Today, I am very excited to announce Photography Life’s newest Online Workshop: “Secrets of Professional Wildlife Photographers – By Libor Vaicenbacher.” This 2 hour 48 minute video series brings you into the field with three extraordinary wildlife photographers to share their most valuable techniques.
Vladimír Čech Jr. is world-renowned for his camera trap photography. He has captured some of the world’s only photos of Sumatran tigers in the wild and the one leopard left in Armenia. Moreover, his photos are not only documentary in nature but artistic as well. He plans his photographs carefully to consider light, composition, and subject position, resulting in some of the most remarkable camera trap photos in the world. These photos have earned him numerous international awards, including in the prestigious Siena International Photo competition and the World Nature Photography Awards. In this Online Workshop, he provides a rare look into his entire process from start to finish.
Petr Bambousek is a rule-breaking wildlife photographer and one of the most awarded photographers of Europe. His stunning photos have earned widespread acclaim, including by Bird Photographer of the Year, Nature’s Best Photography Awards, European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and Nature Photographer of the Year. The variety of his accolades is only exceeded by the beautiful variety of his photos – many of which he captures by disproving traditional “myths” of photography. In this Online Workshop, he explains those myths in detail, including when you should break them for incredible wildlife photos.
Jiří Hřebíček turns the idea of wildlife photography on its head. Whereas most photographers chase after maximum sharpness, he deliberately aims to capture impressionistic photos that express the creativity of his imagination. But these are not random or haphazard photos; they are carefully created images that make virtuosic use of the Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) technique. Hřebíček’s success in more than a dozen renowned competitions is just a small sign that he is one of the top wildlife photographers worldwide. Perhaps the crown jewel is his recent first-place win in Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his artful nature photo — captured of an ordinary crow in a park near his house. It’s a sign that extraordinary wildlife photos can be taken anywhere.
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In that spirit, alongside today’s Online Workshop release, I am excited to announce a new series of monthly Q&A livestreams and daily photography tips that will begin in April this year! Along with those new features, we also have another full-length Online Workshop coming very soon – a detailed tutorial on Milky Way photography – to be published on March 28th. I hope you look forward to these projects and enjoy the new releases.
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“Sounds like an incredible workshop! Learning the secrets of professional wildlife photographers is a great opportunity for aspiring photographers. Thanks for sharing this!”
Where are the women wildlife photographers? Not one? Disappointed.
One of my favourite bird photographers is Australian Georgina Steytler. Could you list your women wildlife photographers so I can see their work please.
Thanks for pointing out Georgina Steytler, her work is outstanding!
I don’t follow a ton of wildlife photographers in general, but I’d like to recommend Sadie Hine (@shine_photography__), Ashleigh Scully (@ascullyphoto), and Lee Anne (@wild_things_by_leeanne) as three incredibly cool wildlife photographers who deserve a lot more recognition. And of course photographer and writer Hallie Cowan Barrera, who Photography Life readers probably already know! (@the_halligator on Instagram)
That’s fair, and we would love to interview women wildlife photographers for a future Online Workshop. This time, the three wildlife photographers are all Libor’s close friends. In some sense, the reason why they’re all male is also the reason why they’re all Czech — I think that’s just the circles that Libor spends the most time with.
If you or any readers know female wildlife photographers who would like to be featured on Photography Life or write a guest post here, feel free to introduce us! It’s tricky in a male-dominated field to gain recognition.
“It’s tricky in a male-dominated field to gain recognition.”
So I’ve noticed.
Thumbs up for Georgina
That’s a great point, thank you. I’ll do my best next time to break this monotonous male dominance. And actually, an interesting woman comes to mind… Still, I am open to your tips. But it’s true that in my circles, wildlife photography is mostly a male domain. What a shame.