Nature Photography Secrets

21/11/2022

You gotta hear this! Listen in where ever you stream podcasts. Chase shares his unique tricks for adding variety to your images and how to track behavior so you get the best shots from any scene.

10/08/2022

Whales and sea lions are in action!

has been giving us a show! The are here and lunge feeding everywhere. Particularly liked this shot with the sea lion popping out of the water next to the whale. The sea lions travel in large groups called "rafts" and eat the sardines alongside the whales. And the gulls get in on the action, too.

04/02/2022

Happy birthday to our Podcast Host Lou Coetzer Wildlife Photographer ! Great that you can share it with special people in your happy place! Samara Private Game Reserve 🎈(photo taken late yesterday afternoon, and they are on our their way out to find the cheetahs!)

Image credit Veronica Coetzer Photography

29/01/2022

In the last year, mirrorless cameras have taken a giant leap forward.

There are so many new features that enhance the photographer's ability to be more creative because the tools are more flexible.

Listen in as Julie & Lou break it down; sharing their field experience using two top of the line mirrorless cameras.

💥 They challenge you to think about why making this shift changes the nature of the way you shoot.

💥 They encourage you to re-think the way you are shooting if you took your DSLR recipe and simply applied it to your mirrorless camera. There is so much more technology available at your finger tips, yet so many people are not using it.

💥 Discover how everything with mirrorless cameras has changed and ways to use the tech to up level your shots.

❓ Are you using the faster shutter speeds properly?

❓ Do you have control over your frames per second and capturing shots you never could before?

❓ Are you being creative with the advanced technology and trying shots you thought were impossible?

❓ Do you know how to optimize the advanced tracking systems?

This is a jam packed episode with information and details you will not want to miss.

Take your photography to the world-class level by learning how to fully utilize the tech advancements that are now available.

Nature Photography Secrets is available on all major Podcast platforms.

Click the link below the listen on Apple Podcast or Spotify.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mirrorless-camera-debate-part-2-what-to-know-now-that/id1511035074?i=1000548987877

https://open.spotify.com/show/6Xhu2vkvDd3crR5Km2rzlc

15/01/2022

A New Podcast series with our guest Dr. Waldemar Bussiahn. 🎙

👉 Episode 1: Creating Pleasing Images

It became a life-long passion to discover what it was about certain images that had a positive image on others for Dr.Bussiahn.

He shares his highlights from his journey and everything you need to know to master the art of creating pleasing images.

👉 Episode 2: Display your images to create health and happiness:

Did you know there is a science to what colors, sizes and display mediums that can enhance your sense of well-being?

Join Lou and Julie for an exciting episode with Dr. Waldemar Bussiahn PhD, head of the photographic department at The Cape University of Technology in South Africa, as he shares his research findings on how photographic images create wellness.

You can listen on Apple Podcasts below:
https://podcasts.apple.com/.../nature.../id1511035074

Also available on Spotify, Podbean and all the major podcast platforms!

06/01/2022

Over 10.5k downloads!! Wow!

Thank you so much for the support the past year and a half.

We will continue to bring you insightful wildlife photography stories, tips on gear, workflow, safari destinations. So much more is yet to come and we would love to get some audience input on topics you would like us to cover.

Please leave us your thoughts in the comments below.

Nature Photography Secrets

16/11/2021

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08/11/2021

📷 Ready to take your bird photography to the next level?

You will love this conversation! 😍

✅ Lou and Julie talk about bird behavior, how to predict action before it happens so you can get the rare shots. The stories birds tell really push our technological skills and put them to the test.

✅ Discover why birds are one of the most fascinating subjects in nature photography and how you can use that to your advantage.

✅ Lou and Julie dive into how to best use your Autofocus system, including some of the newer systems, to ensure your shots are tack sharp.

✅ Understand what it means to cross-connect your focus points and set up your camera to nail birds in flight, even if you are an accomplished bird photographer.

✅ Lou and Julie reveal the simplest thing that will catapult your bird photography success and take it to the next level. Laugh as Julie shares how she felt "bludgeoned into bird photography" and hear how she dramatically expanded her portfolio by including bird action shots.

