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Like most travel and adventure photographers, I’ve gone around many times on the question of camera support.  It’s a special problem with wildlife, and most of all, with birds.  Critters of any sort never seem to understand how difficult it … Continue reading →

On our October trip to Africa this year, we added a very new AndBeyond lodge, Tengile River Lodge.  The property is located in the Sabi Sands private reserve area west of Kruger National Park in South Africa, one of our … Continue reading →

Back in September 2018 I did a blog on phone photography, and concluded that while you could get good pictures with a phone, it wasn’t a DSLR.  My wife decided to try to use her phone for video, and I … Continue reading →

After many happy visits, we’re dropping Kenya from our Africa itinerary.  I’ve sung the praises of the Mara and the crossing, Amboseli and the Ol Donyo lodge, and we have many fond memories of Kenya overall, but we’ve been confronting … Continue reading →

We love travel, especially travel to exotic locations with plenty of wildlife and birds.  The Amazon, or at least the upper or Peruvian Amazon, seems the perfect fit, and so we booked a trip there with our favorite travel company, … Continue reading →

People who (like me) would say they’re “real photographers” are often highly annoyed by people who take photos with their phones.  For me, the problem isn’t disdain for the smartphone as a camera but the lack of consideration phone users … Continue reading →

We just completed trip number nine to Africa, visiting some new countries, and I want to offer a review of the experience, with a particular slant (as always) on senior travelers.  We did Kenya (our third visit there), Tanzania, and … Continue reading →

For 2017, we decided to do a spring trip to Africa, both to celebrate a special occasion and to see Botswana and the delta area at a time when it was in flood and also cool.  We added one of … Continue reading →

On our latest trip to Africa we stayed overnight in Johannesburg at the Intercontinental at the airport, then stayed in four camps and spent four days at the Queen Victoria Hotel in Cape Town.  I want to offer a summary … Continue reading →

Well I have made it back from Africa Trip Seven, and I think I’ve learned some important things on my ever-favorite topic of cameras.  The short story is that the Nikon D500 with the Sigma 50-500mm lens turns out to … Continue reading →