Book description
25 years of nature photography instruction in one gorgeous,
full-color, hands-on course
Anyone can photograph nature—just step outside and
you’re on location. But becoming a good nature photographer
takes expert training. In Photographing Nature, Ralph
Clevenger, whose images have appeared in such publications as
Nature’s Best and National Geographic, shares
the techniques he’s been personally using and teaching to
aspiring photographers for the last 25 years in his popular nature
photography course at the elite Brooks Institute.
In this stunning, four-color course-in-a-book, each chapter opens
with a spectacular photo spread from the natural world that
Clevenger uses to illustrate themes and techniques essential to
mastering nature photography. Just as he does in his classroom at
Brooks, Clevenger explains how each photo was captured, the tools
and techniques used, and typical problems related to capturing such
a photo, along with solutions. Chapters also include sample Q&A
sessions as well as assignments you can try yourself.
By the time you’ve worked through all of the techniques in
this beautiful, yet informative book, you’ll not only
photograph the world differently, you’ll see it differently
as well. With a foreword by George Lepp, one of North
America’s best-known contemporary outdoor and nature
photographers.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- About the author
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Play nice
- 2. You need more stuff?
- 3. It’s all about the light
- 4. Not everything’s black-and-white
- 5. Flash! And you’re in control
- 6. Wet-belly photography
- 7. Garden variety shots
- 8. The wonder of wildlife
- 9. An ounce of prevention
- 10. Land, sea, and sky
- 11. Looking through the frame
- 12. What are you looking at?
- 13. On the road
- 14. Back in the lab
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Resources
- Mentioned in Photographing Nature
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Additional Web Resources
- Photography community, tips and techniques
- Techniques and equipment
- Dynamic range, tonal range
- Noise in images
- Rain, dust, weather protection
- Tripods, ballheads, gimbal heads, flash brackets
- Camera bags and steadybags
- Blinds and gear for outdoor photography
- Sensor sizes
- Batteries and chargers
- White balance, color
- White balancing cards and plug-ins
- Monitor calibration
- Cleaning your equipment
- Auto-focus
- Light and creativity
- Flash
- Depth-of-field calculators
- Film scanning and processing
- Panorama tool and techniques
- Travel
- Portable solar panels for charging batteries
- Traveling green
- Identifying insects and plants
- Game farms and zoos
- Image manipulation and processing
Product information
- Title: Photographing Nature: A photo workshop from Brooks Institute’s top nature photography instructor
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2009
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780321638342
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