✅ This episode will help you get more of what you want out of bird photography and understand how they add to the scene with mammals.

Listen on Apple Podcast below ⬇⬇⬇

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-level-bird-photography/id1511035074?i=1000539997781

28/10/2021

Stop Struggling With Shutter Speed!

👉New Podcast Episode

Want to know the one secret to getting world-class action shots every time?

✅It's knowing the many ways to generate shutter speed. In this episode, Lou and Julie bust some of the myths about shutter speed and how staying stuck in a rut with your settings is costing you great images.

✅Lou and Julie reveal the trifecta for always having more than enough shutter speed for the rapidly changing nature scenes that constantly unfold in front of you. If you are tired of missing shots, or wondering why your images are too soft, this episode will help you stop struggling with shutter speed.

✅Learn why you need more shutter speed than you think. Julie and Lou share stories from real situations of how they easily captured those "one-and-done" moments that other photographers missed.

✅Mastering the shutter speed game will change your photography with just a few adjustments to your mindset and your shooting recipe.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nature-photography-secrets/id1511035074?i=1000538573192

24/09/2021

𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝟓𝟎𝟎% 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐥 𝐊𝐨𝐭𝐳𝐞 📷

🎙 New Podcast Episode

✅ This is a one-of-a-kind episode and a lively discussion that will have you get your camera out right away. Wenzel Kotze, a successful business man turned scholar, joins Lou and Julie for a discussion on how to get 500% more images out of every scene.

✅ Wenzel is so passionate about dissecting leadership principles found in nature that he created his own Master's degree around it and is currently working on his PHD. He asks what if we took the ideal shooting recipe and turned it into a "systems thinking" approach, would it make a difference to our photography?

✅ In this rousing episode, discover how to take everything you know about getting great shots and find 500% more from every scene and scenario using this innovative way of seeing and thinking.

✅ Lou, Julie and Wenzel get technical and personal as they walk you through exactly how you can get much more than what you thought out of your photography.

Lou Coetzer Wildlife Photographer Julie Steelman Wenzel Kotze

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-500-more-out-of-your-scene-using-systems/id1511035074?i=1000535307835

06/08/2021

🎙 Walking With Wild Cheetahs - A Women In Conservation Story With Sarah Tompkins of Samara Game Reserve

In this exciting episode, find out how you can walk with wild cheetahs and get the photographs of a lifetime while also being a part of the make-a-difference-for-cheetahs team.

Julie and Lou talk to Sarah Tompkins, a women putting conservation at the heart of her work to save the wild cheetah in South Africa.

Listen to the heart-warming journey that led her to establish a thriving game reserve that has single-handedly had the biggest impact on restoring healthy cheetah DNA around Africa.

You may shed a few tears, feel your heart melt and also learn what exquisite photo opportunities await you at this precious place on earth. As Julie says, "there is nothing like getting a back stage pass and witnessing the wild life of cheetahs on foot".

Join us for a deep conversation with Sarah Tompkins about the journey of creating the majestic Samara Game Reserve over the last 20 years and the Cheetahs who call the reserve home.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walking-wild-cheetahs-women-in-conservation-story-sarah/id1511035074?i=1000530979620

Samara Private Game Reserve Lou Coetzer Wildlife Photographer Julie Steelman Photography CNP Safaris

‎Show Nature Photography Secrets, Ep Walking With Wild Cheetahs - A Women In Conservation Story With Sarah Tompkins of Samara Game Reserve - Aug 4, 2021

04/07/2021

🐾 More than just Nature Photography!

Webinar Invitation:

📌8 July | 7pm SAST

👉 From its early conception CNP Safaris and its founder Lou Coetzer pushed the envelope of Nature photography to the limits of digital camera technology. Supported by revolutionary innovations like the world’s first 360-degree, custom-designed revolving photography chair to an innovative image-rating system the constant drive was to improve our own and our client’s photography.

🤔The questions are: Did our customers experience growth in their photography? What is the implication of that on their total Nature experience? Why do people from all walks of lIfe choose Nature Photography as a hobby and what do they really get out of their experience?

✅ To answer these questions, Lou Coetzer will explore the work of three photographers whose work can all be classified as professional although two of them are amateurs. Firstly, Lou Coetzer will present Gonnie Myburg's Natures Best Photography Africa 2018 award winning portfolio and discuss her healing process as described by herself.

