Creative Nature Photography: Essential Tips and Techniques PDF
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BILL COSTER creative NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY Essential Tips and Techniques Text and photographs copyright © 2011 by Bill Coster Cover and interior photographs by Bill Coster All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800 -893-5777. Greystone Books An imprint of D&M Publishers Inc. 2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201 Vancouver BC Canada V5T 4S7 www.greystonebooks.com First published in Great Britain by New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd. Cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada ISBN 978-1-55365-847-4 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-55365-848-1 (ebook) CONTENTS Introduction Camera Equipment Coasts Forests Arid Regions Wetlands and Rivers Mountains and Moorlands Polar Regions Introduction I have been interested in natural history from an early age, so when I bought my first camera it was inevitable that animals would be my first photography subjects. I became keen to record the exotic species and locations I saw in my travels. Over time the photography became increasingly important, until I was planning trips based primarily on photographic potential. In tandem with the improvement in my photography, I began to have my work published in magazines and joined a major picture library specializing in nature. I remained a semi-professional nature photographer for a number of years, and at the same time established a successful career in IT with a large company. Although I enjoyed the work, I never felt really comfortable with corporate culture, and eventually made the decision to give up the day job and concentrate on photography. Since then I have never looked back. I have travelled extensively to quickly increase my stock of images to generate more income. Throughout my new career I have always had the enthusiastic support of my wife Diana, who accompanies me whenever possible. Having that extra pair of eyes when photographing wildlife has proved very useful. Travelling together also enables us to spend more time at locations and explore their photographic possibilities more fully than could be done in short visits. Nature photography is a very broad subject, ranging from the all- encompassing landscapes of the world’s wild places to the minute detail revealed in a close-up of a small insect. The relationship between the landscape and the plants and animals that live in it is a very close one. It is the adaptations of living things to enable them to meet the challenges of thriving in each unique environment that have resulted in the huge variety of species on our planet. The chapters in this book are arranged according to the challenges they pose to the photographer, rather than in any rigorously scientific way. The first chapter describes the photographic equipment required
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