Natural Photographer Blog

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    Run a Background Check: It’s Most of Your Photo

    May 8, 2026 · Mike Hillman

    Here’s an uncomfortable truth: your subject is not the whole photo. I know, betrayal. You spent all that money on a big lens, got up before sunrise, skipped the second…

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    Tips for Captivating Landscape Photography in Africa

    Jul 22, 2025 · Court Whelan

    The big open spaces of Africa aren’t prime for only wildlife photography. Landscape photography in Africa is just as big, bodacious, and spectacular. If you’re headed on a safari in Africa, pack…

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    Tutorial for Photographing Wild Coastal Grizzly Bears

    Feb 4, 2022 · Court Whelan

    If you ask any wildlife photographer in North America what is top of their bucket list, it’s often Alaska’s Coastal Grizzlies, which are found in a relatively specific region of…