Through a guide's lens with James Suter

Through a guide's lens with James Suter Private Photographic Guide & aspiring filmmaker, with a passion for the Africa bush. Striving to mak

Male lions have small keratin spines on their pen*ses. During mating, these help stimulate the female and can trigger ov...
13/05/2026

Male lions have small keratin spines on their pen*ses. During mating, these help stimulate the female and can trigger ovulation. Lions, like other felids are induced ovulators, meaning ovulation only happens after mating.

Lion mating can look intense because it is very fast and repeated many times in a short period, sometimes dozens of times in a day. This helps increase the chance of successful fertilisation in the wild.

What looks aggressive is actually a natural reproductive strategy shaped by evolution, not just pain or violence. If you have witnessed this in the wild, you can count yourself pretty lucky.

Captured while on safari in Botswana 🇧🇼

10/05/2026

Mothers.

In every corner of our world, there is this quiet thread:
love, protection, teaching, comforting, carrying, guiding.

A mother elephant waiting for her calf.
A bird feeding hungry mouths.
A woman holding her child while she works.
A hand on a shoulder.
A glance.
A presence.

So much of motherhood happens in the in-between moments that often go unnoticed.
The constant giving.
The worry. The intuition. The softness.
The strength.

Today we celebrate mothers in all forms - human and wild - and the deep instinct to nurture, protect, and love.

Happy Mother’s Day ❤️

05/05/2026

Five years of filming. Five years of questions.

What started as a small, self-funded project grew into something much bigger than we expected. Over that time, we’ve kept returning to Knysna, learning about the forest, its elephants, and the history connected to both.

We’re now in the final stages of completing the film.�We need your support to finish it.

Support via the link in bio.ďż˝

28/04/2026

The Knysna elephant’s story is a haunting one.

Once part of a herd, now only one remains.

This film follows that journey of loss, survival, and what it means when a whole population is reduced to a single individual.

But beyond the tragedy, there is something deeper here, a reflection for us. About how we live with nature, what we lose when connection is broken, and what it means to try and restore what once was.

We’re in the final stages of completing this documentary and need your support to bring it into the world.

Help us share this story. If you would like to support the project, link in my bio.

21/04/2026

Exciting news! We’ve spent years working on a story that quietly sits in the fabric of South Africa, one that many people don’t even know exists.

Elephant Alone is about the last elephant in the Knysna forest.
But it’s also about memory, loss, and witnessing our children come to understand the world around them, and become part of a story like this. It feels special, and bigger than us.

We’ve worked on this documentary over many years, alongside raising our kids, carrying it through different seasons of life, always knowing it was a story we needed to finish properly.

We’re now in the final stages of completing the film.

And while it feels vulnerable to share this, we do need support to get it across the line, from final filming to edit and post.

If this story resonates with you, and you feel called to help us bring it home, we would be incredibly grateful.

Link below 👇 and in my bio to donate.

https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/elephant-alone-fund-a-film

Closing out an unforgettable safari in Rwanda with two magical gorilla encounters — including the rare chance to see two...
11/09/2025

Closing out an unforgettable safari in Rwanda with two magical gorilla encounters — including the rare chance to see two families interacting. Time with these great apes in Volcanoes National Park is truly unlike anything else on earth. Until next time, Rwanda — you’ve been amazing.

I’ve had a fascination with Martial Eagles since I was a child. Their sheer size, power, and elusiveness have always cap...
07/09/2025

I’ve had a fascination with Martial Eagles since I was a child. Their sheer size, power, and elusiveness have always captured my imagination. To think that a bird can take down prey as large as a small antelope is extraordinary. Africa’s largest eagle, the Martial Eagle, is a truly formidable predator—and witnessing one up close is always a rare and special experience.

Capture while on safari in Rwanda 🇷🇼

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