We had a wonderful 12 days in Kenya, although it was a terrible shock to hear about the terrorist attack in Nairobi (which happened at the start of our second week in the country). My thoughts are with the families […]
We had a wonderful 12 days in Kenya, although it was a terrible shock to hear about the terrorist attack in Nairobi (which happened at the start of our second week in the country). My thoughts are with the families […]
Although the word “anatomy” is used primarily to refer to the “study of the structure of living beings” (i.e. animals and plants), I believe that it can also be used to refer to the analysis of pictures. After all, a […]
In Part 1 I mentioned some of the key things you need to think about when preparing for your special (and possibly expensive) trip: what kinds of lenses you are likely to need, whether there are any restrictions on using […]
Let us say that you have saved up about £4,000 to go on a two week safari to Africa (and bear in mind that some two-week African photography safaris cost over £8,000). For most people this is a lot of […]
Congratulations to Rob Auton for winning the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe 2013! Rob’s joke was: I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa. A few years ago Rob […]
One of the highlighted images on my website is a picture of Colibri Thalassinus (otherwise knows as the Green Violet-ear Hummingbird), which was taken on the island of Cayo Las Brujas in Cuba a few years ago. Many people have […]
In a previous blog post I referred to Cuba as a complex case where change is expected. A lot has already changed since Fidel Castro handed over power to his brother Raúl in 2008 — Cubans are now allowed more […]
Thank you for visiting my new website! I am very excited about the new site — it has been many months in development but the final result is fantastic! I am very grateful to the team at b:web — Zoe, Christina […]
Here is the picture from Cayo Las Brujas in Cuba that I mentioned last week. The name means “Island of the Witch”, and you can see a sculpture of the witch in the lower third of the picture, looking out […]
When we arrived at the camp on the afternoon of 14 August the tents had already been set up by Doug (our expert guide) and his assistant Theo. After a bit of lunch we set off exploring in the specialised […]