Ann and Steve Toon

Ann and Steve are an award-winning UK-based husband and wife team of professional wildlife photographers who specialize in the wildlife and wild places of Southern Africa, where they have been photographing for more than 20 years. Former journalists, they bring a story-telling approach to their work and have written and photographed hundreds of articles on photography, natural history, conservation and travel, for a wide range of publications around the world, as well as writing three books. Ann and Steve spend four or five months of every year in Africa, photographing personal projects and commissions, and leading specialist photo safaris to some of their favourite wildlife locations.

Class 1:
How to Capture Wildlife Images with Impact

In a world awash with images, how do you make your wildlife shots stand out from the crowd? Ann and Steve have been making a living from their wildlife shots for two decades and here they share their secrets to getting noticed: working at the edges of the light, searching for striking compositions, capturing dramatic action and behavior, knowing when to follow ‘the rules’ and when to break them. Expect lots of practical tips and techniques to help you raise your wildlife photography to another level.

Class 2:
How to Plan a Specialist/Serious Photographic Safari to Africa

An African safari can be the trip of a lifetime, with unforgettable wildlife encounters and unsurpassed photographic experiences. But with a vast range of different African photographic safaris to choose from, how do you sort the wheat from the chaff and find the best one for you? Africa experts Ann and Steve look in detail at the key decisions you need to make, and how to plan in detail to get the maximum bang for your buck — how to find the best guides, where and when to travel, what kit to pack, medical, financial and insurance issues — and much more.