✅ Secondly, Lou will take us through the incredibly versatile portfolio of Margie Hidden and ask her to share with us how her Nature Photography Journey contributed to her healing from personal trauma.

✅ Lastly, Lou will explore Veronica Coetzer’s award-winning journey into Nature Photography and how she used her experience as a base to develop a continuous stream of art work that brought her international recognition. We will conclude this Webinar with Dr Waldemar Bussiahn's evaluation of some of the photographs and artworks from the perspective of his Master’s and Doctorate research.

👉Join us by registering with the link below:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqcu2qrj8jGtP_CZfSMd6bVgfi7Ls_b7FE

02/07/2021

Ever wonder how to squeeze every drop of technology out of your camera no matter how many pixels you have to work with?

✅ Lou and Julie walk you through all the tips and tricks they use to get the most out of both a 50 megapixel or a 20 megapixel DSLR or Mirrorless camera.

✅ Listen in to hear some new tricks for how to use focal length and your sensor size to expand your portfolio of high-quality images.

✅ Today you will discover why it matters more how you shoot and use your sensor than it does to have the latest and greatest camera.
Steelman Photography
Lou Coetzer Wildlife Photographer



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18/06/2021

Click the link in the description to register! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

⭐️ Upcoming Webinar for Landscape Photography Enthusiasts!

You are invited to join us for an inspiring conversation on Landscape Photography. 📷

The discussion with guest speaker, Dr. Waldemar Bussiahn, will focus on “A historic perspective and a modern-day approach to Landscape Photography,” wherein he will share the role that the Pictorialists, during the early 1900s, have played in shaping the photography that we witness and practice today.

Dr Waldemar Bussiahn is the coordinator of the Photography programme at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).

He has been teaching photography for more than 30 years and has worked in a variety of genres. Landscape photography, however, has remained his favourite genre, and he has completed a Masters and Doctorate degree, researching the aesthetics and therapeutic value of colour landscape photographs.

Learn more about CNP Safaris’ Landscape photography approach and how you can get maximum results in the shortest amount of time.

Please join us... click below to register

👉 24 June 2021 @ 7pm SAST

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kfu6qrj4tH9zooXhAQthPKrW0X6xvsnWZ

Waldemar Bussiahn

18/06/2021

🎙 A Penguin Pilgrimage With Charles Bergman

✅ In this exciting Father's Day episode, meet Charles Bergman, a highly honored wildlife photographer, well-published author, and passionate nature lover.

✅ Julie and Lou dive into his 15-year adventure with his wife to see and photograph every penguin on the planet. It all started in South Africa and took them deep into the Antarctic.

✅ We discuss how the male penguins risk it all for their chicks. Charles shares his wildlife wisdom and tips for capturing the soul of your subject while creating heart-stopping images.

✅ He shares how to follow your heart when telling wildlife stories and how much sharing your passion makes a difference. Charles' new book, "Every Penguin In The World; A Quest to See Them All" is a wonder of nature itself. You won't want to miss this delightful conversation with Charles, Julie, and Lou.

✅ Sit back and take a journey around the globe to hear why going to extremes pays off!

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-penguin-pilgrimage-with-charles-bergman/id1511035074?i=1000525427512

31/05/2021

🥂Thank you for your support fellow photographers!

Nature Photography Secrets

28/05/2021

Hey Travelers!!! Got the itch to cross some borders and break out of your bubble? ✈️ Listen to the podcast I just recorded about how to create “safe travel corridors” and travel abroad. 🌍

I’ve been to Africa 🐘 twice, for a total of 88 days in the last few months. I’m still Covid free. Sharing these tips was a fun way to encourage you to go back to living and how you can do it safely! ✨🙏✨

Have a listen...even if you are not a photographer. 🌍😃🌍

🎙 New Podcast Episode

✈ Tips For Safer International Travel During The Pandemic

Julie shares her motivations, reasons, and experiences from her recent trips to Africa during the pandemic.

