You have to understand something when taking pictures of wild animals, they never sit still unless they’re stuffed in a museum and we don’t want to go down that road. Wild animals are naturally nervous, highly strung, twitchy, unpredictable and permanently in survival mode.
There is no such thing as ‘chilling out’ for a wild animal [...]

There is a famous expression in the stills and movie industries ‘Stay away from Children and Animals’. I’m not sure who should take the credit for this profundity, but whoever he was, he knew what he was talking about. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to prevent you from taking pictures of your young [...]