Hello everyone,
I have been given the go ahead to plan a dream wildlife photo safari for the summer of 2015. Photographing African wildlife on safari has been a goal of mine for years and because this coincides with a big birthday celebration I have been given permission to design my perfect trip. Now I need to figure out where to start. The following are my thoughts already.
- In terms of camera + lenses, I will have a 5D3 (or newer body) and a 200-400/1.4x + other smaller lenses. I may rent or buy a second body.
- My goal is to take portfolio worthy photographs that I will sell as prints. I have photographed wildlife for some time and am confident I can do this if conditions are right.
- I have researched Africa a bit and found that the primary challenge in accessing wildlife (besides luck) are the following
- Some places are overflowing with tourists and vehicles will often surround an interesting spot
- In many locations vehicles are not allowed off road
- For this reason I am almost certain at least a portion of our stay will be in Sabi Sands, South Africa.
- The entire land based portion of the trip will be three weeks
At this point, therefore, my main dilemma is do we spend the entire trip in South Africa - going between different private reserves with perhaps some time in Kruger, or do we combine some reserves in South Africa with somewhere else - such as Botswana. One goal of course is to photograph as many different types of wildlife as possible.
Any help on where to start would be greatly appreciated.
I have been given the go ahead to plan a dream wildlife photo safari for the summer of 2015. Photographing African wildlife on safari has been a goal of mine for years and because this coincides with a big birthday celebration I have been given permission to design my perfect trip. Now I need to figure out where to start. The following are my thoughts already.
- In terms of camera + lenses, I will have a 5D3 (or newer body) and a 200-400/1.4x + other smaller lenses. I may rent or buy a second body.
- My goal is to take portfolio worthy photographs that I will sell as prints. I have photographed wildlife for some time and am confident I can do this if conditions are right.
- I have researched Africa a bit and found that the primary challenge in accessing wildlife (besides luck) are the following
- Some places are overflowing with tourists and vehicles will often surround an interesting spot
- In many locations vehicles are not allowed off road
- For this reason I am almost certain at least a portion of our stay will be in Sabi Sands, South Africa.
- The entire land based portion of the trip will be three weeks
At this point, therefore, my main dilemma is do we spend the entire trip in South Africa - going between different private reserves with perhaps some time in Kruger, or do we combine some reserves in South Africa with somewhere else - such as Botswana. One goal of course is to photograph as many different types of wildlife as possible.
Any help on where to start would be greatly appreciated.