Photography in Nature
By Julio E. Foster,
professional photographer, winner of Catamarca al Natural 2020 award
INTRODUCTION AND CONTENTS:
More practical than theoretical workshop on how to solve the specific problems posed by photography in the natural environment.
From macro photography to landscape, using nature as a motif, light as a raw material, the camera as a tool and perception as a guideline.
PURPOSE:
Initiate participants in the essential concepts for better use of photographic equipment, light conditions and those of the environment to obtain the best images.
ENVIRONMENT:
The HosterÃa Cortaderas at 3300 meters above sea level will be the meeting place, accommodation and base for photographic tours of the surroundings. Just there is the lagoon that at this time of year vibrates with birds, different species of flamingos, sandpipers, gallaretas ... At dawn it is possible to see the guanacos that come to drink.
Walks of no more than two hours bring us closer to discovering the rich hidden outcrops, in a volcanic landscape that appears to be desert.
The inn has all the recommended safety and hygiene measures to prevent covid.
TOPICS
· Introduction and history of Nature photography.
· The light composition and qualities.
· Advanced photometry.
· Photographic equipment: cameras, lenses, teleconverters, flashing filters, optical accessories, tripods, digiscoping ...
· Advanced focusing techniques: selective focus, depth of field, bokeh, hyperfocal focus.
· Composition, preliminaries of visual language.
· Shooting techniques: frozen, sweep and movement.
· Landscape, from geological interpretation to photographic composition
· Macrophotography: plants and insects.
· Water: reflections, transparencies and movement.
Night photography: long exposures
Flora and fauna observation and digital image
· The importance of analytical photographic editing.