There are no fixed times during a Wild Studio workshop. In fact they are completely tailor made for you. This following is only a guidance of what you might expect.
Arrival by light aircraft to meet your guide and specialist photographer
Evening game drive of 3 to 4 hours
Dinner around 8pm
Introduction to Wild Studio
The first day is about acclimatizing to the area and planning for the next 3 days. Your Wild Studio photographer will take you through the first steps of portfolio building, which is to start with the contents page and brief of the book you will create.
Chapters might be; Soul of the Elephant, Africa’s Antelopes, The Challenge of Birds in Flight, The Predators of Botswana or even The Happiest of Hippos…..It is your story to tell and book template to create.
We will then go on a relaxed game drive to settle in and acquaint ourselves with your vehicle and camera equipment.
Breakfast in the bush from, around 8am
Morning game drive – average 5 to 6 hours
Lunch from 12pm
Image reviews and portfolio building
Pm game drive from 4pm to 7 pm
Dinner usually 8pm
After an early start we will spend the best part of the mornings searching for wildlife and photographing. We might look to focus on a specific animal as per your book chapters. The important part is to begin collecting a diversity of images to create your album.
After lunch this period gives us time to rest but also review our efforts and transfer files and backup our prized photographs before a more relaxed evening drive.
Our final evening will be to summarize everything we have learned and present some of our best shots from the workshop.
This is the fun time where we can give your book its title and write down your introduction and biography. It is also a must to have some photos of you in your portfolio.
The technical aspects of photography are there to support your creative vision of the images you are looking to get. Your Wild Studio photographer will support and guide you in your chosen course and not let the camera dictate.
Depart for next destination from the airstrip
There should always be some time to have a last game drive in the morning, we can enjoy this drive knowing we have some excellent photos backed up on our hard drives having learned new skills to use on our next adventures.
Next stop – time to time to share our efforts as qualified conservation photographers and ambassadors
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