Instruction
I offer a custom learning experience, either in the field or siting at a computer. My primary focus is on wildlife photography, and topics that I offer include:
- Camera set-up
- Autofocus settings
- Custom button configuration (back button focus etc)
- Lens calibration
- Exposure and metering
- The aperture/shutter speed/ISO triangle
- Metering patterns, manual mode, exposing to the right, maintaining highlight/shadow detail
- Understanding histograms and making sure your in-field image review is giving you the right advice!
- Composition
- What to include and what to leave out
- Foreground, middle ground and background
- Balancing elements, leading lines, symmetry and patterns
- Rules, and breaking rules
- Reflections
- Field craft
- Handling a telephoto lens
- Birds in flight
- Garden set-up
- Support: tripod, ball-head, gimbal (Wimberley), bean bags and ground pods
- Flash
- Fill flash
- Balancing ambient light and fill flash
- Better beamer
- Digital darkroom
- Work flow
- Raw conversion
- Post-processing (DPP, Lightroom/Photoshop and Macphun)
I find that everyone's grasp of photography is different, so don't hesitate to get in touch to discuss what you need help with.