I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit wonderful Kenya for the second time in my life. The first time around was almost two decades ago and it was at a time when my photography was not that developed. Someday I will go through the old slides and scan them... I made a promise to do so. I might even find a few worth sharing here, but my shots were more of scapes and trees and such, and rarely of wild animals... they simply were too fast for my skills at that time.

This time around I went with the best camera I ever owned and the best lenses I could afford, to try and shoot wild life like I never did before... literally, I have no experience in shooting wild life to draw upon... with the exception of that asphalt jungle.



As some of you might know, I have been doing some street photography of late... OK, OK, I've been mainly doing that. So I hoped to draw from these experiences on my safaris.

My first big challenge was changing lenses. Some creatures were far away, then, moments later you get to stop in front of a couple of cheetahs meters from your jeep. It's not like they will wait until you get ready for them, even though they are quite leisurely in their movement. When shooting street you are out there with your favorite (slight) wide angle lens and don't need to worry about that. So shooting street did not help me with this skill.
But then there are creatures whose beauty cannot be captured by any skill or technology we could reach... I can only say: go see them with your own eyes.