The Wildlife Photography Workshop

I come from a rather small village close to the mountains in Slovakia, where I can enjoy outdoor activities, so landscape and wildlife photography is the thing to get into. In the past I received as birthday present different book by Ross, The Landscape Photography Workshop which he co-wrote with Mark Bauer. Since I did enjoy reading it and found it really helpful there was no question in my mind about purchasing more of his books.The Wildlife Photography Workshop as all of Ross titles covers in the first chapters all the necessary basic background including equipment, exposure, composition and lighting with easy to follow and easy to remember photography terminology. It is written in way as not to bore or scare you off, because of the technical nature. (If you are interested in a more in-depth explanation of photography technicalities you may consider reading stuff like "basic photography by ava publishing" [Composition, Exposure, Lighting etc]).After the necessary introduction this book goes on to explain how to tackle close-up photography, birds, mammals and plant life. It will advise on technique plus handy tips and it also points out what you should anticipate while you about your "business".The best part of the book are the creative assignments that gives you gentle nudge to explore and be creative.Thank you for all your hard work and great way to share your knowledge Ross and Ben!

Wie soll es anders sein: Englische Autoren kommen gleich zum Wesentlichen, ohne wichtige Informationen dem Leser vorzuenthalten. Ross Hoddinott versteht nicht nur sein Fachgebiet, er kann es gut vermitteln. Das schafft bisher kein Buch in deutscher Sprache!

Bought as a gift he loved it

This book may be useful to people who know little about photography, but other people won't learn a lot of things here. For example, something as basic as the relationship between aperture and speed is presented as a 'pro tip' (p. 31). How about real information about wildlife photography, like 3-dimension tracking, focus lock, priority to release, choice between 1, 9, or more focus points, etc.? Not a word.

This is a really informative book for budding wildlife photographers and encompasses alot of the diverse aspects of this type of photography. This is the first book I have seen that tries to put across a workshop in a book. In an age were you can spend some serious money to go on a course this is great value and a good read. It cover all the fundamental aspects and intermediate attributes budding wildlife photographers require. You should not though expect this book to cover how to use basic camera skills.