If you want to be a photographer, first leave home. - Steve McCurry

I often come across forum topics where people ask whether they should invest money into new equipment or rather spend the money on traveling to different locations and so forth. I personally think that to advance as a photographer its more important to get out there, explore new areas, spend money on taking more photographs than investing thousands on equipment.

A cheetah takes to a termite mound to scan the horizon.

An elephant makes its way through an open area towards the Msuthlu River.

When you see hyenas like this, you get a feeling that they are up to no good.

It’s always interesting to see the different patterns, shapes and sizes of spots on giraffes.

Wildlife photographers love reflections. Even though the reflection in this shot is not clear, it portrays a leopard’s character quite well.

A Spotted hyena is often associated with its famous laugh. In this shot, it looks like the hyena is laughing, but is actually biting on a bone.

Fights between buffalo bulls get quite intense, and I enjoy photographing these battles by zooming quite a bit into the action.

Kudu, along with other herbivores, are known to chew on bones for calcium, a term called osteophagia.

Two male White Rhinos battle it out for dominance. These fights can last for hours on end and provides guests with a true feeling of how powerful these beasts really are.

Photographing around a waterhole is always interesting as you are often able to incorporate more than one species in a photograph. Here this “Dagga Boy” is accompanied by a dazzle of zebra.