Wildlife Photography Masterclass – © Sudhir Shivaram Photography

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1. Introduction – Your Complete Guide to Wildlife Photography

2. Equipment for Wildlife Photography

3. Locations for Wildlife Photography 2 Topics

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3.1 Locations in India for Wildlife Photography

3.2 Sudhir’s Favourite Destinations for Wildlife Photography

4. Safari / Game Drive for Wildlife Photography

5. Understanding the Behavioural Aspects of Animals 7 Topics

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5.1 Introduction to Subject Knowledge in Wildlife Photography

5.2 Subject Knowledge – Understanding Tigers

5.3 Subject Knowledge – Understanding Leopards

5.4 Subject Knowledge – Understanding Elephants

5.5 Subject Knowledge – Understanding Wild Dogs

5.6 Subject Knowledge – Understanding Sloth Bears

5.7 Subject Knowledge – Understanding other Common Animals

6. Subject Knowledge and Previsualization 9 Topics

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6.1 Subject Knowledge for Planning your Shot

6.2 Previsualize – Tigers Crossing with Vehicles in backdrop

6.3 Spotted Deers Action Photography

6.4 Photographing Macaque with Rim Light Effect

6.5 Spotted Deer Behaviour after out of Water

6.6 Previsualising in the Field – Tigers in the Grassland

6.7 Understanding Behaviour of Monkeys and Planning your Shot

6.8 Lion in Rain and Capturing its Behaviour

6.9 Understanding Behaviour of Leopard and Planning your shot

7. Signature Shots in Wildlife

8. The Concept of Story-telling Images

9. Shooting Techniques in Wildlife 9 Topics

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9.1 Best Way to Shoot from Safari Vehicle

9.2 How to use Tripod in a Safari Vehicle

9.3 Handheld Shooting Technique to get Sharp Images

9.4 Handheld Shooting from a Safari Vehicle

9.5 Technique to Support Long Tele lens in Safari Vehicle

9.6 Workarounds for Shooting with a Long Tele lens

9.7 Using a Clamp While Shooting in Safari Vehicle

9.8 Combination of Beanbag and a Panning Pod

9.9 Carrying equipment in the field

10. Technical Aspects of wildlife photography 21 Topics

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10.1 Using Aperture Priority and Lowest f Number

10.2 Shutter Priority Shooting Mode for Wildlife Photography

10.3 When to Use Shutter Priority and When not to Use

10.4 What is the Best Shutter Speed for Wildlife Photography

10.5 All about Manual Exposure for Wildlife Photography

10.6 When to use what Shooting Mode in Wildlife Photography

10.7 Theory of Reciprocity – Most Important for Low-light shooting

10.8 Understanding Camera Metering

10.9 Different Kinds of Metering Modes Available

10.10 When to Use what Metering Mode for Wildlife Photography

10.11 The Challenges of Spot Metering in Wildlife

10.12 Focusing Modes to be Used for Wildlife Photography

10.13 Understanding Auto Focusing Points in Canon

10.14 Understanding Auto Focusing Points in Nikon / Sony

10.15 Using the AF Distance Switch on the Lens

10.16 The Concept of Shooting in Auto ISO

10.17 How to get the Best out of an Entry-level Camera

10.18 Tigers Fighting – What Went Wrong in Execution

10.19 Tiger Climbing a Tree – How to be Ready for such Actions

10.20 Jumping Blackbucks – How to Arrive at the Correct Camera Settings and Composition

10.21 The Concept of High-key and Low-key Images

11. The Art of Composition 15 Topics

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11.1 How to Compose Extreme Close-up Subjects

11.2 Getting to the Eye Level in Wildlife Photography

11.3 Eye Contact and Head Turn for Better Impact

11.4 When to Zoom In and When to Zoom Out

11.5 Bad Compositions in Wildlife Photography

11.6 The Art of Black and White Photography

11.7 The Concept of Rim Lighting

11.8 All About Making Creative Images

11.9 Practically Understanding Subject Placement

11.10 What are Distractions in your Composition

11.11 Shooting around Water Bodies

11.12 Shooting Angle while on Foot

11.13 Head Turn and Eye Contact in the Field

11.14 Using AF Points for Proper Composition

11.15 Photography – All about Playing with Light

12. Equipment and Health care during safari 2 Topics

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12.1 Equipment Care During Wildlife Safaris

12.2 Care for your Health During Safaris/Wildlife Photography

13. Post Processing Tips for Wildlife Images 6 Topics

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13.1 Introduction to Post Processing for Wildlife Images

13.2 Filtering and deleting bad images from your trip

13.3 Right Application to Process RAW files

13.4 How I process my Wildlife Images – Complete Workflow

13.5 Working with Shadow and Highlights Slider for RAW Files

13.6 Processing High Key and Low Key Images

14. Practical Field Examples 9 Topics

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14.1 The Story of Tiger and Gaur

14.2 Photographing Wild Dogs – Practical example

14.3 Photographing Five Pythons in the Field

14.4 How to Arrive at the Correct White Balance

14.5 Concept of Pre-visualising and Animal Behaviour

14.6 Studying the behaviour and planning your shot

14.7 Close-up vs Habitat Shots

14.8 How to Arrive at the Correct Shooting Angle

14.9 Understanding Light and Planning your Shot

15. Ethical aspects of Wildlife Photography

16. Conclusion and the Way Forward