One of the most important tools in wildlife photography is fieldcraft. Getting to know the subject, spending time watching, listening and looking, learning its behaviour, its habits and calls.
Regardless of the level of photographic skill your at you will need to learn fieldcraft to capture those images you see. With this though comes a great responsibility and integrity to your own work.
All wild animals that have no or very little contact with humans are scared and fear man. They see and smell us the moment we enter their world of which they are designed for and we aren’t.
They have an in built fear of man and see us as a threat to their lives. For me its how the person deals with that level of fear and stress using their fieldcraft and respect for the subject that is so important.
Being at one with nature is amazing and with respect, time and effort and applying good fieldcraft everyone is capable of capturing beautiful moments each time they enter the natural world.
I hope this post has helped you. I run a number of workshops that are designed to help you to improve in all aspects of your wildlife photography as well as fieldcraft. Please click here to see everything I offer, many thanks.
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