Expeditions
Each Expedition is hosted by Chris & Monique Fallows who’s passion, knowledge and love of the wildlife in the area makes this the most personalized and educational trip on offer, with a limited maximum of 8 participants to ensure the best viewing potential.
2011 Expedition
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If you are a serious shark lover and if it is a life’s dream to experience the Great White Shark, then the best way to do this is to book a longer stay.
Photographing Great White sharks.
For Monique & I Seal Island is unquestionably the best spot on earth to be able to photograph and view all aspects of white shark behaviour and it has been our privilege to have been able to work 
here since 1995.
Sharks pictures always create interest and none more so than great white shark pictures. Pictures of great white sharks usually show these magnificent animals with a large chunk of bait in their mouths or with their mouths open showing a jaw full of teeth. While a few of our breaching images do show white sharks with their mouths agape whilst hunting we steer away from purposefully creating images of aggressive looking sharks with chunks of bait in their mouths.
Great White Sharks in fact spend most of their time just cruising around conserving energy, and it is usually in this relaxed state that we are able to view them.
For us the ability to use spectacular and beautiful shark images to show the majesty of sharks in their natural environment and help conserve them has become our life’s passion and goal.
We spend thousands of hours behind the lens at Seal Island patiently waiting for that brief burst of flight as the white sharks take to the air either breaching on a decoy or in natural pursuit of Cape Fur seals. All of our camera equipment is Canon and we tend to use shorter, faster lenses and high speed settings to be able to freeze the very fast action that often occurs for less than a second. Our underwater photography of white sharks at Seal Island is generally done with a pole camera which allows us to get very close to our subjects without having to worry about the bars of a shark cage.
Most importantly more than 1000 trips to sea has given us an understanding of our subject and this has helped in terms of having a good idea what the circumstances are under which we can expect to see unique behaviour and really concentrate during these often brief periods. It has also taught us to always be respectful of our subjects need for space and to always put the well being of the shark and prey first.
Our shark photos have also taught us a tremendous amount about shark behaviour, their movements, mannerisms and hunting techniques. We use these images as references for our own work as well as various scientific and general publications. This has hopefully been able to contribute to a greater understanding of these awesome animals.
We have been very lucky to meet some of the worlds leading wildlife photographers who have shared hard earned secrets and techniques enabling us to be able to become better photographers and for this kindness we are very grateful.
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