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Expedition Wild™


Premier Wildlife Photography Expeditions in Africa, Latin America & Alaska
Since 1995

Wildlife Photography Curriculum

Expedition Wild Great Gray Owl chick photograph


Topics Covered

Photography Equipment

· Camera Bodies
· Lenses
· Flash Photography
· Multiple Flash Photography
· Studio Lighting Techniques
· Lighting Ratios
· Tripods
· Light Meters
· Digital Sensors
· Accessory Equipment

Theories/Concepts

· Pre-visualization
· Zone System
· Black Box Theory
· Color Light Theory
· Kelvin Scale for Colored Light
· Primer on Visual Theory
· Depth of Field
· Freezing Motion
· White Balance
· Color Corrections
· Character of Light
· Controlling Light
· Ambient Light
· Fill Light
· Balancing Light
· TTL
· Spot, Center-weighted, Matrix Metering
· Vanishing Points
· Lines of Movement

Digital Photography

· Digital Work Flow
· Digital Storage Devices
· Photo Editing Software
· Light Metering
· Spot, Ambient & Reflected Meters
· Shutter Speeds
· Apertures
· Gray Cards
· White Balance Cards
· Color Checker Cards
· Color Gamuts
· sRGB
· Adobe 1998
· Wide Gamut
· Setting Black, Gray, and White points
· Photoshop CS5 (the essentials)
· Gigabytes, Megapixels, PPI, DPI
· .jpg, .tif, .psd, .gif, RAW
· HDR (High Dynamic Range imagery)

Post Processing

· Photoshop Color Correction
· Photo Editing
· Cropping
· Sharpening
· Levels
· Selective color
· Brightness/Contrast
· Hue/Saturation
· Vibrance
· Curves
· Screen Calibration
· Preparation for Printing, Publication and Presentations

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