Basics of Digital Wildlife Photography SHOOT ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT ©
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Basics of Digital Wildlife
PhotographySHOOT ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS
LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT
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Essentials of Digital Wildlife Photography
• Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT• Equipment• Composition• Lighting• Post Processing
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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT
• Preparing Ourselves for the field Be careful in the field Be patient and observe Animals are very fast
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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT
• Understanding the Natural History What, Where, When Field Guiding, Animal Tracking
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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT
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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT• Understanding the Animal Behavior
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AnimalFight Zone
Flight Zone
Comfort Zone
Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT
When you make the all-important transition of realizing that the well-being of your subject is more important than your photo of it, you are
truly on the road to greatness.
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Equipment
• Understanding your equipment• Camera Settings• Exposure Composition and Shooting modes ISO Aperture Shutter Speed• Metering
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Composition
• Framing Subject Positioning – Rule of 1/3 No visual destruction• Background Clattery Avoid “Man Made”• Color Tone Cold / Worm, Understanding Color Wheel
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Composition
• Color Wheel Primary Colors Complementary Colors
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Lighting
DRAWING WITH LIGHT
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light”
-- Vernon Trent
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Lighting
• Lighting Situation Front Lighting Back Lighting Side / subdued lighting
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Post Processing
• Concept of Digital Negative - RAW• Digital Processing Tools• Digital Processing Techniques
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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”-- Ansel Adams
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