Wildlife Vloggers | Make a Connection for Better Wildlife Images

The best wildlife photos are the ones where you make a connection with the subject and their environement. In this short video from Wildlife Vloggers I'll share four tips for making that connection in your photography.
Wildlife Vloggers was formed at the end of 2020 by a group wildlife photography photographers including myself, Keith Griffiths and Jeroen Kloppenburg with small but growing UA-cam channels. We wanted to make a space on the web to interact more with our subscribers, with a forum and a section for video tutorials, articles and various tips and tricks… It was a good idea in principle, but unfortunately, after a year we decided we couldn’t really commit enough time to make it work.
I thought I’d share the short tutorial videos I made for Wildlife Vloggers here. They don’t have the same levels of ‘production value’ and b-roll as my normal videos, but I hope they are interesting / helpful to some of you!
0:45 Tip 1: Make sure you have a subject
1:49 Tip 2: Get onto their eye level
4:08 Tip 3: Get a compelling gesture / pose
6:19 Tip 4: Include environmental elements
7:23 Tip 5: Remember it's art - break the rules!
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[@stavrost2871]

Thanks for the tips. Ready to practice. Greetings from Greece

[@andyheywoodsphotographya-h7913]

Great tips Geoff i always like to get catch light in the eyes to ,it makes the subject look alive 📸👍

[@GeoffCooper]

Thanks Andy, yeah that's a great tip and one I really should ahve included!

[@CamillaI]

Well some great tips Geoff good to see another creative Cooper keep them coming ! 👍😍

[@GeoffCooper]

Thanks very much :)

[@GiuseppeGessa]

Great tips and video as well. For me the most important aspect is trying to get animals watching in camera, when it's possible of course. By the way, you get a new subs. Have a nice day!!

[@GeoffCooper]

Thanks very much Giuseppe, glad you enjoyed it and welcome to the channel :) Yeah, I agree that eye contact can be really good, but also in many situations for me I would prefer them to look in the right direction but not directly 'at' me, because sometimes that feels like they might have been disturbed by me..

[@GiuseppeGessa]

@@GeoffCooper I understand what you mean, and I'm always worried of that, even though really often they are watching at me, inside a photoblind, just for curiosity. For example little owls, despite are suspicious, are not scared by lens movement, and they stand watching you without any problem.

[@GeoffCooper]

@@GiuseppeGessa I think it really depends on the subject and the context.

[@GlenDomulevicz]

All very good points. Too bad this will be part of a limited set, it should be helpful to others. Thanks for sharing.

[@GeoffCooper]

Thanks Glen - I hope it is useful and it seemed daft to just have them sitting on the hard drive! I might well add more tutorial content in the future if that’s something folks want to see..