Recently, I had the pleasure to interview travel photographer extraordinaire Ken Kaminesky and ask him about his past and upcoming photo safaris in Tanzania. The original audio interview has been published as episode 125 of The Traveling Image Makers podcast that I host together with Ralph Velasco. What follows is a transcript of the parts of the interview that are specifically …
Photo Safari in Tanzania – An Interview with Ken Kaminesky (Part I)
Recently, I had the pleasure to interview travel photographer extraordinaire Ken Kaminesky and ask him about his past and upcoming photo safaris in Tanzania. The original audio interview has been published as episode 125 of The Traveling Image Makers podcast that I host together with Ralph Velasco. What follows is a transcript of the parts of the interview that are specifically …
Photography on Safari: 10 Essential Tips
by Simon Patterson An African safari is a most exhilarating experience. Here are 10 tips for amateur photographers who want to make the most of their up-coming safari holiday. 1. Gear up! The internet’s keyboard ninjas who say “camera gear doesn’t matter” have clearly never been on safari. Occasionally you can get lucky and stop your car within 20 feet …
Urban Morocco: Rabat, Fez, Meknes and Chefchaouen
The old fanatical and sombre town is bathed in the gold of all this sunlight; spread out at my feet, on a succession of hills and dales, it has taken on an aspect of unalterable and radiant peace; it looks almost smiling, almost pretty; I scarcely recognise it, so much has it changed; a kind of ruddy radiance sleeps on …
Urban Morocco, the Book
At about this time last year, me and my pal Massimiliano traveled to the charming country of Morocco for a vacation that involved quite a lot of photography. We spent a week roaming the streets of Rabat, Fes, Meknès, and Chefchaouen and came home with thousands of pictures to edit and process. From the beginning I had the idea of …
Morocco’s Blue Pearl – Discovering the beauty of Chefchaouen
Gently laid down on the slopes of the Rif mountains in northern Morocco, beneath the peaks that gave it its name (derived from the Berber word for “goat’s horns”), Chefchaouen is a delight of narrow paved streets between houses whitewashed and painted in tones of powder blue, intriguing crafts shops, small restaurants, boutique hotels and hostels catering to the backpacking …