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Composition in the Wild E4/4: The 3 skills that transform wildlife photography
Season 8 Episode 14
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Most wildlife photographers think better gear will fix their photos… but it won’t.
In this episode, you’ll learn the 3 skills that act…
2 months, 1 week ago
Composition in the Wild E3/4: Why most wildlife photos feel random (and how to add purpose)
Season 8 Episode 13
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Why do so many wildlife photographs feel random?
A bird appears, you lift the camera, take the shot… and the moment is gone. Later, th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Composition in the Wild E2/4: How to prepare a wildlife shoot (without over-thinking it)
Season 8 Episode 12
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Have you ever packed for a wildlife photography outing and felt slightly overwhelmed before you even left the house?
In this episode, …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Composition in the Wild E1/4: Great Wildlife Photography begins at home
Season 8 Episode 11
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Many people think wildlife photography starts on safari… or in Africa… or in a national park. It doesn’t. It starts in your backyard.…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Observation and Composition Ep 4: How to build a photograph from start to finish
Season 8 Episode 10
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Great photographs are built through a sequence of decisions. Structure, rules, and techniques only matter insofar as they serve inten…
3 months ago
Observation and Composition Ep 3: How viewers actually move through an image
Season 8 Episode 9
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Strong photographs lead the viewer. Composition is about directing visual movement.
In part 3, we look at what draws the eye and how w…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Observation and Composition Ep 2: Why Compositions Fail (and the fix most people miss)
Season 8 Episode 8
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Most compositions fail because multiple visual messages compete. This episode teaches diagnosis first, then simplification with inten…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Observation and Composition Ep 1: The observation skill that changes every photograph
Season 8 Episode 7
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Two people can stand in the same place, at the same time, and come away with completely different photographs. Why?
This four-part ser…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
7 more mistakes that photographers often make
Season 8 Episode 6
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In this second podcast, I run through 7 more mistakes it's easy to make:
1. Shooting in Auto Mode
Shooting in Auto severely limits you…
4 months ago
How to deal with 6 common photography mistakes
Season 8 Episode 5
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We all make mistakes, and this week I run through 6 common mistakes photographers make and talk through how to handle them:
1. Poor Co…
4 months, 1 week ago