THE SCENE
I prefer to visit the same areas repeatedly, as this helps me to familiarise myself with the surroundings, develop a connection with the terrain, and plan ahead.
This sequence of images were taken on an early July morning in the Maasai Mara. Initially, we found a female cheetah lying on a small mound under some bushes. We had been following her and her two cubs for a couple of days, and knew she hadn't had a successful hunt in that time. So we decided to wait some distance away.
Sometimes you may have to wait four or five hours or more, however this time we were lucky. It wasn't long before she woke up and immediately
