Welcome to issue 11 of the Flack’s Photography Newsletters. I truly hope it finds you happy and in good health! On the 11 of January I was kindly asked if I wanted to visit a nature reserve near Richmond (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa). The custodians of the site asked if I could photograph their Blue Swallows; a critically endangered species in...
Welcome to issue 10 of The Flack’s Photography newsletters. I hope that it finds you safe and in good health!To all our regular subscribers, thanks so much for all your feedback and input to date! It is much appreciated and a great encouragement. To all our new subscribers, thanks for joining and I hope you enjoy the issues that follow....
I hope you had a wonderful festive season with family and friends, and that you are well rested for the year ahead.I started my holiday with an incredible visit to the Vulture Hide at Giant’s Castle, which was not only great from a photographic perspective but also a wonderful tonic for the soul.I had booked the trip in September to...
Welcome to issue 8 of the Flack’s Photography newsletters! Thanks so much for your continued support and interest! I have really appreciated all the kind emails and encouragement I have received over the last 7 issues, and love that so many of you have been in touch. To all the new subscribers, please note that issues 1 to 7 can be found...
Welcome to issue #7 of The Flack’s Photography newsletters. I don’t know about you, but I am seriously missing adventures in far off lands, and hence I thought I would focus this next newsletter on one of my more adventurous escapades; birding on the banks of the Bénoué River in North East Cameroon. THE DESTINATION BEHIND THE BIRDSBénoué National Park – north...
This issue marks a special day for the Flack family. We have finally made the move from Johannesburg to the Natal Midlands, and as you read this we will be unpacking boxes in our new home. For those that aren’t familiar with this part of South Africa, it is as scenic and beautiful as it is abundant with birds; holding some...
When I first started taking photographs of birds I was focused on getting close-up portraits; the closer the better. At first this was incredibly difficult, as I was using Eileen’s 18 to 55mm lens, but with the purchase of my first birding lens; Canon’s 100 to 400mm f5.6, things got significantly easier. I then progressed to taking portraits with less...
I hope July's newsletter finds you safe, happy and healthy! With the continued impact of the coronavirus being felt around the world and the tourism industry taking some of the heaviest blows, I decided to focus this newsletter on one of the key reasons many birders come to South Africa; our endemic bird species and specifically our endemic Rockjumpers. With only two...
Welcome to our 3rd issue of the Flack’s Photography newsletter. Thank you so much to everyone who wrote in. It was great to receive so many encouraging messages from birders, non-birders and photographers alike! Please keep the feedback coming and feel free to share the newsletter with anyone you feel may be interested. At a time when many of us are...
Thanks to everyone who subscribed and provided feedback on our first issue of the Flack’s Photography newsletter. It was great to receive some encouragement as well as useful advice! I also hope and trust that you remain safe and healthy during these unprecedented times! I may be a little different to many birders or bird photographers in Africa, as I pay little attention to...