Photography & Gear Guides

Uganda's wildlife photography conditions range from the extraordinary intimacy of mountain gorilla trekking — where…

Photographing mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is one of the most technically challenging and…

Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most photographically diverse of Uganda's major national parks, combining…

The sixty-minute gorilla encounter is, among other things, a photographic challenge unlike any other in…

The gorilla trekking photography question that generates the most disagreement in wildlife photography communities is…

Rain in Bwindi is not the enemy of good photography—it is a creative opportunity that…

The infants and juveniles of a mountain gorilla family are among the most photographically compelling…

The shift from DSLR to mirrorless cameras has been one of the most significant developments…

The single greatest technical challenge in gorilla photography is light—or rather the persistent lack of…

The dominant approach to gorilla photography is telephoto compression: a long lens pulling a gorilla…

The mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are among the most intensively monitored wild…

The seven-metre minimum distance between visitors and gorillas, and the frequent reality of greater distances…

The most avoidable disappointment in gorilla photography is running out of storage capacity during the…

The fundamental challenge of forest wildlife photography — insufficient light for the shutter speeds required…

The gorilla encounter lasts one hour. The photographs taken during that hour will be looked…

The footage that has shaped the world's perception of mountain gorillas — the sequences from…

The daypack you carry on your gorilla trek is a small but consequential decision. Too…

The choice of camera sensor size has a more significant practical impact on gorilla photography…

A silverback charge is one of the most visceral and dramatic wildlife events that any…

Drone photography has transformed wildlife and landscape photography over the past decade, giving individual photographers…

The gorilla trek produces some of the most emotionally charged wildlife photographs most photographers will…

The difference between a well-packed safari photography kit and a poorly packed one shows itself…

Still photography has dominated the conversation about gorilla trekking camera craft—and understandably so, since a…

The camera system debate has been settled in the broader photography world—mirrorless has won. But…