✅If you are feeling the itch to travel internationally, especially to Africa, listen in as Julie shares her tips for what to do, how to get tested properly which airlines provide "safe corridors" for travel, and which locations in Africa will keep you safe.

✅Also discover what incredible photographic opportunities await you when there are so few tourists around.

✅If you are feeling the urge to travel internationally and break out of your bubble, this episode will help you figure out what options will work for you.

✅In addition, Julie shares how the CNP Safaris team helped her travel safely for 66 days in South Africa recently.

Follow the link below to listen in! ⬇⬇⬇

👉For more information, reach out to CNP Safaris

Julie Steelman

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tips-for-safer-international-travel-during-the-pandemic/id1511035074?i=1000523156844

28/05/2021

🎙 New Podcast Episode

✈ Tips For Safer International Travel During The Pandemic

Julie shares her motivations, reasons, and experiences from her recent trips to Africa during the pandemic.

✅If you are feeling the itch to travel internationally, especially to Africa, listen in as Julie shares her tips for what to do, how to get tested properly which airlines provide "safe corridors" for travel, and which locations in Africa will keep you safe.

✅Also discover what incredible photographic opportunities await you when there are so few tourists around.

✅If you are feeling the urge to travel internationally and break out of your bubble, this episode will help you figure out what options will work for you.

✅In addition, Julie shares how the CNP Safaris team helped her travel safely for 66 days in South Africa recently.

Follow the link below to listen in! ⬇⬇⬇

👉For more information, reach out to CNP Safaris

Julie Steelman

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tips-for-safer-international-travel-during-the-pandemic/id1511035074?i=1000523156844

07/05/2021

🎙Cheers to the moms in the Animal Kingdom

One of the most important roles in life is that of Motherhood.

✅ Today Lou and Julie pay respects to moms all over the world by sharing some of their favorite stories from the wild.

✅ Lou talks about an incredibly daring moment by an Elephant and how she risked everything to save her calf.

✅ Julie talks about the Hawaiian Monk Seal mom's challenges and their plight as they head closer to extinction and their incredible generosity to their pups.

✅ Lou and Julie dive even deeper into the challenges of being a Cheetah mom and the extraordinarily resilient effort it takes to successfully rear cubs, with all odds against them, into adulthood.

✅Photography tips are shared throughout so you can make the most of your special moments and encounters.

Cheers to moms all over the world and the incredible strength it takes to be successful.

We salute you!🤗

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheers-to-the-moms-in-the-animal-kingdom/id1511035074?i=1000520257263

‎Show Nature Photography Secrets, Ep Cheers To The Moms In The Animal Kingdom - May 5, 2021

26/04/2021

🎙Gadgets & Gizmos for Traveling & Tracking

In this exciting episode, Lou and Julie take you inside their world explaining what gadgets and gizmos help them make the most out of their tracking and trekking efforts.

✅They discuss in depth carriers, backpacks, tripods and even mobile stools.

✅Learn how to make smart purchases, pack your camera bag intelligently and use simple tools to add comfort and longevity to any nature photo shoot.

✅Laugh at their banter while you discover their secrets for making long treks with wildlife become more comfortable, enjoyable and maximize your photographic capabilities while remaining agile and mobile.

LISTEN HERE⬇⬇⬇

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gadgets-and-gizmos-for-traveling-and-tracking/id1511035074?i=1000518183436

https://naturephotographysecrets.podbean.com/e/gadgets-gizmos-for-traveling-tracking/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GsWB0gk5BYBfvUYqxxCc3

29/03/2021

Monday Inspiration ✌

26/03/2021

🎙Angles & Apex Predators

👉In this delightful episode, Lou and Julie recount a Grizzly Bear photo shoot where the action was hot and the light was not.

✅Lou teaches us how to think like a landscape photographer and shoot like a sports photographer as he walks us through how to pick the right angle from an actual live scene.

✅Discover how to pick the best angle for light, action and how to work around a large group of photographers and tripods to capture the optimal image.

✅This is a powerful episode if you want to step behind the lens with us and understand how to think in new ways that get you the right angle and the shot no one else gets.

