Mark Fernley

Lions Feeding After Dark: A Night Inside the Shompole Photo Hide Filming lions feeding after dark is something few people ever witness, and even fewer capture at eye level. Wildlife photographers and videographers Mark A Fernley and Jaren A Fernley documented this rare sequence from an underground photo hide in Kenya’s Shompole Conservancy, arriving with knowledge of a fresh zebra kill. What followed was an uninterrupted, immersive account of predator behaviour, raw, controlled, and...

Mark A Fernley talks about his trek into Bwindi Impenetrable forest to photograph a Black Back Gorilla high in the canopy.

This Wildlife Photographer’s Guide to Samburu National Reserve explores one of Kenya’s most distinctive ecosystems through the lens of serious safari photography. From the Samburu Special Five to leopard, lion and elephant along the Ewaso Nyiro River, this guide covers natural history, access, recommended lenses, lighting challenges and fieldcraft insights to help photographers create purposeful, refined wildlife images in northern Kenya.