Posts in conservation
Black and White or Colour? The photographer’s dilemma.
Black and White or Colour? The photographer’s dilemma.

The choice to process an image in black and white comes with experimentation post processing. What is my intention? How can I best convey the mood, the emotion? Here’s the story behind my decision to choose black and white for this image of a magnificent bull elephant from Amboseli.

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Heartfelt Endeavours, Wildlife, conservation, storytelling, Africa, ElephantsKathy KarnSheldrick Wildlife TrustKathy Karn, Photography, Kenya, Elephant, Africa, climate change, human wildlife conflict, black and white photography Comments
If you can sing, you can dance.
If you can sing, you can dance.

There is a visceral sense of joy and healing that comes with African singing and dancing. When I’m in Kenya and people begin to dance, I can’t help but join in. My feet tap, my head and shoulders bob to the music. I sing along even when I don’t know the language. It is contagious! It is joyful. It connects us to others. It builds community.

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Heartfelt Endeavours, Wildlife, conservation, storytelling, AfricaKathy KarnSheldrick Wildlife TrustKathy Karn, Photography, Kenya, Elephant, trauma & healing, Africa, Singing, DancingComment
If Audrey Hepburn were an animal ......
If Audrey Hepburn were an animal ......

If Audrey Hepburn were an animal, I think she’d be a giraffe. Giraffes win the prize for elegance, beauty and grace. Those big eyes, those long lashes, that neck and super long legs! The tallest mammal on earth, it amazing to see them grazing the acacia treetops in the wild.

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Heartfelt Endeavours, Wildlife, conservation, storytellingKathy KarnSheldrick Wildlife TrustKathy Karn, Photography, Kenya, Elephant, Save Giraffes Now, GiraffesComment