ESCORTED TOURS PHOTOGRAPHY DESTINATIONS photographer
HOW TO BE A BETTER
KNOW YOUR GEAR Don’t feel you have to pay the price of a car for a new lens, it is perfectly acceptable to buy a second-hand one or, better still, hire one. However you must know and understand your kit – reading the manual on the flight out is way too late.
BRING BACKUP Everyone needs it. You
can buy massive portable hard drives for very little
now, so there’s no reason to lose any data.
PATIENCE IS IMPERATIVE
PUT THE TIME IN Golfer Gary Player famously said: “The harder I practise, the luckier I get.” You must put in hours at home photographing foxes, deer, seagulls or robins – it’s no use arriving and expecting to be anything other than rusty.
If you have to wait for nine hours for 5,000 wildebeest to cross the Mara River, do so. Likewise, if the Arctic has 24 hours of daylight in its summer, be prepared for some long nights. The ‘P’ word is not a virtue, it’s a must.
Renowned wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein takes time out from leading specialist trips for Exodus to offer advice on how your customers can come home with the best holiday photos
GET UP EARLY
For the best light and wildlife sightings, you need to be up and in position at sunrise or earlier. And if you want to stay out all day, do it, even if it carries an extra cost.
BACKGROUND CHECK
As much as 80% of a photo is likely to be background. You could be recording a remarkable moment but a messy background makes a messy photograph.
BE CRITICAL
Striking images often elicit strong feelings, so do not be afraid of criticism. However, you should be your harshest critic. If it is just a ‘nice’ image, it has to go.
DELETE! You must, must, must delete, LONG AND WIDE
95% of the best wildlife photographs are taken with a very long lens or a very wide one; make sure you have both to hand.
preferably straight away. People take far too many images, drop them straight onto a hard drive and leave them to lie there in
perpetuity. Far better to get rid of the dross in camera – if it is blurred, or the lion’s legs are
cut off, lose it. I delete images every day. It will make you a better photographer.
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travelweekly.co.uk 16 November 2017
PICTURES: EXODUS/PAUL GOLDSTEIN, GAVIN HELLIER; SHUTTERSTOCK
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