Overview

52 Assignments: Nature Photography is a mission brief, a portfolio of photographic workshops, a personalised journal, and an inspirational guide to putting the creativity back into your craft. Small enough to fit into your rucksack, it is filled with a year's worth of weekly commissions and concepts for composing and creating eye-catching nature photography in all its forms. Whether it's building a blind, setting up a feeding station, shooting macro masterpieces, creating beautiful animal silhouettes, capturing birds in flight, or focusing on natural textures, all the assignments in this book have been written to inspire you to be more creative, explore the natural world around you, push your photography to its limits, and discover your wild side. AUTHORS: Ross is an award-winning wildlife and landscape photographer, the author of several photography books, and a regular contributor to the photo press. Based in North Cornwall, England, Ross is best known for his beautiful macro and close-up images, and for evocative landscape photographs. He co-runs the photography workshop company Dawn2Dusk Photography and also provides bespoke 1-2-1 tuition. As well as judging major nature photography competitions, Ross has been a brand ambassador for leading photography equipment brands including Nikon UK, Manfrotto, and F-stop Gear. Ben Hall's spectacular images have earned him numerous international awards including over 20 prizes in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (including a double category win in 2009), Geographical Photographer of the Year, and a category win in Bird Photographer of the Year. Ben is a regular photographic and editorial contributor to photography and wildlife magazines around the world, and has appeared on TV and radio programmes including BBC's Walk on the Wild Side, The One Show and Countryfile. Ben also runs regular wildlife photography workshops.

Full Product Details

Author:   Ross Hoddinott ,  Ben Hall
Publisher:   GMC Publications
Imprint:   Ammonite Press
ISBN:  

9781781454053

ISBN 10:   1781454051
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   07 September 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Meet the locals 2. Natural space 3. Feeding time 4. Slow the pace 5. Flights of fancy 6. Unseen nature 7. Backlit beasts 8. Worm’s-eye view 9. See the light 10. Into the darkness 11. Wildlife landscape 12. Nature’s abstracts 13. Break the rules 14. In the frame 15. Spectacular silhouettes 16. Up with the lark 17. Perfect storm 18. Season by season 19. Reflect the light 20. Beautiful backgrounds 21. A bug’s light 22. Spread your winds 23. Hide and seek 24. Species study 25. Fieldcraft 26. Nature in black and white 27. Fun with fungi 28. Into the blue 29. Double vision 30. City slickers 31. Natural balance 32. Story time 33. Park life 34. Woodland wildlife 35. Island life 36. Butterfly effect 37. Map challenge 38. Mother and child 39. The decisive moment 40. Captive subject 41. Petal power 42. Mist opportunity 43. Creatures of the night 44. Damsels in distress 45. Reflecting on nature 46. Two by two 47. Underwater world 48. Learn to paint 49. Roadrunner 50. Big game 51. Showtime 52. Natural selection

Reviews

""This 128-page collaborative book from pro photographers Ross Hoddinott and Ben Hall offers shooting briefs, workshops, and an inspirational guide...There's practical advice aplenty, from setting up a feeding station to shooting animal silhouettes.""--Digital Photographer ""This book follows the same pattern as its companions in the series in that it takes the reader through a number of assignments, discussing what is required, what to look out for...and field notes...As the title suggests there are 52 assignments and they cover a wide range of topics""--Professional Imagemaker

Author Information

Ben Hall's spectacular images have earned him numerous international awards including more than 20 prizes in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (including a double category win in 2009), Geographical Photographer of the Year, and a category win in Bird Photographer of the Year. Ben is a regular photographic and editorial contributor to photography and wildlife magazines around the world, and has appeared on TV and radio programs including BBC's Walk on the Wild Side, The One Show, and Countryfile. Ben also runs regular wildlife photography workshops. Ross Hoddinott is an award-winning wildlife and landscape photographer, the author of several photography books, and a regular contributor to the photo press. Based in North Cornwall, England, Ross is best known for his beautiful macro and close-up images, and for evocative landscape photographs. He co-runs the photography workshop company Dawn2Dusk Photography and also provides bespoke 1-2-1 tuition. As well as judging major nature photography competitions, Ross has been a brand ambassador for leading photography equipment brands including Nikon UK, Manfrotto, and F-stop Gear.

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