For ten days, we will spend our days focusing on the art and science of the next generation of visual communications – digital photography.

We will begin our day capturing images of Africa’s legendary wildlife on an early morning game drive that usually starts at 6:30AM and ends by 9:00AM. We return to our camp for breakfast followed by a two-hour workshop on six of the twelve days that we are on safari. During the middle of the day, when the animals are resting, we will learn how to improve our shooting technique and enhance our images.

After lunch we will have time to download images and rest. Around 4:00PM we return to “the bush for an afternoon game drive that continues into a night game drive ending around 8:00PM.

On average, we will spend seven hours a day shooting and three hours a day on our computers, of which two hours will be in a classroom setting and one hour will be independant over six days or our eleven days on safari. Our small group size will allow for a great deal of one-on-one time with our instructors.

• Digital Photography 101
• What is the same and what is different between film and digital?
• Image Capture – The more you know about the mechanics of your camera and do not have to think about “in the moment,” the more of your energy can be focused on the image.
• PhotoShop CS3 – How do you take a good image and make it great?
• RAW – Working in RAW verses JPEG.
• Downloading – What options do you have for downloading your images from flashcards to external drives or CD’s?
• Organizing and Filing – What system do you want to use so that you can quickly retrieve a specific image? Animal Portraits Animals in Action
• Focus on Elephants (Creating short 20 minute presentations on specialized game topics;) Focus on Lions; Focus on Leopards; Focus on Giraffe; Focus on Zebra; Focus on Antelope; Photographing Animals at Night
• Marketing – What is the best way to make money from your images or get your work noticed?
• Keeping it Fun – If photography is your hobby, how do you keep it from becoming a job?
• Contribution – How can you contribute to conservation and the economic development of communities in developing countries through your photography?