Make it! Don’t Take it!

When people find out what I do, they say: “You take pictures, don’t you?” And I always reply: “No. I don’t take anything! I MAKE photographs.” My photography improved instantly once I adopted the attitude that I was “making” a photograph. Suddenly, I was more aware of what I was creating. I instantly began to have more control over the nature and quality of my photographs. “NEVER let the camera have the last word.” What I mean by that is this: the images you get straight from the camera are just ingredients, they are just fast food, they are unfinished as far as I am concerned. The camera gives you the cake, but the cake needs icing before serving.

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Testimonial

Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia – 2008
My first purchase (besides candy bars) as a child was a Cub Scout camera that cost $6.25 back about 1952 or 53, and I have been buying and using cameras ever since. However, my first photography class wasn’t until March, 2008, when I attended a digital photography [...]

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Simba Sex

Mating habits of Simba (lion)
From time to time, in my photo safaris in Africa, we are lucky enough to discover lions mating, and this is always a superb photo opportunity as well as a terrific education.   The following photos were made in the Samburu region of Kenya.
The Lioness is the Boss
The lioness seems to control [...]

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What Gear to Take with me?

Specific answers to specific questions:
OK, this is a question I get very frequently.   And the answer, of course, depends upon the purpose of your safari and the destination.   If you will just post your questions to me specifically by entering a comment below, it will be my pleasure to answer each one of you.
Yukon Gold [...]

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Love this Giraffe!

Thank you, Joani White!
Good job.  Good photograph.
Let me tell you why I think this is such a fine photograph.
1.   It follows Mzungu’s Big Five Rules for creating great photographs:  One – Background emphasises the subject and produces no visual competition; Two – The Subject is the only star on the stage; Three – the Edges [...]

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2009 Lecture: Wild Things – Images from Africa

I am available for lectures to your organization.  Here is an example.
Lecture to the Adventurers Club of Chicago
Roger “Mzungu” Moore, adventurer and photographer, from Dallas, Texas presented his program “Wild Things: Images from Africa” on Friday, May 25th.    Mzungu is a member of the Adventurers Club as well as the Explorers Club.   He is well [...]

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Testimonial

Kenya – November 2006
Without a doubt the finest experience of my life (saying a lot considering 72 years).  Mzungu was the most gracious host and leader.  The insight to more meaningful and finer photography Mzungu shared with the group is/was unsurpassed.  I have been on many, many treks … none as great as Mzungu’s.
Gerald N [...]

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