and writing is however, much more than a career; it is a way for him to channel his passion for Africa and to share the beauty and awe of Africa's wild places with others, hopefully contributing to their continued existence.
Learn more about Greg and his work on his website
at www.gregdutoit.com. |
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