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Photo-Africa Weekly Chat #4

In this week’s video I chat about the (never-ending) Nikon versus Canon debate, a camera strap I quite enjoy and, for the first time, I have also included tutorial on sharpening in Lightroom. Links Mentioned in This Video Moya Wa Tenga Safaris Wildlife Photography 101 Photo-Africa on Facebook M-Rock Camera Strap Adobe Lightroom As always [...]

Wildlife Photography - Image © Gerry van der Walt 2011

You Gotta Love It

Digital photography really is phenomenal! Let’s face it we all make mistakes.  You forget the high ISO settings from the leopard sighting the previous evening or don’t notice that you are still spot metering off the golden but if sky next to the stunning African silhouette you photographed earlier. Luckily, in the digital photography world [...]

Don’t Write Off Your Old Images

Doesn’t this old boy just pop out of the frame? When I took this photograph I clicked the shutter because I liked the composition of the old guy next to the tree.  I was not too happy with the overly bright light coming through the branches but in wildlife photography you normally cannot have it [...]

Make Your Blacks Black and Your Whites White

The goal in photography is to have your blacks black and your whites white. This is what most photography courses, books and workshops will tell you.  It leaves your images looking more life like.  It gives your images more ‘punch’. No the reality is that most of the time your camera will not be able [...]

Wildlife Photography

Start from Zero

When you photograph something, do you really want your camera or computer to have a say as to the final look and feel of your image? I have said this before, and I am sure I’ll say it again – post processing your digital images is not something you should think of doing.  It is [...]

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