Paul McDougall
Wildlife Photographer and Photographic Safari Tour Guide
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The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Wildlife Photography
From Taking a Shot to Capturing a Moment
Do you want to learn wildlife photography but don’t know where to start? If yes, this book is for you.
There are 436 pages packed full of images, hints and tips.
At the end of each main section there is an assignment for you to test your understanding of what you have just learnt.
This book will help you on your journey to becoming a better wildlife photographer:
- Easy-to-follow layout and end of section assignments.
- Hundreds of inspirational images to motivate you to reach your goal.
- All images annotated with equipment and relevant settings used.
- Easy to understand diagrams illustrate key photographic concepts.
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Wildlife Photography Online
Training Course available on Udemy
18 modules and over 8 hours of content with 11 easy to follow assignments.
Guided Photographic Safari Tours
The Great Migration
The Maasai Mara, the Marvel of Masses
Everything about this reserve is incredible. The wildlife is abundant, and the vast grasslands ensure that animals are rarely out of sight, and the Birdlife is impressive, over 450 species have been recorded. Wildlife is not confined to the reserve and wanders freely in the surrounding areas where the Masai still tend their livestock.
The Maasai Mara
Low Season
The first sight of this natural wonderland is breathtaking. Here, great herds of elephant browse among the rich tree-studded grasslands, along with an occasional black rhino. Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, topi, eland and many more species of plains game offer rich pickings for the dominant predators – lion, leopard ….
Samburu
The Great Unexplored
Samburu National Reserve is one of the 56 protected areas in Kenya. It is famous North of the equator because of the richness of flora and fauna found there; it can be reached through Nairobi-Isiolo-Marsabit road and Maralal-Wamba-Isiolo road. Lying on the flood plains and bottom land of Ewaso Ngiro drainage system ….
Magical Uganda
Shoebills, Tree Climbing Lions and the Mountain Gorilla
The Mabamba Swamps west of Entebbe is one of the best and most convenient places to see the elusive Shoebill. After a few minutes in a small canoe the papyrus reeds opens up into a flat grassy wetlands where a number of Shoebill can regularly be seen. The bird is easiest seen in the morning when they stalk their main ….
Red Panda
Singalila National Park
Singalila National Park is a reserved forest area located at the Singalila ridge in Darjeeling district. This is a high altitude park spanning between 7,900ft to about 12,000ft covering an area of 78.6 square kms. This is in fact the highest altitude park in the state of West Bengal. It was initially a wild life sanctuary ….
Finland Bears
Martinselkonen Nature Reserve
One of the absolute best of the various places that offer the possibility of photographing brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Finland is Martinselkonen Nature Reserve. Situated close to the Russian border in the municipality of Suomussalmi in Eastern Finland (150 kilometres from Kuusamo, 170 from Kajaani ….