The Practical Manual of Captive Animal Photography - Softcover

Havelin, Michael

9781584280231: The Practical Manual of Captive Animal Photography

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584280239 ISBN 13: 9781584280231

Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc., 2000

Photographers don’t have to travel on safari or risk life and limb for a portfolio of marketable nature shots. This book teaches the step-by-step techniques necessary for capturing and selling dramatic images of animals in settings such as zoos, nature preserves, and even at home. Beginning with how to approach the animals and avoid danger, this book discusses choosing appropriate subjects, scouting locations, creating suitable settings for smaller animals, capturing shots of animals in motion, selecting lenses and filters, and dealing with obstructions such as fences, glass, and water. The book also outlines the necessary equipment specialized viewfinders, lenses, and flashes and essential legalities such as permissions to shoot and photo releases.

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About the Author:

Michael Havelin is semi-retired and now spends much of his time writing. Over the years, he has been a professional musician (The Bougalieu, The Old Pros, Cacti Delicti, No Small Tornado), teacher, computer consultant, sign language interpreter, author of articles and books, publisher (the now defunct Shooter's Rag: The Practical Gazette for Silver and Digital Photographers and Dialed In! Motorcycle Roadracing newspaper), editor, woodworker, and has even practiced law.

His most recent writing has been in the mystery genre. His character Ben Bones is a pro genealogist who gets into trouble on his various research jobs. Check it out at benbones.com.

Highly googleable, he lives and creates in Asheville, North Carolina where he continues to interpret and runs a critique group for mystery writers: wncmysterians.org.

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