MIGRATING NORTH

Hi First name / everyone I hope this newsletter finds you well? This month is all about a big migration, and you may be surprised by which one I mean! Let me keep the spoilers to a minimum and let you enjoy a wild perspective #55! As always thank you so much for all the support!

 

- William

The second half of this year has been a crazy and chaotic time. Not only has it been jam packed with trips, Storm and I have also moved to the England… well Storm has at least! A long story short, we are making the move to a quaint little town in the Cotswolds. While it certainly is a huge move full of challenges, my work as a photographer and photographic host will stay the same. I will continue to host and guide in Botswana, throughout Africa, and beyond. Over the next few months I will be sharing more about this transition, as Basil (our dog) and I head north, and all the exciting things that come with it!

The Serengeti is renowned for one of the biggest spectacles in the natural kingdom, but that certainly isn't the only reason to visit. I recently private guided a young photographer and his family in Tanzania and I want to show you why the Serengeti truly is an incredible park!

 

Sadly a large number of fires in the area meant we were robbed of most sunrises and sunsets, but we still had some great moments along the way! From klipspringers on the unique Serengeti Kopjes (small rocky outcrops), to leopards on iconic trees, here are some of my favourite images from 8 nights in the Serengeti.

The reason I havent moved with storm to the UK yet, is because of my exciting and rather jam packed schedule for the end of 2024. Here are my up coming trips for September, October and November!

 

KENYA (Masai Mara), UGANDA (Mbamba swamp, Kibali National Park, Buhoma), NAMBIA (Caprivi Strip), BOTSWANA (Okavango delta), INDIA (Ladakh)

If you would like to join me on safari, or simply want to find out where I am in the world. Keep an eye on my website as I will soon be updating it with my 2025 trips! 

As I near on 15 years of photography, I thought it would be fun to start a monthly section in the newsletter that looks back at images from 5 or more years ago, giving insight into the shots and how I captured them. 

 

This months image is “beauty and the beast”. Taken in May 2016 this image is by far the image I have received the most negative feedback on. Before the days of AI, Photoshop was the word thrown around every time an image was “too good to be true”. While there were certainly people taking advantage of the software, the fear that “we will never know what is real, photography is dead” really was overly dramatised. While I don't know what AI will do to the industry, I will keep taking pictures safe in the knowledge I have never faked one!

 

Photographed in the Chobe National Park, this really was one of those chance moments that come around every so often. A female lion was resting against a termite mound near the Chobe river when she noticed a herd of impala approaching the water. While she was fixated on the impala, an African monarch butterfly flew up to her and hovered around her face. While this was my favourite image in the sequence, there are a few images in the sequence where you can physically see her frustration with the butterfly as it dive bombs her face. After a few aerial passes the butterfly eventually carried on with its day. 

 

I was lucky enough to have the sequence published in several newspapers and magazines, as well as being awarded the peoples choice award in the Sunday Times Photographer of the Year competition in 2016.

The image is available as a limited edition print on my website with only 30 prints ever released. You can check out the image as well as my other prints on my website linked below

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