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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

I’ve attended baited wildlife photography workshops – is it ever okay to bait or should you always patiently wait?

A meerkat (Suricata suricatta) fearlessly climbs up on the back of a photographer in the Makgadikgadi Pan of the Kalahari, Botswana, Africa.

Wildlife photography is an inherently contentious topic, and baiting is arguably top of the list. I recently wrote a semi-viral article about a photographer who chased an owl around a field and refused to stop, which has caused me to analyze my own behaviour as a photographer.

Now, I’ll stop short of calling myself a hardcore wildlife photographer, because although I love photographing wildlife, it’s not something I get to do regularly. And indeed, many of the most memorable wildlife experiences I’ve had have been through my previous role working as Deputy Editor of N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine.

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