ADVENTURE JUNKIE If it was scientifically and physically possible to determine, I am sure a test would show that I was born with the adventure gene. My yearning for adventure began with my first steps. Soon, I was tearing around outside the house on foot, followed by a tricycle, strap-on skates, and finally the banana… Read more »
We are excited to bring you a new series on the blog: Messages from Africa! Abigeal will be authoring interviews with my guides from across Africa. With everyone stuck in their home countries, we are all missing each other and the beautiful African continent. Therefore, we thought this blog could be a way for us… Read more »
All of you who have traveled with me in the past five years have met Abigeal by email. Abigeal is my right and left hand when it comes to ensuring that all the details of your safaris, tours, and workshops are well ordered. Many of you ask about her often, but since only a few… Read more »
After the comments I received on my previous post discussing the importance of backgrounds in a composition, I thought it would be helpful to follow up with a simple discussion on the impact of light. PRETTY HORSES One of the first images I show during my presentation at the Spirit-N-Light workshops is one that I… Read more »
It sounds simple enough—just move a few feet forward; but when you’re in an exciting new place, it is too easy to react, holler STOP, point, shoot, spray, and pray—especially in wildlife photography, with limitless pixels. This is why my simple motto of asking, “What is my light? What is my background?” rarely fails if… Read more »
“And this too shall pass.” My mother quoted these words often throughout my life. Since I had been on the road the entire year (since Jan. 2nd) in remote locations with a limited network, I was sheltered from the saturated coverage of COVID -19 by the media—until I reached the US. The first week I… Read more »
On January 2nd I headed to Ethiopia to enjoy their Christmas celebration in Lalibela and then on to visit the tribes in the Omo Valley; completing 10 years of successful tours to Ethiopia. I then headed to South Sudan, with a leading African cultural anthropologist, to finally visit the tribes after several years of research… Read more »
January 1, 2020 is not only the first day of a new year, but also the magical start of a new decade! This is a great time for a fresh start — a re-launch in the fearless pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. REFLECT This past decade was one that most of us… Read more »
I am currently in Africa where I have had the privilege of traveling with guest in Kenya, Chad, and South Africa, for the past 9 weeks, with one more to go. When I was recently contacted to speak at this event, I had no idea that two people very, close to me, would be diagnosed… Read more »
Greetings from the Maasai Mara, Kenya! I have just finished another epic migration safari and have not had one extra minute to share this exciting news. Just before departing for Kenya the Insatiable Traveler named Piper Mackay Photography as one of the 10 Best African PhotoSafari Companies in the World! This really is a huge… Read more »