<p>Scarred by the memory of her disappointing safari photos, Helen Raine spoke to snapper Martin Bonnici to get the low-down on how to capture breathtaking moments forever.</p><p>I clearly remember getting back the photos from my first trip to Zambia. This was in the days when a roll of film was carefully eked out and then dropped at the pharmacy for developing. I had seen some of the finest wildlife spectacles in the world and captured it in technicolour glory on my little point and press.</p><p>And what I got back was two dozen photos of small specks that may or may not have had trunks and tusks, miniaturised on a giant African plain; or a yawningly empty shot of vegetation with the blurred tail of a cheetah running off the edge of the scene; plus a series of glowing red eyes on a inky black canvas.</p><p>One visit to the camera store later and I was getting slightly improved results with my film single-lens reflex, although these days, the average iPhone 5s can probably do a better job. But even with the advent of astonishing phone camera technology, excellent travel photography takes more than just pointing the lens in the right direction.</p><p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140316/travel/How-to-take-better-travel-photography.511042">Keep reading...</a></p>