Tutored photo safari on the Chobe River, Botswana

By Roxanne Reid
‘Incoming on the right! Here it comes.’ Six people swivelled on their chairs and pointed their cameras in the same direction, trying to find the bird in flight. A seventh peered through his binoculars. We were on atutored photo safari on the Chobe River, something a little different from the usual game drive or sunset cruise. Guide-photographer-tutor Guts Swanepoel of Pangolin Photo Safaris had suggested getting our cameras’ shutter speed above 2000 so we could freeze the p...