Product Description

This is an invaluable manual for wildlife photographers keen to improve and update their work with the newest techniques and digital equipment. Wildlife Photography Fieldguide takes a spectacular photographic trip, from tropical rainforests to the polar extremes of the globe, revealing the myriad creatures and how to perfectly capture them. Chris Weston covers the basics - including essential information on transporting kit overseas - as well as understanding and photographing the best of wildlife subjects. His down-to-earth, practical approach consolidates a huge amount of technical information into easy-to-read, step-by-step chunks. Illustrated with world-class photography throughout, Wildlife Photography Fieldguide boasts practical case studies from top international lights Art Wolfe, Jim Brandenburg, and Paul Harcourt-Davies, who reveal the secrets of their trade. This gives an insight into the world of professional wildlife photography, while there's also essential information on working with biologists, zoologists, and researchers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #421023 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
Chris Weston is a full time photographer specializing in natural history and wildlife. A regular contributor to UK magazines, Chris is the author of a number of books including The Essential Lighting Manual and 500 Digital Hints, Tips, and Techniques for RotoVision. He also leads numerous workshops and overseas photographic safaris. He lives and works in Dorset.

Customer Reviews

Great book
This book offers with detail all the tips and hints of wildlife photography. The author starts by giving equipment advice (camera, lenses, mounting heads,tripods, beanbags, flashes, transport cases, ect) and then describes step by step the procedure you have to follow in order to take beautiful wildlife photos.
You will learn the difference of taking pictures of standing animals in comparison with a running cheetah or flying birds, he gives valuable information on Depth of field and how to use it correctly,he points on which part of the animals body to focus, he describes panning and motion blur techniques, how to take back light photos, and various other tiny tips which finally make the difference.
My summary is that you can't go wrong with this book.
Believe me even if you have good knowledge about photography in general you will be still surprised to learn that wildlife photography is a whole different story.

Very good book
This is an extremely good book. Plenty of detail, hints, tips and inspiration. Weston has written this in a way that is easy to understand and remember. His experience in the field of wildlife photography can be seen throughout this book. Unlike many books in this area, he provides information on how to improve general wildlife photography, rather than focusing on either digital or film. Instead when something specific to digital or film crops up, he highlights this in a coloured box.
Conclusion - perfect for any budding wildlife photographer.

The perfect guide
A few months before my safari trip to kenya (August 2005)I had no idea how could I take the best pictures of all these wild animals I would see in Africa, with my film slr camera (Olympus OM1) and a Zuiko 85mm-250mm lens.
This book was a tremendous help.The author describes step by step the procedure you must follow to obtain the best result, even if you are an inexperienced (such as myself) wildlife photographer.
He provides valid information for every aspect of this kind of photography (suitable film, lens, camera body, focusing, exposure, depth of field ect).You can also find tips and tricks in order to shoot difficult species (such as birds)and more easy targets such as Elephant, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard ect.
He also provides different techniques for action shots (a running cheetah shot needs a different setup than a standing one)
My summary is that if someone intends to do such a trip and wants to take awesome wildlife pictures, then this book is a must have.