The first safari production studio run by safari hosts
Photography and films for the safari industry. We provide lodges, game reserves and hospitality brands with professional content that inspires travel, attracts the right guests and drives bookings. As active safari hosts, we don't just visit the bush, we live it.
Why we're different
Most media teams visit briefly, capture content and leave. But we return to the bush season after season as both creatives and safari hosts, guiding international guests through our award-winning company, All Out Safaris. That operational experience shapes every production giving us a deep understanding of guest psychology, wildlife timing and lodge rhythm which is why respected brands such as Royal Madikwe have approached us directly. As a specialist safari lodge media production company, we create wildlife lodge marketing content that is not only visually refined, but strategically aligned with how safari businesses truly operate.
What We Do
Storytelling films designed to showcase your lodge, wildlife, accommodation and, most importantly, the guest experience.
Supporting imagery created in tandem with film, capturing the same experience for use across your wider marketing.
Photography and film production tailored to the evolving content needs of lodges and safari brands.
Our photography and videography are created to work together as one unified production. When we partner with a lodge or game reserve, we’re not delivering separate assets we’re capturing the full story of the safari experience, with a strong focus on cinematic film as the driving force and photography supporting the wider narrative. The result is a complete visual picture of your safari brand, ready to use across every marketing channel.
Featured Work
This collection of featured work showcases our approach to safari photography and videography across South Africa. Whether documenting conservation initiatives, capturing authentic guest experiences or producing elevated lodge and wildlife imagery, every project is rooted in lived safari knowledge and guided by intentional storytelling. The result is media that supports brand positioning while remaining true to the environment in which it was created.
Why safari experience makes the difference
In the safari environment, nothing is controlled. Light, wildlife and guest experience all move on their own terms.
Because we work as safari hosts, we know how to operate inside that reality. We work with guest flow, respect conservation protocols and wildlife behaviour and capture moments as they unfold naturally, rather than manufacturing them.
The result is marketing that feels like the real experience, because it is.
Meet
Josh & Shelby
We founded Gianni Creative Studio in 2023 after 30 collective years of working in the bush and developing our photography. Shelby started capturing wildlife in 2008 and Josh in 2014, and over time we realised our shared passion for storytelling could help safari brands show their lodges and experiences in a way that truly reflects how they operate. Recognising the gap in specialist safari media, we established Gianni Creative Studio to bring industry experience into professional production.
Our approach is grounded in real safari life. We capture lodges, wildlife and guest experiences as they unfold; never staged, always authentic, blending cinematic and documentary storytelling with a natural eye for composition. Projects like our work for Royal Madikwe, Ivory Tree and Shepherd's Tree and Tulela Safari Lodge reflect this philosophy. Gianni Creative Studio exists to help safari brands elevate their visuals and communicate the exclusive, authentic experiences they offer, long before guests arrive.
