The author, Hans Martens, is an experienced safari photographer, having travelled over more than a dozen countries in northern, eastern, western and southern Africa over two decades. Some twenty years ago he was one of the first non South Africans to successfully complete an FGASA accredited Safari Guide training. More recently he was enrolled in a research master program in Wildlife Management at the University of Pretoria, doing research about the effects of wildlife photography on the economy and environment.