Natural Photographer Blog

  • Pro Tips

    How to Photograph Hippos at Waterline

    Oct 30, 2024 · Court Whelan

    Photographs of hippos are deceptively challenging. Not because it’s hard to find them, necessarily. Nor is it because they aren’t photogenic or found in beautiful, wild habitat. Mainly, it’s because…

  • Pro Tips

    The Best Tips for Photographing Botswana’s Elephants

    Mar 2, 2023 · Court Whelan

    If an African safari is the peak of a nature photographer’s career, Botswana is the pinnacle. Between the extraordinary wildlife that appears in concentrations unlike anywhere else in Africa and the…

  • Learn by Example

    How to get this shot – Tree Iguana in Costa Rica

    Jan 27, 2019 · Court Whelan

    When it comes to regions and countries with high biodiversity, reptiles are often one of the groups that tend to be highly photogenic and amazing to watch. They’re often unique…