Douglass Owen

Park Ranger's Guide to Nature & Wildlife Photography (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Douglass Owen shares his expertise as a nature photographer, teacher, and ranger for the National Park Service. In his nearly twenty years as a park ranger Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho, Doug taught countless park visitors how boosting their skills as naturalists could improve their results as photographers. In this guide, readers everywhere can take advantage of the same training and master the field craft that enables top photographers to great wildlife shots-even with modest gear. In fact, Doug's approach actually favors those with simple equipment that frees them to concentrate on the subject and environment rather than fiddling with complex camera settings! Whether you are an accomplished image-maker or taking your first nature shots, the practical advice and techniques in this no-nonsense book will increase your odds of finding great subjects, prepare you to document them beautifully, and enhance your overall experience while working in the field.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, D ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amherst Media
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781682033838
• Artikelnr.: 54473013

Autorenporträt

Douglass Owen was a science teacher and USGS geologist before joining the National Park Service to work for nearly twenty years as a park ranger at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. He received a certificate of graduation in Professional Photography from the New York Institute of Photography in 1984 and published his first nature photography article in 1990. Since then, his pictures have been published in a number of calendars, magazines, and books and he has taught numerous two-day nature photography workshops and seminars at Craters of the Moon, for Xanterra in Yellowstone, and for ISU Friends of Learning.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Finding Your Subject 2. Critical Camera Controls 2. Design
Powerful Composition 4. A Mindset of Readiness 5. The Decisive Moment 6.
Learn to Read the Plants and Animals 7. Time of Day and Weather 8. Planning
a Successful Outing 9. Landscape Photography 10. Macro Photography 11.
Wildlife Photography Conclusion Index