Red lights create an extreme red color cast and are a massive problem for wildlife photography in some regions of Africa. So much so, that photographers avoid going on safari there - a tough problem for ethical wildlife tourism operators because it costs them money!

In this video, I wanted to try to solve the problem of converting red light images with exteme red colour casts to normal colour using photoshop and at the same time talk about some of the ethical reasons to use red-light on safari.

Why do we take Wildlife Photographs in 2020? Does an audience actually matter ? What makes wildlife photography different and does a wildlife photograph need an audience? In this video I explore some of my own motivations on why I love wildlife photography. It's important to unearth our motivation in order to improve, both our happiness and our work. Of course everyone has their own unique motives behind their photography. What are yours?

Edward Curtis Documentary and Photography The photographs and life of one of the world's greatest photographers, Edward S. Curtis. The man behind the North American Indian, the Vanishing Race and In the Land of the Headhunters. The story of his life, times and how he inspires me, personally, as a modern wildlife photographer. This one is a bit different for my channel, I hope it is still entertaining and informative. I often look to other photographers for inspiration and this man, happens to be one of my greatest photographic heros.

I explain why converting to black and white can help to remove problems in colour wildlife photographs and improve composition. In his video I reveal one of my shots from the previous couple of weeks and take you through the decisions made at capture and then later during processing. I explain why I like to convert some wildlife shots to black and white and how the conversion can help to eliminate distractions present in the colour image.

In this SEQUATOR TUTORIAL I describe a basic, fast workflow to edit and stack milky way photos to reduce noise and improve detail in the landscape and night sky using free software

Today I'm at one of South Africa's birding hotspots - Marievale Bird Sanctuary - to photograph birds and nature. I photograph flowers with a polariser and diffuser / reflector. I watch a hunting black-headed heron and meet Wally, the resident Goliath Heron.