Wildlife Travel Photography Course (South Africa) - 13 days

General Info

This course will cater for the amateur enthusiasts all the way up to a professional level. We will look for cheetahs, brown hyena, hartebeest but don’t worry we will not forget the big 5 that also lives here in this amazing setting. This is South Africa’s answer to Kenya and Tanzania’s Masai mara and Serengeti
Our safari photography course will help you improve your pictures through our photography lectures and workshops. You will also enhance your chances of getting that specific animal by partaking in our specially designed bush skills training program. We will take you into the bush on a daily basis with our highly qualified guides to practice all that is learned during our lectures and training. There will be enough time for personal attention and explanation as we have a 1 to 6 teacher student ratio.
On our Hartebeest campus we will wait for the perfect shot whilst sitting in hides. You will do loads of bushwalks filling your inner self with of peace and tranquility. This course/farm has a very relaxed feel to it and with the freedom to walk around by yourself it is going to be very hard to say goodbye to this lifestyle.
Lessons

What makes this course unique?
Our team of trainers and guides at Picture Africa include 2 degree level photographers and 2 fully qualified FGASA safari guides. We will teach you hands on what it takes to snap that perfect shot. You will partake in a bush training program making it easier to position yourself for that perfect shot. You can participate in specially designed assignments and practical lessons whilst having fun challenging yourself and others with new techniques learnt on a daily basis.



Photography skills covered include:

* Aperture & shutter speeds
* Depth of field
* Exposure compensation
* Use of light/ the golden hour
* Focus points
* Formatting
* RAW vs. JPEG
* Panning
* White balance & ISO
* Flash
* Camera modes
* Editing