5 Steps to IMPROVE YOUR WILDLIFE photography in 2024 | Pro tips to develop your work
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Hey Guys,
So today I want to share 5 really important stages in taking your wildlife photography up a notch in 2024, looking at how to consistently and effectively improve your work, focusing not on the gear or easy camera knowledge but more the systems and processes and habits that are great to get into if you want to keep your work fresh and constantly evolving!
I'd love to hear your tips for improving too, what's something you've found instrumental in developing your photography?
As mentioned in the video I'll be at the Photography and Video Show this year at the NEC 16th-19th March. You can get 20% off tickets with code SPKTPS24 so be sure to head over and book in advanced at www.photographyshow.com
I'll be talking on the "Shoot to Inspire Stage" on Monday 2pm-2:30 so be sure to join me, and if you see me at the show be sure to say hi!
If you want to join me on a Brown Hare workshop this spring on Havergate Island I have some spaces on my dates 26/27/28th March in Suffolk.
For more info be sure to join me mailing list, I'll be dropping a new Email out for the final places next week. subscribepage.io/TomMasonPhoto or alternatively email me directly (contact info on my website) to reserve a spot www.tommasonphoto.com
Finally if you would like to have a 121 session, to get feedback on your images, talk through you projects and work and focus in on improving your wildlife photography, you can find more info on my website here
tommasonphoto.com/?page_id=336
As always if you enjoyed the video be sure to Like and SUBSCRIBE for future content - I'm heading off photographing Hares next week as well as some exciting trips planned for this year. I've also just got hold of the Nikon 600mm PF and 180-600 so look out for videos on those coming soon!
If you've got any questions be sure to drop them below!
or find me on Instagram @TomMasonPhoto
Look forward to seeing you in the next video!
Tom
00:00 Intro
00:12 Pick a Project
02:00 Take Risks
04:00 Take on Inspiration
05:15 Join me at the Photography Show!
06:44 Find criticism
10:08 Edit later
13:21 Join me on a workshop
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In my bag : (UK affiliate links help me fund the channel and cost you nothing)
Lowepro Whistler 450 AW II - (travelled flawlessly on all my flights with ALL the gear below inside!)tidd.ly/ee5e459a
Nikon Monarch HG 8x30's - Simply love these. tidd.ly/3df767bbNikon
Nikon Z9 : tidd.ly/3GOPrcl
D850 + Grip + D5 batteries tidd.ly/5e9ce68e
Nikon Z6 and 24-70S - (All video for the channel now shot on this - love this little camera!) tidd.ly/18f827ed
Nikon 600mm f4 Z TC (My new super tele) tidd.ly/3BJRVIl
Nikon 300mm 2.8 VR II (My all time favourite lens) tidd.ly/c3774d0f
Nikon 70-200 tidd.ly/50423b68
Nikon 35mm 1.4 G tidd.ly/74102f76
Nikon 20mm 1.8G tidd.ly/792d72d0
Nikon 1.4 TC tidd.ly/51bb49a8
Nikon 2.0 TC tidd.ly/6d38e4fe
Nikon SB-700 tidd.ly/40a57f1a
Spare battery tidd.ly/3c45d8ba
Gitzo Mini Traveller tidd.ly/eda4b0c
Petzl Headlamp amzn.to/2LX80SW
G-tech external drives amzn.to/2Yil63y
Macbook 12" amzn.to/2ZBQ57e
Rocket Blower ( I'd get this one) tidd.ly/8d6a3ab4
I also carry a trusty Gitzo Tripod, either my 4 series systematic or a 2 series traveller!
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These are some great tips for taking wildlife photography to the next level! Thanks for breaking down these strategies in a clear and actionable way!
Great tips Tom! I am a university academic and found that the essence of your tips also fits nicely with scientific writing.
I bought my BV-20K last month and am using it on a Gitzo GT4553S. I mount my ZV-E1 on it with the 200-600mm powered via a Vmount battery to film the wildlife of the lake near my home 😉👍
inspire to be different that is the key, when I see a bird perched I go and get my typical perched photo then I zoom out and close my F-stop and lower my shutter then go for a greater wide-angle photo of the entire scene, last week I photographed an eagle perched in a dead tree, then zoomed out and set my camera to f/11 and brought the tree and the whole host of other eagles and vultures basking on that same tree into focus.
Such a good video Tom, and absolutely spot on with your tips. The only one I'd struggle with, would be waiting 2 weeks to process my images! I could maybe wait a few days 😆 I'm already thinking now of a 'project' for this year. I was keen to come on one of your workshops with the hares, but can't make it this time. However, I'd love to join you if you ever do any more workshops in the future. Great to have a different point of view and constructive critisism of images from others too. Cheers Tom!
I like that tip, don’t edit for about two weeks. I’ve actually done this but unintentionally, work got in the way. But yes although I didn’t realise it then, everything you said about it makes sense now.
Love the advice, will have to give it a try 👍🤘
This was a really interesting video, probably the most useful I've watched in terms of wildlife tips! Thanks for the advice.
