6 articles tagged with big five animals
After years of scaling European rock faces and exploring colonial cities across Latin America, I found myself drawn to a different kind of adventure entirely—one that would connect me to my ancestral continent in ways I never imagined. Last summer,...
There's a moment that every wildlife photographer lives for – that split second when your subject, a wild predator in its natural habitat, locks eyes with your lens. I experienced this visceral connection while tracking a leopard through the flooded...
The Maasai Mara's golden grasslands stretched before me like nature's own canvas, painted with acacia trees and dotted with wildlife that seemed to pose specifically for my lens. As a Foreign Service Officer who's traveled through conservation zones across four...
The first time I heard a lion's roar echo across Hwange's golden savanna, my camera nearly slipped from my hands. *Meu Deus*, what a sound—primal and electric. That moment crystallized why I'd traveled from my adopted home in Osaka to...
There's something about the open road that speaks to the soul—whether it's the endless highways of America I've traversed in my Peterbilt or the rugged tracks cutting through Tanzania's savanna. The difference? Instead of hauling freight, I was pursuing something...
There's something about tracking wildlife that reminds me of detective work – following subtle clues, waiting patiently for the reveal, and experiencing that rush when everything falls into place. Five years ago, after losing my wife Elena, I promised our...