I often teach the importance of being intentional when you are looking to tell stories as a photographer. There are many things to consider when it comes to intentionality. One of these is purposefully identifying birds that you can get to know and observe for long periods of time. The more you can study your subjects (and indeed, fall in...
Last month we had one of the biggest snowfalls in the history of the Natal Midlands (and it was meant to be the start of our summer). We have been living here for over 4 years now and although it has snowed before at our home, it has never snowed like this! We had around 15cm of snow on our...
I hope this finds you wonderfully well!? It is amazing to think that this is issue number 34 of my newsletters. Thanks so much to everyone who has been part of my journey over the last few years. I started these newsletters 3 years ago now and some of you have been with me from the start. Thanks so much...
Award-winning South African photographer Richard Flack ponders the purpose of bird photography and argues that aspiring photographers should never underestimate the power of their contribution. This is a question I often get asked: why do we photograph birds? What is the point? And what are we going to do with all the photographs? Interestingly, these questions are usually asked by...
Welcome to issue 33 of The Flack’s Photography newsletters. I hope it finds you happy and healthy! At the end of last year I was invited to be the photographer on a very exciting conservation project headed up by Dr Kyle Lloyd from Birdlife South Africa. The following newsletter gives a behind the scenes look at his fascinating work as...
One of the highlights of 2024 was attending an “art in bird photography” conference in Adelaide. The conference hosted over 200 passionate photographers from all over Australia. Thanks so much to Birdlife Photography Australia for inviting me and for making me feel so incredibly welcome. It was such a privilege to be the keynote speaker and to share the stage with...
When I left the corporate world, Eileen and I decided to open our hearts wide and explore what it would look like to dream big. At the centre is our faith and it is from this place that our dreams originate. It’s been on our hearts for many years to create a space that we love and for others to...
2023 was an extraordinary year for the Flack family. After leaving the corporate world I was not 100% sure what we were going to do next. I just knew it was time to leave and follow my heart again. Since my early twenties I have made a number of unconventional choices based on what I can only describe as leaps...
