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With holidays, career breaks or future employment opportunities taking a back-seat, many people are looking towards doing something constructive, affordable and above all for themselves. EcoTraining offers a wide variety of courses to suit many individual needs for now and the
future!

 

 

Why Choose EcoTraining?
•We’ve been training since 1993 - one of the first organisations to conduct formal Field Guide training
•We train in great wilderness areas including the Kruger National Park 
•Our students train while living in the middle of the African wilderness in our unfenced camps, with wild animals potentially outside their cavas tents
•We have trained Field Guides for top tourism operators such as Wilderness Safaris, Tanzania Wildlife Safaris, KZN Wildlife, Heritage Group and various privately-owned game lodges in southern Africa

 

...more reasons to choose us…

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Wildlife Photography Workshop with specialist Lex Hes - 5 Days 

Taking great wildlife photos is not as easy at it looks. There is a lot of thought and time that goes into producing those great images that we see around us. Not only does one need creativity and technical knowledge but also a knowledge and understanding of one’s subject matter.

The Photography Workshop aims to reveal more of the thought processes behind the making of good wildlife photographs and at the same time gives photographers time and opportunity to put these thoughts into action in the field under the guidance of an experienced photographer.

We start the course with a discussion on the equipment needed to become a versatile nature photographer and then we go on to discuss the various elements that combine to make up a good nature photograph.

The basic elements covered in lectures and demonstrations include:
• Equipment
• Lighting
• Backgrounds
• Depth of field
• Exposure
• Composition
• Impact
• Shape and form
• Highlights
• Story telling
• Action
• Sequences

Participants will spend mornings and afternoon in the bush looking for photographic opportunities followed by a lecture each day and constructive criticism of any digital photos taken during each activity.

 

More about the course instructor

Lex Hes' (co-owner of EcoTraining) history of wildlife photography began at Londolozi Game Reserve, when after being strategic in the development of Londolozi and the field guiding there, he spent two years working as a 16 mm film cameraman making wildlife documentaries for Londolozi productions. After doing research on Marion Island, he returned with a collection of photographs that led to his first photography work being published in Minolta Mirror and Creative Photography magazines. On returning to Londolozi, Lex began to collect photographs and data on the behaviour of leopards in that area and this culminated in the publication of his highly-acclaimed book "The Leopards of Londolozi".

Lex left Londolozi in 1991 to start a career as a self-employed field guide and photographer and has since published a further four books: Bush School; Attracting Birds to your Garden in southern Africa, The Complete book of Mammals of southern Africa and Wild South Africa. His photographs have been published in numerous publications around the world and have been used in advertising campaigns.

 

Cost:  We have chosen not to put our rates here as they vary for each camp. Please contact us for course rate

 

Venue:  Galago Camp , Sabi Sands Game Reserve

If this is your dream or passion, allow us to help you fulfil that dream. After all, there is no time like the present. Contact us.

 

Wildlife Photography with EcoTraining - 7 Days

The Photography Workshop aims to reveal more of the thought processes behind the making of good wildlife photographs and at the same time gives photographers time and opportunity to put these thoughts into action in the field under the guidance of an experienced photographer.
We start the course with a discussion on the equipment needed to become a versatile nature photographer and then we go on to discuss the various elements that combine to make up a good nature photograph.

The basic elements covered in lectures and demonstrations include:
• Equipment
• Lighting
• Backgrounds
• Depth of Field
• Exposure
• Composition & Impact
• Shape and Form
• Highlights
• Story telling
• Action
• Sequences

Important to bring:

Camera Equipment
• Your camera and lenses (and any other camera accessories you may wish to use)
• Camera instruction manual
• Film for film cameras
• Flash if you have one
• Good sturdy tripod
• Beanbag
• Card reader for your digital camera

It is not necessary to have big telephoto lenses and fancy equipment.  Please bring whatever equipment you own and the instructor will structure the workshop around the type of equipment you have.

 

Cost:  We have chosen not to put our rates here as they vary for each camp. Please contact us for course rate

 

Venue:  Karongwe and Mashatu Camp

 

If this is your dream or passion, allow us to help you fulfil that dream. After all, there is no time like the present. Contact us.

 
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