Included in the program:
- Marina Cano as a tour guide with her extensive knowledge about wildlife photography
- Local Transfer according to the program
- Meals during the trip
- Flight, accommodation, limited travel insurance policy
Photography Tour for Canon Club September prize draw winners
Not included:
- Excursions and admissions outside the program
- Drinks other than mentioned above and tips
- Personal expenses
MONDAY
Morning: Arriving in Santander, collected and transport to hotel
13:00 Lunch
16:00h Presentation, delivery of material and camera settings to photograph wildlife, techniques that we will apply, tips, talk focused on the work that we will do in the park.
18:00-19:30 slideshow with the specific content and skills we will develop in the park. Questions
19:30 Dinner
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY
9:30h-13:15h Photography
13:15h-14:45 Lunch
15:45h-20:00h Photography
9:30 entrance to the park and photography throughout the day, with a break for lunch, of more than 100 different species found in the park. We will focus on African wildlife: elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras (Burtchell and Grevy), lions, cheetahs, baboons, rhinos, gorillas...
And we will also photograph brown bears, tigers, lynxes, Gibraltar monkey, deer...
We will finish the photography session of the day around 18:00
19:30 Dinner
SATURDAY
9:30h-13:15h we will review the work selected from the perviousness days. Slideshow of a selection of photos of each participant, where we will analyze each image in order to improve in case it’s needed and to learn how get better shots, we will understand how to avoid in the future any error that has occurred, and we will detail all the achievement, the good decisions, and analyze the positive parts of each photograph. We will see some editions tips to get our work to the next level.
13:30h Lunch
16:00 End of the workshop
WHAT WE WILL LEARN
How to Photograph directly on camera with black backgrounds: techniques and tools to achieve it.
To create interest with minimalism: backlit silhouettes, looking for the right lights and moments.
To recognize the backgrounds importance: black, white, neutral or adding elements that provide interest.
The composition key: we will create depth by adding interest in foregrounds. Paying attention to all the elements included in our frame, how are distributed and its importance in the image; we’ll research angles to obtain the best image.
How to analyze every scene, to take quick decisions: our subject or part of it completely filling the frame or cover the entire scene, such as landscape or other subjects.
To select from among all our photos the best ones; It’s useless for us to take spectacular or special photos, if later on we are not able to recognize/distinguish them among others.
To understand which moments are the most important: in which scenes to invest time and wait, and to know when to discard them, due to lack of action, poor lighting or angle.
How to give importance to emotion: when an image is a document without expression, when the only goal is showing the anatomy of a species, and when we get a picture with an intense expressiveness that produces emotions: surprise, joy, intrigue, fear, tenderness, empathy...
How to distinguish those documentary images from thrilling ones, and we will learn to endow soul to our work: with irresistible emotions.
For all this we will have a detailed explanation of the tools we can use: knowledge of the technique, camera settings, equipment choice, analysis of every scene, creativity, minimalism, composition, light, angles, originality (think out of the box).
We will live an unforgettable experience; meet fantastic other photographers and we will have fun while we learn.
To create interest with minimalism: backlit silhouettes, looking for the right lights and moments.
To recognize the backgrounds importance: black, white, neutral or adding elements that provide interest.
The composition key: we will create depth by adding interest in foregrounds. Paying attention to all the elements included in our frame, how are distributed and its importance in the image; we’ll research angles to obtain the best image.
How to analyze every scene, to take quick decisions: our subject or part of it completely filling the frame or cover the entire scene, such as landscape or other subjects.
To select from among all our photos the best ones; It’s useless for us to take spectacular or special photos, if later on we are not able to recognize/distinguish them among others.
To understand which moments are the most important: in which scenes to invest time and wait, and to know when to discard them, due to lack of action, poor lighting or angle.
How to give importance to emotion: when an image is a document without expression, when the only goal is showing the anatomy of a species, and when we get a picture with an intense expressiveness that produces emotions: surprise, joy, intrigue, fear, tenderness, empathy...
How to distinguish those documentary images from thrilling ones, and we will learn to endow soul to our work: with irresistible emotions.