Coming back a week or 2 later with fresh eyes is an elite level tip!
Tom I have to say you are head and shoulders ahead of many the wildlife photographers I’ve seen on UA-cam and the internet, your honesty and advice really should be commended and it’s very obvious to me you are not just going through the paces! I’ve been photographing wildlife for my own pleasure for nearly forty years so I know from experience you are talking a lot of sense! I enjoy your videos and it’s great to be able to follow your progress here. Hoping you have a great 2024 ps I’m very envious of your new 600f4 S lens, lol 😀👏👍
z8 + 600mm f6.3 s line PF i'ts great too i heard
Thank you so much for this! I’m glad you find the videos helpful and full of useful stuff, I try and keep the content always as stuff I would want or have found helpful. The 600mm is cracking, but actually next week I’ll be away without it as even though it’s a beauty, it’s not always the right tool for the job, and the 300mm is going to get a workout! Thanks for the support, cheers, Tom
I think that’s the motivational video a lot of us needed for the year ahead… thanks Tom.
No worries - it’s also something I always revisit each year, thinking about my own work and projects for the coming seasons! I’m looking forward to next week away with the Hares!
Great advice all around but that last tip was huge. Nothing can duplicate the actual experience… waiting a couple of weeks or even months allows you to review those images with a more level head.
Great tips Tom!!👍🏼📷
what am I doing wrong with my UA-cam channel as only 142 subscribers? I’ve not been on much as depression but I will be back on soon. Thanks for sharing. Always good to watch your videos. I’m also like you use Nikon D3500 crop sensor with a sigma 150 to 600 contemporary lens
Excellent advise. Best video I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you.
Thanks Robin, glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers, Tom
Great advice, glad I found you. 👍
Tom, you have evolved into a great photographer and tutor from the young man I met at Ryemeads more years ago than I want to think about think your project then was foxes. But your enthusiasm is still the same.
Your honesty and advice in this video is second to none and must inspire photographers of any generation. I particularly like the advice about leaving images two weeks or more before editing. (Note to oneself, check all the early images and delete those that are no good. Might be able to free up GBs of storage :-) ) Thanks for your time in producing these videos.
Talking about inspirational wildlife photography. What do you think about the work of Thomas D Mangelsen?
Superb advice again Tom…. Really appreciate your videos.
Thanks Matthew! Glad you enjoy them!
Great video Tom, informative content
Excellent tips. That one about waiting for a couple of weeks is so true, I think. really interesting processes happen between recording an event and creating an image
Oh for sure, it’s amazing what a little time does to help bring out an images real feeling
Wow! That was the best and most useful set of photography tips I have seen on UA-cam in years. Really practical and honest advice. Thank you!
Thank you so much Chris! Really appreciate the donation. Glad you found the video helpful, I’ll keep them coming!
hi tom ,i think your the best for advice in wildlife photography , how much to spend day with you
11:24 Thank you for saying that! - I now this very well...
While shooting you really enjoy it and in front of the computer you think: "This is rubbish." 🤣
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Thanks for the great videos Tom, I find them very easy to watch and to understand.
I’m going on Safari next month and taking a Nikon F100, F80 and D5500 with me. I’ve got a Sigma 150-600mm lens. Can you recommend another lens to take as well? 28-300mm or 80-400mm?
Any other tips?
What a great video Tom. What seem such simple, but very important ideas. It has made me stop and think about my approach and for that I thank you. 👍
Thanks
Thank you!
This was a very very informative video. Thanks.
Tom this is very good content! - Thank you.
Thats so true Tom! Risks is a subject we forget to speak about. Great tip to improve your photography 👍
Cheers Trond, risk is certainly something people seem to forget about, yes you miss pictures but you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!
So true!
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Great info Tom !! Thanks !
Cheers David!
Fantastic advice!
Hello Tom,
can you share with us some project from you, where we can see where your photos end up? Like the assignments and work for your customers.
I feels like you do great content on UA-cam, but it feels a bit disconnected from your work, because we never get to see it.
Maybe thats ok for you.
Best regards,
Eike
Great info. Point 5 was very interesting. I'm going to employ that tip . thanks for sharing Tom
No problem Steve, hope that it helps you in your work, I always think delaying our judgement is key when editing! Cheers, Tom
Edit later, I will be taking this on board a bit more. Fantastic tip. I know from having a small archive to draw on (couple of years) that I see images totally differently weeks, and months later. That makes it even trickier to cull images, I need infinite RAID backup!
For sure, I’ve got about 300,000 images in the library now, some in edited and waiting for the right day to process them. Also it’s amazing how you feel changes how you edit a photo, if you’re happy or sad, feeling something can really change the way you push and edit!
Great tips many thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Great advice and I’m particularly pleased to hear that my never getting around to editing stuff until well after shooting might even be a good thing 😅
Haha I know that feeling!
Aosta Valley, Dora Baltea river, Grey Heron ---- Grey Heron project... photograph the beauty of the river and his inhabitants and clean it from palstic trash which is polluting my homeland. what do you think people? am i going to make it?
That sounds like a great project to work on!