Nature Photography Tips For Beginners

Which of these settings would you rank as the most important to master?

nice tuto ! very useful.

This is one of the best channels for truly learning wildlife photography.

Hi, quick question, how do you keep mold out of lens in such a humic place ...Thanks

Excellent news

Great video Janine... you might benefit from a lapel mic in your next videos.

Please use better mic. The audio is very bad.

Exposure triangle, and I would really like to know what bird that is in the background of your audio it sounds like sonar and you young lady are definitely on dry ground 😆

Thanks Janine! I always get to pick up something new from your videos. The content for your channel is consistently excellent.

showing/seeing examples of settings differences was helpful

Well Done!

Thank you so much for making these videos. You always present the information in a straightforward, easy to understand manner. I appreciate your lessons, and hope to join one of your safaris in the future.

Another great video and informative

Great video Janine. For me the most important one as a DSLR user was exposure compensation, in conjunction with selecting the right metering mode to use. The AWB and autofocus were pretty good on my gear out of the box, so I did not have to worry about those so much. I have developed rules of thumb like if I’m shooting a bird against a bright sky, start at +2. Again great stuff, much appreciated.

Remember when we talked about this beginners guide in Botswana recently, very well done & explained Janine!

Thanks for very Nice Tutorial in wild life photography.

So nice keep it up ☺️😊

very helpful and easily explained thank you!

1. Metering and how does it work. 2. Exposure triangle. 3. White balance. This is the pure basics in digital photography. And always shoot raw, cause you need the original frame.

Awesome all in one video! Even if it just provided me with some validation of the things I've learned from your other videos, it's so good to remind yourself of the basics! Great job!!!

Hello from Montreal! Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always, I loved the way you explained everything and very easy to understand, keep up with the awesome content 👌👍🤗

Thank Janine, got some good info from the vid, am new to your channel and am enjoying your instructional videos on Lightroom as I am just starting out in editing, am not a newbie to photography but being 77 years old it’s taken me a while to catch up with the technology but your helping with that part. Thanks again.

I love your channel and your videos. It's incredible, these days, how much useful and rich information we get from talented professionals on the Internet and completely free! Thank you for your hard work and dedication! 🙏🙏🙏

Great video, thanks for all these usefull tips!

Thanks for the intro video to wildlife photography. Good content and information for both beginners and season photographers not use to shooting wildlife. I specifically liked the important points to consider that you highlighted: continuous focus, focus type, exposure (iso, shutter speed and aperture), metering type selection, frame rate, white balance and jpeg or raw.

I look forward to part 2 of this session to fine tune this information to put this to practice. I also like the other videos from your channel. Very helpful and gives one more incentive to go on a wildlife safari.

Good Mam

Kindly include ISO settings (Auto or manual) in next tutorial.

Great video! Looks like I'm set here. I look forward to the next installment for more refinement. Thanks so much for the information! P.S. Could I ask that the editor turn up the volume just a bit please? Thanks!

I'm wondering whether this isn't a bit too technical for beginners? Do they need to know about ISO, matrix metering and so on. Ideally getting a new shooter onto Manual made is a goal, but I would aim at aperture priority or shutter priority at most. You would be lucky to get them off P mode, no matter how much they spend on their safari camera set up. Don't give them the impression that they should attempt to use single-point focus! If they have a Nikon there are many different focus areas, including full screen for animal-eye auto focus and the Z9 has bird-eye auto focus to die for. Beginners don't need to know half the stuff you talk about. They don't need to know about Exposure Compensation for sure. Good try at making a guide, but I think you forgot about the beginners and concentrated on making sure you demonstrated that you knew what you were talking about. I personally think its as much about what you leave out. You don't want to see peoples eyes glazing over because they can't decide whether a situation calls for spot-metering!

Hi Janine, off topic question...has the R3 replaced your 1DX and become your main camera now?