For all this we will have a detailed explanation of the tools we can use: knowledge of the technique, camera settings, equipment choice, analysis of every scene, creativity, minimalism, composition, light, angles, originality (think out of the box).
We will live an unforgettable experience; meet fantastic other photographers and we will have fun while we learn.
CONTENT
The importance of light
Our location in relation to the light source can completely change an image. Our ubication in front of our subject, and the knowledge of the results in relation to it, can turn our pictures from mere documents to photographs with a unique atmosphere. Taking advantage of the light during the first or last hours of the day, together with a lower angle of the sun's rays, allows us to capture photographs where the volumes are accentuated and which have a warmth and a special golden hue. Also, this more delicate lighting does not create black shadows or strong contrasts.
The importance of light
Our location in relation to the light source can completely change an image. Our ubication in front of our subject, and the knowledge of the results in relation to it, can turn our pictures from mere documents to photographs with a unique atmosphere. Taking advantage of the light during the first or last hours of the day, together with a lower angle of the sun's rays, allows us to capture photographs where the volumes are accentuated and which have a warmth and a special golden hue. Also, this more delicate lighting does not create black shadows or strong contrasts.
Black backgrounds
Our goal will be getting images with our subject illuminated with natural light, on a totally black background. We will search for pictures with this special lighting, which makes them simple, but at the same time mysterious and impressive.
Again, we underexpose so that the exposure indicated by the camera only slightly illuminates our subject and the background, again in shadow or in low light, remains completely black. In this case we do not need our light source to be in a specific place, but a background that’s darker than our subject.
The importance of backgrounds
When we position ourselves at different angles, we are giving our photographs a totally different atmosphere. Either including part of the landscape, placing our subject with the sky in the background, or zooming in to fill our frame, making any reference to the place where it’s located. By changing our position, we can obtain a different color background or a background with few elements; doing this analysis in relation to our subject, will help us to create a careful aesthetic in our image.
Foregrounds/ Close-ups
How to give depth to a scene, looking for elements that create different layers, adding interest, mystery, which don’t disturb, but also includes originality to our photography. Placing ourselves in a low point of view we can include grass out of focus, or placing our lens between leaves or tree branches, we create a foreground with a great blur that adds color and dimension to the scene.
Animal behavior knowledge
The study of the species that we are going to photograph will allow us to predict their behavior and therefore plan their movements as much as possible. This knowledge, will help us to obtain the photographs we are looking for in much less time. This prediction also allows us to be prepared in advance and avoid losing some pictures.
How to create silhouettes
The first and last light of the day are the best for creating silhouettes with animals whose profiles are textured with fur such as cheetahs, ostriches, giraffes, bears, baboons, etc.
The keys are: placing ourselves with the light source behind our subject and the correct exposure. Then we will be able to obtain our subject silhouetted with a line of golden light. To make that golden silhouette more impressive, we look for a background that is in shadow.
To obtain a minimalist photo, we will have to underexpose several stops in relation with the expoximeter information. There is no exact number to talk about underexposure, because it depends on the light and the conditions of each moment.
Searching the moment
Learn how to identify the moments that are worth the wait, by the animal’s location, the action, calculating how all the variants (composition, background, light, etc.) are in the right place.
Anticipating and organizing our position will be decisive in being able to photograph the expected scene as soon as it happens. In addition, we will have time to make an initial shot, to measure the light and frame it as we want.
Creativity
An image that has been cared for, paying attention to composition light, moment, angle, etc. can be a creative one, which is not random. This creativity will allow us to take exciting, impactful, original, aesthetically pleasant photographs that stand out from the thousands of documentary photographs that we see every day with lack of expression or drama.
Gear
We will learn the moments to use the different lenses, and understand how the focal lengths can help us to improve obtaining a better photograph. By analyzing the scene and the location where we are located, we can quickly decide what focal length is optimal for the image we want to build.
Image selection
In the review of our photographs, we have to be strict with our work, and discard those that don’t show what we wanted. It can be due to an inadequate light, a distracting background, lack of interesting action, erroneous compositions, or technical details that cannot be ignored such as burned areas; as long as it is not what we want to show or express with our work, etc. The more demanding we are with the images that we want to publish, show, or keep, the higher quality portfolio we will get.
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