What to Pack for a Wildlife Camera Safari in Kenya

Hey, what's up everybody, professional outdoor photographer David Johnston here for Outdoor Photography Guide. And right now, I'm in Kenya in Africa on the Outdoor Photography Guide Photo Tour of Kenya with a group here of some of the Outdoor Photography Guide subscribers. But I wanted to talk about some of the lenses and gear that you need to take for going on safari in Kenya. You know, we've been going out, having great success photographing some of the wildlife here on the Ol Pejeta Conservation. So I wanted to talk about number one, camera bodies and a wide angle lens. I know typically when you think about wildlife photography, you think about those long telephoto shots that you can get from very far away and get real close up on the wildlife's faces, but wide angle lenses can come into benefit too because sometimes you can get closer to the wildlife than you think you actually can when you are in the vehicles and get some really good, low perspective, wide angle shots but also some landscape shots of some of the things that are unique to that place, unique to Africa, that you can't see anywhere else in the world. So it's really beneficial to bring along something like a wide angle lens. Now, with the wide angle lens also being said, it's also important to point out you do need that long telephoto lens. What I have here is a 200-600 lens to really get those close-up shots from far away, zooming very close in on the wildlife's faces and really getting emotion through the eyes. A telephoto lens is really gonna help you out. The only problem is is you need to think about stabilization. Not only can you stabilize these when holding them on the tops and railings of the safari vehicles if you're in one, you can also get things like beanbags or you can lean up on the side of a window and stabilize it that way. Not to mention bringing a monopod can also be very beneficial for you as well. Keep these things in mind and these gear tips in mind the next time you go out on a Kenyan safari or an African safari because they're gonna really guarantee that you have the best gear in hand to capture amazing wildlife photos.