Divide your frame into a grid of nine equal squares, and align your subject with the intersections of those squares. In other words, avoid placing your subject (or the horizon) smack dab in the center of the frame.

You can lend your safari photos a much needed sense of proportion during the editing process. The above photograph was cropped in order to a) get rid of the Range Rovers in the distance and b) de-center the subjects.

Adjusting your aperture to wide settings (say, 1.4 or 2.8) causes your subjects to pop in focus against a gauzy background. Longer lenses will do this naturally, so telephotos can be useful in shooting close-ups as well.

Don't delete pictures until you see them on your monitor. The above photograph was initially considered a throwaway for obvious reasons, but on further consideration, turned out to be a tongue-in-cheek keeper.

This means spending some time behind the viewfinder waiting for points of interaction, and adjusting your shutter button to the “rapid fire” setting.

According to Weise, "Human beings look at an image and look straight into the eye of the subject. If the eye is not sharp, the image is a throwaway."

The instinct with a zoom lens is to keep it fully extended and shoot as closely as possible, but that runs the risk of severing various body parts, and besides, an entire portfolio of close-ups can be boring. Look for trees, mountains, and other nearby features that help create an overall scene.

Photographers are crepuscular creatures – they thrive at dawn and at dusk. A vast majority of the photographs seen in glossy coffee table books are taken during these "golden hours." Take advantage of early morning game drives, and wait until the sun goes down before heading back to dinner.

When light is low, you may have to bump up your ISO to 400 or even 800 in order to freeze motion (then again, you may want to keep it at 100 for a more impressionistic, blurring effect).

We've all been assaulted with near interminable online slideshows. James Weis recommends around thirty shots tops.