Arnoud Quanjer Wildlife Photography

Often people ask me why I always go back to Southern Africa and why I never go to places like the USA, Australia or South America. The answer is easy: I love wildlife photography too much. Over the years by trial-and-error, and by reading lots and lots of books about wildlife photography, I've learned a fair bit about wildlife photography. In this section of my web-site I try to share some of the things I've learned. Through the menu on the left of the screen you can access the various sections with information. As most photographers have switched to digital over the last couple of years I've concentrated on digital photography. In the equipment section I've tried to provide a quick overview of the photo equipment that is most often used for wildlife photography. If you plan on doing most of your wildlife photography from the confines of a car then make sure that you check the 'camera supports' section!

Recommended books 

I've bought a bunch of books the last couple of years that specificallyt target wildlife photography. A book every wannabee wildlife photographer should read is John Shaw's 'The nature photographers complete guide to professional field techniques'. Although this book was first published in 1984 it is still one of the best books I've read about wildlife photography. I've learned a lot from this book, and still read up on parts of it occasionally.  Another nice book targeted at beginners is Nigel Dennis's 'Guide to wildlife photography'. Nigel is one of my favourite photographers so I couldn't resist buying this guide when I saw it in a bookshop in Kruger. This guide is a easy reading and I would recommend it to the novice wildlife photographer.

What I also do is buy a lot of wildlife photography books and surf the Internet and look at other peoples pictures. You can learn a lot by looking at other peoples pictures and reading about how they made them. At this time I'm reading up on flash photography using beam intensifiers. Flash photography is for me the most challenging part of photography, but I'm sure I'll get it right one day :)