Travel photography tips with Susan Portnoy

Jefferson Graham

USA TODAY

Travel photographer Susan Portnoy, author of the Insatiabletraveler blog.

LOS ANGELES - Travel photographer Susan Portnoy, author of theinsatiabletraveler.com blog, joined us on Facebook Live this week. She has some great tips on taking travel portraits and what type of equipment to use on a safari.

Portnoy often leaves her New York City home base and captures stunning shots of people and animals in such locales as Kenya, Masai Mara and Cuba.

You can watch the video by clicking the link below.

Spoiler alert: Portnoy says safari photography needs include a long lens (she likes the 200--400mm Canon telephoto) and a fast shutter speed to catch quick shots of the animals. You'll need a DSLR for this, but an entry level Canon Rebel or Nikon D3400 (around $500) will do the trick.

You can check out a sample of Portnoy's work here, as well as her Facebook page, and blog.

A man poses for Susan Portnoy from a window in Havana, Cuba.

A quiet moment within a Samburu home in northern Kenya

A rather noisy oxpecker perches on the nose of a cape buffalo in the Masai Mara, Kenya

A panning shot of herd of wildebeest running in the Masai Mara

A lazy lion, full from eating a buffalo kill yawns at dawn in Timbavati, South Africa

Three Kazakh wrestlers photographed at a wedding in the middle of nowhere in the Altai Mountains.

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