Making the most of Autumn and Winter Bird Photography
I am soon to set off on an incredibly exciting trip to southern Malawi to carry out a photographic project for a new lodge. Besides the adventure of meeting new...
20 September, 2023
Drakensberg Bird Photography at its Best
I hope this finds you happy and healthy! We have just passed through the heart of winter in the Natal Midlands and are beginning to see the signs of spring. Each...
30 August, 2023
The Magnificent Makuleke Concession in Northern Kruger
Welcome to my 28th bird photography newsletter! In this next issue I thought I would take you on a journey to one of my favourite bird photography destinations in Africa; the...
06 June, 2023
Northern KwaZulu Natal ~ The Place of Birds
Welcome to my first newsletter of the year! Happy, happy 2023! The more time I spend on planet earth, the more thankful I am for nature, for wildlife, for passions...
02 February, 2023
The Best of 2022 ~ A Year in Wildlife Photographs
Thank you so much for subscribing to my newsletters! The feedback, encouragement and engagement over the last 25 editions has been far more than I could ever have hoped for....
01 December, 2022
Magical Bird Photography in northern Kenya
Welcome to issue 25 of the Flack’s photography newsletters. Eileen, Joshua and I have just returned home after an incredible three weeks in Kenya. After three years of Covid cancellations we...
28 October, 2022
Bird Photography in Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda
It was difficult to know where to start this newsletter given that my trip to Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda was three years in the making and one that I had...
16 September, 2022
My Best Bird Photography in the Tankwa Karoo
Welcome to issue 23 of The Flack’s Photography newsletters! Having been away from home for a month it is such a blessing to be back in Balgowan and surrounded by...
26 July, 2022
My Most Exciting Photograph to Date
I hope this finds you healthy and happy! In my last newsletter (Creativity in Bird Photography), I eluded to a new vision for habitat shots or “birds in their environment...
13 May, 2022
Creativity in Bird Photography
When I started photography it was all about the bird. I wanted to take close ups of all birds, but especially rare ones, and soon hoped to get brilliantly sharp...
06 April, 2022
Orange Ground Thrush & Benvie Gardens
Welcome to my 20th newsletter and the fifth since the start of my break from the corporate world. It has been such an incredible privilege to take some time out...
03 March, 2022
Photographing Bohm’s Spinetail in Northern Kruger
A very happy 2022 to you and your family! Welcome to issue 19 of my bird photography newsletters! I believe that one of the key secrets to improving your bird photography...
25 January, 2022
Habitat Shots ~ The Colours of Northern Kruger
I enjoy most genres of bird photography but if pushed to pick a favourite it would have to be “Habitat Shots” or “Birds in their Environment” images. For me, these...
21 December, 2021
Birds & Big Cats of Northern Kruger National Park
I was going to write a newsletter on Benvie Gardens and breeding Orange Ground Thrush (which I will do in time) but I have just got back from an incredible...
23 November, 2021
Striped Flufftail – The Snow Leopard of Birds
Welcome to Issue 16 of the Flack’s photography newsletters. I hope that it finds you in good health and out birding! Some of my bird photography moments have been head and...
19 October, 2021
Bird Photography in the Natal Midlands
Eileen, Joshua and I shared our first anniversary in the Natal Midlands at the end of August. It is hard to believe that we have been away from Johannesburg for...
15 September, 2021