ABOUT ATKINSON PHOTOGRAPHY & SAFARIS
Grant Atkinson is a full-time guide, naturalist and photo trip leader, and this website serves as a source of information about the photo safaris that he leads. The website is also a showcase for his images.
MEET GRANT
Grant Atkinson is a guide, wildlife photographer and nature enthusiast. Although he is based in Cape Town, South Africa, he spent twelve years guiding in Botswana. During that time he developed a deep knowledge, love and appreciation of that country’s wildlife.
Today he leads special-interest photographic safaris in Botswana, Brazil, Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania. Grant believes that learning the behaviour of his subjects is most important, and in that respect he is particularly interested in big cats, African wild dogs, elephants, marine mammals and birds of prey.
Having an in-depth knowledge of animal behaviour and being able to anticipate their next move is a huge advantage in helping both Grant and his guests get that once-in-a-lifetime shot. While on safari, Grant also works with guests on sharing and improving their image processing skills, particularly in Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC.
Grant’s images have been on the cover of both Africa Geographic and the US National Geographic Kids magazine. He is also a regular contributor of both text and images to African Birdlife, Africa Geographic and Pix magazine.
PUBLICATIONS
Grant is a regular contributor of images and text to wildlife and nature magazines.
Some of Grant’s recent contributions can be viewed below.
- Africa Geographic – October 2012 – Quality Time – Leopard Cub
- Africa Geographic – August 2012 – Portfolio- Life In The Moment
- Africa Geographic – February 2012 -Sole Survivor – Cheetah Of Savuti
- Africa Geographic – February 2013 – Southerns’ Breeding Spectacle
- Africa Geographic – May 2013 – Margin for Error
- Africa Geographic – August 2013 – Black Magic
- Africa Geographic – September 2013 – Dogged Cat
- The Zambezi Traveller 2014/15 – We Celebrate the Hyaena
- The Zambezi Traveller 2014/15 – The Secrets of the Hyaena revealed
- Africa Birdlife Magazine – Extreme Photography
- African Birdlife Magazine – Feasting on the Fallen
- African Birdlife Magazine – Nests & Nesting
- African Birdlife Magazine – First do no harm – Ethics and Bird Photography