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Welcome to my photo safaris website. Here you
will find all the information related to the safaris I organize in
Kenya. For any additional information that you can't find here,
please don't hesitate to contact me at my e-mail address:
federicoveronesi75@gmail.com
Safaris for wildlife photographers and nature lovers
My safaris are dedicated to serious wildlife photography and to
in-depth observation of the animals and their behavior.
Forget about a relaxing vacation! On these safaris we shall be out
in the field with the animals for ten hours per day or more. We’ll
start way before sunrise and not return to camp until it’s dark
again.
We will focus on specific animals for full days, sometimes even for
an entire safari if the situation is highly productive. I feel that
this is the only way to really enter the world of the animals, to
understand them and to capture extraordinary images. Bring along
huge amounts of patience and desire to just sit under a tree all day
watching a pride of sleeping Lions or waiting for a Leopard to
descend the tree it is resting on. In my experience, the most
interesting behaviors may happen unexpectedly and at any time of the
day.
This approach will make you live your safari in a completely
different way from the traditional “see it all in one day” style.
You'll be fully involved in the life in the savannah, and you'll
soon see the world around you through the eyes of the animal we are
following. It could be a mother Cheetah raising her cubs, a Serval
kitten waiting for its mother to return to the den, or a bull
Elephant wandering through the plains searching for a mate.
Considering the above, I generally recommend safaris where more days
are spent in less parks with excellent photographic potential.
Staying a long time in the same area will enable you to interiorize
the pace of the place you are in, to know its best locations and its
animals, and to avoid being in a hurry to see everything in one day.
A professional photographer as your guide
There are plenty of photographic safaris in Africa available. My
safari is different from most others because it will be a
photographer driving and guiding you, who spends most of his time
photographing in Kenya throughout the year and with your same
passion for photography and wildlife.
On this trip I will do the same that I would do if I was on a
photography session on my own. I will always try to put the vehicle
in the condition to capture the most dramatic and beautiful images.
You will not get mad to tell me how to position the vehicle in
relation to the light or the elements of the scene. And you will not
need to worry that your driver will take you back to the lodge
regardless of whatever is happening and the amazing sunset.
At the same time, and differently from many photographic safaris,
our main priority will be not to disturb the animals. Their well
being and their life will always be the most important thing, and we
will miss good pictures if taking them means altering the animal's
behavior. I see so many vehicles loaded with photographers run like
mad to anticipate a Cheetah or a Leopard in order to take a photo as
it walks towards the vehicle. This disturbs them a lot, especially
if they are hunting. I often see vehicles destroying vegetation to
enter a bush where a Leopard with cubs is resting. We shall instead
wait in the open for the Leopard to come out and come towards us on
its own accord. In my experience and in the long run, this approach
provides much better photographic opportunities than the ones
offered by a more invasive attitude.
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