📌This is one of those "must listen to" episodes.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/angles-and-apex-predators-bears/id1511035074?i=1000514193785

12/03/2021

Great offer from Show Host Lou Coetzer Wildlife Photographer ⬇️⬇️⬇️

12/03/2021

🎧 Using TeleConverters - Honoring World Wildlife Day

NEW EPISODE OUT!

✅Have you ever wondered if teleconverters would help you get those images you want while not degrading your expensive glass?

✅Myself and Julie talk about how and when to use teleconverters most effectively. In this episode, you will learn how to quickly evaluate the tradeoffs of using a teleconverter and which one might be right for the scene.

✅In addition, using Teleconverters properly can give your additional pixels while also reducing your impact on nature.

✅Listen in to discover smarter ways to use modern tools to aid conservation and honor the World's Wildlife while also effectively telling their stories.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/using-teleconverters-honoring-world-wildlife-day/id1511035074?i=1000512420158

19/02/2021

🎙 Love Stories Out Of Africa

Lou and Julie talk about two species that tend to offer incredible photographic opportunities because of their deep commitment to the survival of their families.

Listen in to discover how Julie and Lou ensure they take home world-class images from complex scenes with uncommon compositional challenges.

Learning how to anticipate the behavior of certain species will advance your photographic skills and increase the success of capturing the most satisfying shots.

Not to mention help you appreciate the love for our natural world as a nature photographer.

Julie Steelman Lou Coetzer CNP Safaris

12/02/2021

📷 Calling All Nature Photographers!

🎙🎙 Nature Photography Secrets Podcast 🎙🎙

✅Nature photography secrets is for the wildly passionate nature photographer who wants to get the most out of every scene and continually advance their photographic skills.

✅Each episode explores revolutionary ways to take full advantage of today’s digital equipment and master the skills needed to capture and edit world-class images.

✅ Learn from incredible stories how to be prepared for anything and maximize the variety of successful shots you get from every encounter.

Join Internationally acclaimed Nature Photographers, Lou Coetzer and Julie Steelman on the adventure of unfolding the secrets to Nature Photography!

📷 Click the episode below that speaks to you and enjoy!⬇

www.naturephotographysecrets.com

05/02/2021

🎧 The Mirrorless Camera Debate

Click below to listen to the NEW episode!

‎Show Nature Photography Secrets, Ep Mirrorless Camera Debate - Feb 3, 2021

04/02/2021

🥳Happy Birthday Lou!!

Wishing you spectacular year!

Looking forward to all the insights and stories you'll be sharing with the world!!

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🥳A shout out to a very special person!

CNP Safaris' Founding Father, Innovator, Passionate Nature Photographer, Husband, Father and Grandfather!

But more than that a teacher that has touched the lives of so many aspiring photographers and nature lovers all over the globe!

Our wish to you - a healthy and exciting new year!

Happy Birthday Lou Coetzer !! 👏👏👏

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www.loucoetzer.com

22/01/2021

🐘 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲

One of nature's most glorious creatures, The African elephant is the topic of today's conversation.

✅Take a trip throughout the African continent, with a small stopover in India, to hear about some of Lou and Julie's most memorable elephant encounters.

✅They both share heart-warming stories and talk about the challenges of photographing herd animals and how to find the scene within the scene.

✅Elephants provide us with some wonderful teaching moments for capturing award-winning photos.

📷View more images by Julie at www.WildSacredBeauty.com
📷View more images by Lou at http://www.loucoetzer.com/

Julie Steelman Lou Coetzer

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Itunes:
👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epic-elephant-stories/id1511035074?i=1000505902287

Podbean:
👉 https://naturephotographysecrets.podbean.com/e/epic-elephant-stories/

Spotify:
👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7v995q1Pl6PcqqQBFFa0tg

13/01/2021

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✅ Nature photography secrets is for the wildly passionate nature photographer who wants to get the most out of every scene and continually advance their photographic skills.

✅ Each episode explores revolutionary ways to take full advantage of today’s digital equipment and master the skills needed to capture and edit world-class images.

✅ Learn from incredible stories how to be prepared for anything and maximize the variety of successful shots you get from every encounter.

👉 Click the link below to listen in!

‎How To · 2020

18/12/2020

🎙 Last Episode of the Year!

✅ Lou and Julie take on the hot topic of the global pandemic and how it has deeply impacted nature and wildlife photography.

