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.