By the time our next speaker, Dave Burns, appears on November 7, he will just have returned from safari in Africa – again. An award-winning photographer, Dave specializes in wildlife, travel, and landscapes. Though he was born and raised in DC, Dave now lives in Boston; SSCC undertook considerable logistics juggling to bring him to town for our November meeting.

Dave’s passions range from the beauty of the African savanna to the streets of Paris. Over the past 20 years, he has traveled to more than 25 countries, professionally chronicling his experiences through a camera lens. His first safari in Africa was in 1997, after a Mt. Kilimanjaro climb, when he got a taste for the magic of the people, wildlife, and scenery of this special place. Dave shares his love of adventure travel with other photographers through his company Dave Burns Photo Tours.

Providing clients with unique travel experiences in exotic locations, he shows his groups how to capture amazing images of landscapes and wildlife while learning efficient, on-location, digital workflow.

Classically trained in the black and white darkroom and the Zone System, Dave presently works digitally from capture to print. He also experiments with different technologies and approaches. In fact, his infrared photography – with its unpredictable tones and dream-like effects – is what brought him to our attention in the first place. Dave’s traditional training, combined with the organizational and planning skills gained in his professional background in software engineering management, give him a unique edge in running successful photo tours.

A member of the North American Nature Photography Association, Dave has exhibited his work in many galleries, and his photographs have been welcomed into numerous private collections. As Dave says, “Safari njema.”