Photography Tours

05/03/2026

Spot the elephant. In a few weeks. the vegetation will start changing and Southern Africa will transform into one of my favorite photographic seasons, autumn with glorious weather, beautiful landscapes and rich colourful skies.
Pic by James Gradwell.

06/07/2021

THE SECRETS TO BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY
A WEEKEND WORKSHOP FOR BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Learn to capture Beautiful Bird Photos without any photography experience necessary!
Bird photography can be daunting, you view all these amazing bird images online but when they try to capture the same, your photos look different – why?
Because bird photography is a learned skill, you can’t pick up a golf club for the first time and expect to play like a Pro; the same principle applies here.
Fortunately a good photo follows a basic formula, a formula that can be learnt and this workshop teaches you exactly how - every step of the way!
What can take months or even years to learn, you will get to grips with in a single weekend, guaranteed!

SECRETS TO BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP DETAILS
WHERE: Big Tuskers Bush Camp in Marloth Park (Kruger)
WHEN: 27 -29 August 2021
START/FINISH: Starts Friday 1pm with lunch at camp, finishes Sunday after brunch
PHOTO LEVEL: Beginner and Intermediate Photographers
GROUP SIZE: Min 2 - Max 7 (Non workshop participants welcome fee is the same)
INCLUDES: 2 night’s accommodation, 5x meals, 3 x safari birding drives, birding walks, birding instruction and workshop hosted by Professional Photographer & Safari Guide James Gradwell
EXCLUDES: Drinks, waters, transport to Marloth, insurance, items of a personal nature.
TRANSPORT: Can be arranged to and from Joburg with a shuttle service (From R500 p/p)
PRICE: R7 995 p/person sharing
SINGLE SUPPLMENT: R8 995 p/person

PRIVATE: For groups of 4 or more this workshop can be run any time (subject to availability). Can also extend days and customize workshop to the group’s preferences.

HOSTED BY: James Gradwell is an award winning photographer with his award winning photo tours business photography Tours
James has also worked for 6 years as a Professional Safari Guide at SA top lodges Londolozi, Ngala and Phinda. And a tour director with the World's Best Safari Operator Micato Safaris

CANONSA: has kindly lent us Canon Eos R6 + some telephoto lens for workshop participants to try out.

For Full Details: https://www.photographytours.co.za/photo-tours/bird-photo-workshop-marloth-park/

21/06/2021

If you wish to get beautiful images of Table Mountain, join us for a tour. We know all the best locations and some secrets ones (like this) too!

PEBBLES
I've had so many ask if this image is real and the answer is yes! It is a seasonal image that is dependent on the tide, size of the swell and of course, knowing exactly where to find the pebbles :)
Image is available for license and print. Shares welcome
Copyright: James Gradwell

01/06/2021

Hi, to any and all past clients. Please can you leave a review for Photography Tours. We have well over a 100 perfect score review on TA be nice to add some new reviews here too. Thanks

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g312659-d2067164-Reviews-Photography_Tours-Cape_Town_Central_Western_Cape.html

01/06/2021

Photography Tours is still up and running, we ran our first international tour group to Namibia late March '21. This was in response to the 'once a decade' rain that created unique pools of water in the dunes.

The last I saw water here was in 2011! A very special sight indeed!
We had no issues with our PCR tests and with Namibia low Covid numbers it was a breeze travelling.

16/11/2018

Please note Photography Tours is changing to a USA host provider to speed up page load times. This process takes anything from 4 - 48 hours during this time our website will be down. Please contact us here if you need any information. Thanks. Photography Tours team

16/01/2018

Yaaah we won :-)

"I am very pleased to announce that Photography Tours has been successful in winning;

Bespoke Tour Operator of the Year
2018
Western Cape, South Africa


The Luxury Travel Guide Awards champion the very best in their respective fields; therefore to come out on top is truly an achievement you should be proud of. We are delighted to pay tribute to and commend all those who have excelled in the industry. This year has seen an unprecedented number of shortlisted companies, providing strong competition in every category.
www.ltgawards.com

17/10/2017

Another Excellent Trip Advisor review for Greg just come thru, well done!!

Review of Photography Tours, Cape Town Central: An excellent one day photo tour with Greg Hillyard

27/07/2017

Our Blog "Best time to Visit Cape Town for Photography' is up

Best time to visit Cape Town for photography. What to expect as a photographer summer, winter, autumn, spring

10/07/2017

Our new blog post is live, pop over to have a look
http://www.photographytours.co.za/photographytours-blog-1/

As Photography Tours is run and managed by us the photographers (no office staff) its taken a while to get a blog going but as they say every journey starts with the first step.