✅ Julie shares a spiritual perspective on the opportunity that awaits us as nature lovers and photographers.

✅ Lou addressed the global challenge of the tourism industry and how to have exotic photography fun in your own back yard.

✅ A deep and rich discussion on taking a deep look at ourselves and using this time of great inner growth to rethink the meaning of nature photography.

👉 Podbean:
https://naturephotographysecrets.podbean.com/e/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-nature-photography/

👉 Apple Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-nature-photography/id1511035074?i=1000502571697

👉 Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IdCVvu1N6aH5eSj12gshb

07/12/2020

Join Nature Photography Secrets Podcast Hosts, Lou Coetzer & Julie Steelman, for this special Webinar 👇👇👇

04/12/2020

🐾 Celebrating International Cheetah Day!

Cheetahs have been greatly impacted at the hands of man.

In this Podcast episode, Lou and Julie take you behind the scenes at Samara, a conservation lodge in South Africa, that is having a profound impact on the recovery of cheetahs in the wild.

They share their incredible experience of walking with these wild animals and how to effectively photograph the world's fastest mammal while contributing to the recovery of the species.

In this heart-warming episode, you begin to understand the delicacy of our natural world but also how each of us can make a difference.

👉 Listen Here

- Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Ipyz6ZNXTQrkTJjrJMtAH

- Itunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheetahs-conservation-photography/id1511035074?i=1000501116693

- Podbean: https://naturephotographysecrets.podbean.com/e/cheetahs-conservation-photography/

Samara Private Game Reserve CNP Safaris@jJulie Steelman

27/11/2020

Lovely!

23/11/2020

Powerful!

Kgalagadi Male Lion Portrait With Battle Scars. CLICK ON PHOTO.

Giving Old Photographs A New Lease Of Life - A DXO Photolab 4 Series - Nr3

Looking back at how I set up my second digital camera it is a small miracle that I got any photographs at all. At Least I can now edit them better than before with DXO 4!!

Nikon D2X With Nikon 400mm F2.8 + 1.4 X Converter=560mm/F5.6 @ 1/400sec /ISO 400/ EV-0.7

23/11/2020

😲Non Stop Action

📷 Follow Show Host Lou Coetzer for Nature Photography Inspiration, Tops and Tricks!

"Lioness Attempting The Impossible Etosha Namibia Celebrating DXO 4-A Series 2"

It is fun going back to photographs taken nearly 10 years ago, never used for anything, and give them a new lease of life by editing them in the amazing DXO 4. All that was required to end this hunt was a single blast of sand in the lioness's face and it was all over in seconds!

Nikon D4 with Nikon 600mm F4.0 + 1.4 X Converter = 840mm/ F 8 @ 1/4000sec /ISO 400/ EV -1.7

20/11/2020

Birthday celebrations with Show Host !

You are such an inspiration as to what is possible through determination and passion!

Here's to you Julie!!

13/11/2020

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝔻𝕠𝕘𝕤

Podcast Episode!

✅Join myself and Julie on a journey to a private conservation farm where they had the rare opportunity to photograph a den of African Wild Dog pups.

✅It sounds like easy shooting, but the challenges we encountered were extreme.

✅Learn how we handled the deep shadows of the woods while also not blowing the white tips of the dog's tails.

✅This is a great lesson on how to shoot depth at speed when the action is happening in extremely dappled light.

Listen on ITunes, Podbean or Spotify.🔽🔽🔽

Podbean : https://naturephotographysecrets.podbean.com/e/the-challenges-of-photographing-african-wild-dogs/

Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-challenges-of-photographing-african-wild-dogs/id1511035074?i=1000492262643

27/10/2020

Join Lou, Julie, and two special guests - Brent Paull who is an American west photographer, and Hendri Coetzer who is a young African photographer.

This lively discussion is about how to shoot birds well and how they can add depth to your portfolio. Learn the secrets of the pros for getting your bird shots to stand out!

🌐 𝙄𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙨:
https://podcasts.apple.com/.../nature.../id1511035074
🌐 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣:
https://naturephotographysecrets.podbean.com/.../celebra.../
🌐 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮:
https://www.spotify.com/