Sadly, my alma mater, the Brooks Institute of Photography, is no more. But while it existed, it was one of the premier institutions of photography education, and a few foundational assignments at Brooks achieved legendary status among the student body: The Grey Box. Black Glass. The Mission Shot. Each is deceptively simple at first glance, yet fiendishly designed to expose the slightest flaw in your understanding or execution of the knowledge they were meant to impart.

Whether you're off to some distant corner of the globe or clicking closer to home, small shifts in your approach to wildlife photography can unlock new levels of creativity and impact.

We’ve previously written about the why’s and how’s of ‘going low’ when photographing wildlife, but let’s explore this idea even further...

Rule #1 of wildlife photography is Get Low. But why?  And how do you even get low when you’re confined to the inside of a safari vehicle as is almost always the case in Africa?