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I am an avid adventurer, conservationist, teacher, and outdoor photographer whose photography celebrates the African landscape and its rich wildlife, people, and culture. My photographic safaris allow my travelers to not only enhance their understanding of photography, lighting, and wildlife, but to develop a life-long admiration for Africa ‘s beauty and culture.

Banana Republic recently used my photographs as the cornerstone of their Urban Safari campaign, and my images were seen in all 750 stores around the globe, as well as in their billboards, catalogs and annual report. I was also the winner of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the ‘Wild Places’ category in 2008 and a highly commended in the ‘Creative Visions of Nature’ category in 2007.

I launched Gura Gear in 2008, in an attempt to deliver lightweight camera bags to the market. I was looking for a lightweight camera bag to hold all of my photographic gear, and there was nothing desirable on the market that suited my needs. After spending 2 years with many prototypes, the Gura Gear Kiboko bag was born. More products are now available on the Gura Gear web site.

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Botswana vehicles for my camping safaris

Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 04:01PM

Al, Nic and Trevor on safari in Botswana, April 2008

Just a quick grab shot to illustrate what some of my vehicles look like in Botswana. These are the vehicles when we are camping, not the ones we use when staying in lodges. Notice the photographer who sits in the front seat will use a bean bag on the dashboard, and the photographer in the first row seat has ample room to use a tripod with a gimbal mount. The rear row (not seen) works best with a monopod. Notice the cooler box (aka "refrigerator") in the middle seat? Nothing like cold beer, wine, sodas and water when out on a long game drive.

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Great setup... and glad to see you take your 'fridge' with you! Very important!! :)

July 18, 2008 |

Gerry

I just came across your blog... Looks like an awesome setup. I dream to come on one of these some day.

July 19, 2008 |

Alex Mody

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