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December 17, 2025
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.
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December 4, 2025
In our Africa workshops—and in just about every conversation we have about photographing wildlife—we’re always preaching one thing: get low . G etting down to the animal’s eye level transforms your photos. Suddenly, you’re no longer just a bystander…
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July 7, 2025
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.
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August 23, 2024
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…
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January 15, 2024
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?
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September 25, 2023
Our 2018 Scouting Mission to Ladakh (Indian Himalayas) was the epitome of epic adventure travel. Every day, we said it couldn’t get better. Every day it did. Tears ran down cheeks on the final night, as we stood on the roof of a thousand-year-old monastery photographing the Milky Way with the rumbling soundtrack of throat-chanting Tibetan monks.
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May 14, 2023
2+ hours of steady pre-dawn uphill hiking by the light of our headlamps. An in-the-dark puma (mountain lion) encounter on the trail that elevated our heartbeats yet another notch. Hunkering down in the boulders against the whipping wind, wearing every stitch we had, fumbling with camera controls and tripods waiting for first light. I'll cherish these memories more than any resulting photographs.
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December 19, 2022
I love India. Photographically, it’s been a personal goldmine – the source of more ‘portfolio-worthy’ travel images than any other destination – but I also find the culture, the history, Hinduism and all its offshoots endlessly fascinating as well. But India might not have the same appeal for everyone, as I unexpectedly discovered.
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February 17, 2022
Many more moons ago than either of us care to admit, Randall & I started our first class together at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. I was a…
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February 16, 2022
Africa's apex predators – Lions, Leopards and Cheetah – up close and personal in two of Africa's most iconic parks: the Masai Mara & Amboseli National Reserves. Photograph some of the last…
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August 7, 2020
My first Africa safari ended some time ago but I’m still struggling to process the experience, not to mention the over 8,000 photos I captured there! But it’s hard. Not because of the mountain of images to plow through, but because…
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August 1, 2019
Like most people, the Festival of Colors first entered my awareness through pictures I came across on the internet & social media. After putting my eyeballs back in my head after the first time I saw those insanely colorful images, my first thoughts were: What is THAT?!?! WHERE is That?!?! and HOW do I get there?!?! I eventually made it to Holi and, for once, reality lived up to the hype. Maybe you’ve seen similar photos and asked some of the same questions. I’m going back to photograph my third Holi Festival in March 2020 ( join me! ), so I thought I would share some knowledge and lessons from my past experiences.
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