Rating 4.4 out of 5 (58 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn
- The most comprehensive course on wildlife photography on the Internet. This is the only course you need to complete, to learn in-depth all facets of wildlife photography. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned photographer with or without experience in wildlife photography, you will still find this course extremely valuable.
- In this course, you get the complete lowdown on the ideal equipment for wildlife photography. Apart from …
Rating 4.4 out of 5 (58 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn
- The most comprehensive course on wildlife photography on the Internet. This is the only course you need to complete, to learn in-depth all facets of wildlife photography. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned photographer with or without experience in wildlife photography, you will still find this course extremely valuable.
- In this course, you get the complete lowdown on the ideal equipment for wildlife photography. Apart from picking the right cameras and lenses to suit your shooting needs and your budget, this course will also introduce you to some really useful accessories for wildlife photography.
- Composition can make or break an image. This course teaches you all you need to know about how to compose your shot by applying the rule of thirds.
- Light lies at the heart of photography. The course teaches you to paint with light and create stunning imagery. You will also learn about story-telling imagers that have the potential to win competitions.
- In the course, your mentor talks extensively on some of the hottest wildlife destinations in India. Places that he has frequented, along with the wildlife shooting opportunities at each place. This is also a ready reckoner which is the best season, park timings, on how to plan your visit, and the safari booking options available at these destinations.
- Shooting technique is vital in wildlife photography, more so during safaris. In this course, you will learn the various shooting techniques, workarounds during safaris and the various accessories to facilitate and aid an optimal shooting experience. Whether or not to use a tripod in your safari vehicle; if you can use, what’s the best way to do it; how to shoot handheld – these are some of the topics that will be explained.
- Theory of reciprocity and its relevance in wildlife photography is another concept dealt with in great detail. You will also gain a firm understanding of concepts of exposure triangle, its dependence on metering and other related topics.
- In our quest for great pictures, we often forget some of the basics. This course touches upon such aspects as care for your equipment during safaris, care for your own health and safety and most important, the ethical aspects of wildlife photography.
Description
The most comprehensive online photography course on wildlife photography. This is the only course you need to complete, to learn in-depth all facets of wildlife photography. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned photographer with or without experience in wildlife photography, you will still find this course extremely valuable.
Sudhir has distilled his 23+ years of experience shooting in the wild in this single most comprehensive field guide for wildlife photography.
Through this tutorial, he has striven to cover every tiny detail pertaining to this genre of photography.
At the outset, he introduces the topic of wildlife photography and goes on to talk about the ideal equipment for wildlife photography.
There are several chapters dedicated to highlighting some of the best wildlife destinations in India and the opportunities present there to sight and shoot wildlife.
Sudhir places a lot of importance on subject knowledge in photography, more so wildlife photography. He has covered this subject in great detail and has talked about understanding animal behaviour and how to make use of this knowledge to get superlative shots. He emphasises how subject knowledge can help with pre visualisation – another vital concept in wildlife photography. Again, he drives home the point with numerous real-life examples.
Sudhir has dedicated several videos to illustrate the various challenges one may encounter while shooting during a safari and the ways in which to overcome these challenges. He also talks about the numerous accessories that help during safaris, some techniques and workarounds for shooting with long tele lens and many other tips and tricks to make the most of your safari experience.
Then there is also a whole set of videos where Sudhir has picked specific actions by the subjects and explained how to capture those flawlessly. In parallel these videos also deal with core technical aspects including shutter speed, focussing modes, auto focussing points in different cameras and so on. Composition is another topic he has dealt with in great depth.
He then covers the topics of post processing which is an integral part of digital photography and takes you through the various steps he follows to get back that life in the images.
Apart from the core photography aspects, Sudhir has covered numerous other topics including the ethical aspects of wildlife photography; equipment care and safety and healthcare during safaris; post processing and more.
Finally he has a few chapters which are dedicated to real life examples from the field.
In a nutshell, this is the one course you need to sign up for if you are an aspiring wildlife photographer or for that matter even a fairly seasoned one, for there is so much to learn here for everyone.
Paid
Self paced
All Levels
English (US)
233
Rating 4.4 out of 5 (58 ratings in Udemy)
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