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- Frans Lanting one of the best wildlife
photographers in the world. He has won the BBC Wildlife Photographer award twice. His work
is featured in National Geographic and many books and calendars.
- Arthur Morris is probable the best know bird
photographer around. He is a very enthousiastic person trying to bring out his subjects as
pieces of art. Author of one of the best books on bird photography.
- Micheal "Nick" Nichols is a
wellknown National Geographic wildlife photographer. He has made many wonderfull picture
stories. My favourite picture is the one where Jou-Jou the chipanzee reaches out with his
hand to touch Jane Goodall. His website shows a lot of his beautiful work and lots of
information too.
- Joe McDonald works together with his wife Mary
Ann. Together they have travelled the world and made great images everywhere. They have
also written several books and made instructionale videos on the subject of wildlife
photography.
- Fritz Plking is a famous german photographer
and maybe one of the most widely published wildlife photographers in the world. He has
travelled and still is (aged nearly 70) travelling all continents. He has also written
numerous books on nature photography. A great example.
- Norbert Rosing is another photographer from Germany,
though his field of work also brings him all over the world. His photographs of polar
bears are famous, but his work is much more diverse.
- Andy Rouse, a british photographer who won the
BBC Wildlife Photographer competition. He has also travelled from the artic to the
tropical regions and written several books.
- Jonathan Scott works together with his
wife Angie in east Africa, where they also live. He is maybe most well known for his part
as host in several BBC TV documentaries including the Big Cat diaries. Since he
practically lives in the Masai Mara, he knows the reserve perfectly and also helps other
TV crews and photographers around.
- Art Wolfe is a famous American photographer who
likes landscapes as well as wildlife. He is also a very productive as he has released over
45 books. His works ranges from Africa, North and South America to the artic regions.
- Jim Brandenburg an American photographer who
is well known for the year he spent photographing wolves. His photographs are more art
like than showing species in their surroundings.
- Laurie Campbell is a price winning
photographer from Scottland. He concentrates on the wildlife and wilderness of his rugged
home country, often working in adverse weather conditions but producing great images.
- Richard du Toit is one
of my personal favorite photographers. He lives in South africa and concentrates on the
southern African regions where I have photographed a lot myself. His work is absolutely
stunning! Besides being a great photographer he is also an expert on the region and the
wildlife. He has written an number of beautiful books, including a handbook for safari
photography.
- Heather Forcier a very talented photographer from
the US. She works mainly in the great outdoors of the US and Canada and she is also editor
in chief for the naturescapes website.
- Nial Benvie a photographer from Scottland
who concentrates mainly on the wildlife in Britain.
- Tim Fitzharris is a great all round nature
photographer who has also written over 25 books. Although from Canada, he has worked in
may places all over the world.
- Chris Gomersall is a very experienced
bird photographer from the UK. He has been a RSPB staff photographer for 14 years and has
also written a very good and recommendable book on the subject of bird photography.
- A special place here is reserved for Gloria
Hopkins. She is an artist (painter) and has done nature photography too, with a
special sense for design and composition. At the moment she is concentrating on painting
again. She has written several very good articles on the subject of composition for the
photo.net community. You can finds these here:
- Canon Information about Canon EF lenses and links to
other EOS equipment.
- Canon Digital Learning Center A Canon
website with very valuable information on how to use the Canon EOS system. Also includes
several very nice instructional video films.
- Canon Museum The official
Canon museum with information on all past and present Canon products. Also information
about technical stuff.
- Canon Europe CPS The official website of
Canon Professional Service in Europe. Nearly all of the website is open for all visitors
(no CPS membership required). Lots and lots of very informative articles.
- Nikon Webiste of Nikon
- Nikon NPS Nikon Professional Service
- Pentax
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Olympus
- Sigma
- Gitzo All information on Gitzo tripods.
- Manfrotto All information on Manfrotto tripods.
The brand Manfrotto is called Bogen in the US.
- Benro tripods and heads
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Arca
Swiss
- Really Right Stuff Everything you can
imagine for Arca Swiss style quick release systems. They manufacter perfect fitting quick
release plates specially designed for each lens and camera. You can download their
catalogue as pdf from the website.
- Kirk Enterprises
- Lowepro The best bags on the market for (nature)
photographers.
- Pelican
- Leatherman
- Sandisk
- Transcend
- Lexar
- Photo.net big all round photography community
on the internet. Great forums on all kinds of subjects and lots of other information,
reviews etc etc.
- Photomigrations great community with
electronic magazine and forums just for the nature photographer. The magazine has a very
nice archive with interesting articles.
- Naturephotographers Yet another great
site with lots of information and articles and a forum.
- Naturescapes another great community for the
wildlife photographer with articles, forums etc. Worth visiting.
- DPReview The news source on digital photography.
You will find the latest news here as well as loads of gossip and speculation on the
forums. This site also has great in depth reviews of almost all digital cameras. The
feature to compare several digital cameras is very handy.
- Rob Galbraith Yet another place to find
information on digital photography. The database with information on all combinations of
cameras and memeory cards is priceless. You can find nearly avery combination of card and
camera with real test specs.
- Photolinks is an online photography directory
serving the internet photography community since 1997, with over 400,000 visitors a month
on a wide variety of photography topics in over 80 categories with more than 18,000 unique
listings.
- Safari Talk Website
with a wealth of information about safari trips and destinations. Includes
very nice forum.
Dutch only
- Adobe
Photoshop The world standard application in image processing. Very expensive but it
offers all and simply is the standard.
- IView/Expression Media Pro is the image archive
program I use myself. There are both PC and Mac versions (if you buy the boxed version
you'll get both). Very nice intuitive program with very sophisticated options for
cataloging and archiving your digital images. After having used trial versions of all
other programs on the market, I finally choose this program as suits my needs best. A nice
bonus is the low price.
- Breeze Browser is a wonderfull program for
digital photographers. Specially for Canon users as it seems to be tuned to Canon RAW
files better than to any other brands. Although the program offers lots of functions and
even RAW conversion, the thing where it certainly can't be beat at, is quickly scanning
through the images of a shoot deciding which to keep and which to delete. No other program
can do this at this speed. Also very low cost.
- Capture One in
the eyes of many photographers one of the best RA conversion programs. With lots of
options and a good workflow.
- FotoStation is a very good program for
archiving your images, though it can do more than that. Very good at working with IPTC and
EXIF information. has good workflow options. There are two versions, the Classic version
and the Pro version. Basically they are the same software, where in the Classic version
all image editing features are removed. Since most photographers want to use Photoshop CS
for that anyway, I think the Classic version is the better choice for most. Quite
expensive however.
- Owens Foundation Website of Mark and Delia
Owens and their foundation to preserve natyural habitats. I met these wonderfull people in
South Africa in 1996 just after I had finished my Field Guide training there. I had read
their books and seen their documentaries on National Geographic television. Meeting them
in person was a geat experience. Since then Mary Dykes, the administrative director of the
Owens Foundation, has become a very special and close personal friend of my wife and me.
- WWF
- IFAW
- Red Kite feeding station
- Cheetah breeding station Hoedspruit