Bella Falk

Bella Falk

Travel photographer

Bella is a travel and wildlife photographer, writer, and creator of the multi-award-winning travel and photography website Passport & Pixels. She has been a winner or finalist for more than 25 travel industry awards for writing, photography and blogging including winning Best Photography at the Travel Media Awards 2020 and Blog of the Year at the British Guild of Travel Writers' Awards 2023.

Latest articles by Bella Falk

Panned photo of leopard running

I’m begging photographers not to use AI to write their Instagram captions. Here’s why it’s such a bad idea

By Bella Falk published

Opinion Authenticity is the only currency left for photographers. Your followers want your voice, not a bowl of robotic porridge

Opinion
Image of vulture with watermark in bottom right corner

Some photographers on social media really hate watermarks – here’s why I put mine on every single image I post

By Bella Falk published

Opinion

Opinion
video graphic displaying the words thank you in multiple languages

As a travel photographer I always learn these five phrases before I arrive in a new country with a different language

By Bella Falk published

Opinion

Opinion
Climbing the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcanon in Tanzania

I got up at midnight to climb a volcano. I left my big camera behind and just took my Fujifilm compact. This is how I got on…

By Bella Falk published

Opinion I deliberately left my big camera behind when I climbed a heart-stoppingly steep volcano. Would a compact be up to the job?

Opinion
Tearsheets of Bella Falk's articles on Guatemala

I caught COVID days before a 5-week work trip to Central America. It turned out to be the best thing for my travel photography career

By Bella Falk published

Opinion Losing my dream documentary assignment birthed my career as a renowned travel photographer – and it's all thanks to COVID

Opinion
Chimpanzee sitting on log in jungle

People stealing my favorite chimpanzee photo makes me furious – here’s how I deal with copyright theft

By Bella Falk published

Opinion "As soon as it went online, every African safari company and its dog nicked it to use on their own site…"

Opinion

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