23 June 2013

On Photo Safari: Water

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What do you think of when you hear “water” in connection with photographic safaris, wildlife photography courses and team building photographic safaris? Yes, there is the water in the Okavango Delta you can drive through and rivers along your game drive routes, but the most important you should think of in connection with water is, drinking water.

Have always bottled water with you when you are out in the bush to avoid dehydration. It can sneak up on you and when you get the headache and stomach cramp it is already serious. Keep drinking water and you will enjoy fabulous game drives.

Happy snapping!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com

Esentials 10: Photography is more than Technology

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It is wonderful to have a fantastic camera equipment and getting it for special trips like photographic safaris, wildlife photography courses and team building photographic safaris is really great, but there is more to photography than technology.

Just like with computers the camera gear is only as good as the person using it. Get to know your camera, practice a lot and train your eye. Your camera does not see for you, unless you want automated images, but are they then yours? Learn to see, compose and work with light and your camera will capture your art for you.

Happy snapping!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com

Essentials 9: Travel Light

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Going on fly-in photographic safaris, team building photographic safaris and wildlife photography courses makes one thing much easier, travelling light. The safari flights have a baggage allowance of 15 kg for the entire baggage including hand luggage and photo equipment. This might cause immediately a shock to the owners of beautiful fixed 400mm and 500mm lenses, but it actually helps making your live easier.

Travelling with too much photo gear can limit you in your flexibility and not only on game drives. When you walk through Paris, you don’t want to carry lots of equipment with you. You would be too exhausted to focus on the actual photography.

Travel light, only take what you really need. Free yourself.

Happy travelling!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com

Essentials 8: Its Often You and Not the Gear

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Who hasn’t experienced it, that getting angry at a thing like a computer, car or hairdryer only to end up damaging an innocent item and getting even more frustrated.

That happens on
photographic safaris, wildlife photography courses, team building photographic safaris, wedding photo shoots, family occasion shoots and all other photographic opportunities all the time. Mostly all with the same essence, it was not the gear, it was the photographer.

When such a situations occurs, make a step back, and if it is only imaginary, look at the situation from the distance and start seeing the solution. It will be healthier for the camera gear and yourself and the images will be just stunning.

Happy snapping!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com

Essentials 7: Do Not Erase Too Quickly

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It is a reoccurring sight on photographic safaris, team building photographic safaris and wildlife photography courses that guests do a big clean up of their images immediately when they are back at the lodge, or even when being still on the vehicle.

Sounds familiar? Stop yourself doing that. In the first place the images shown on the screen of the camera are poor quality and the screen is too small to get a good impression. Second, you might think you don’t like the image right now, but it might be exactly the image you’ll need for a photo book in the future.

Do not erase too quickly. It depends very much on the situation and the purpose, if the image is suitable or not.

Happy snapping!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com

Essentials 6: Find Your Preferred Setting Tool

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Many of the smaller cameras and the SLR cameras offer the choice between M for manual, A for aperture priority, S (or T) for shutter speed priority and P for (programmed or) ISO priority. The guests on photographic safaris, wildlife photography courses and team building photographic safaris often ask which of them they should use for which situation. The answer is, that it depends on what suits the user the most, on which what can the user connect the best.

We can all drive a car (at least almost all), but we prefer different ways of driving. One is good in off road driving, another good in driving in sand and again another good in driving on race circuits. It depends on talent, skills and preferences of the driver.

It’s the same with the camera settings. Some can work best with shutter speed and others work great with aperture. Find out where your strength lies and choose the manual setting that suits you best.

Happy snapping!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com

ePhoto Book: Captured Heat

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Tsavo West National Park is on volcano ground and a popular destination for photographic safaris, wildlife photography courses and team building photographic safaris.

It can get very hot there and one can get the feeling of being in an oven. Nontheless it is a beautiful park with dramatic landscapes and fabulous views on Mt. Kilimanjaro.

View the ephoto book
here.

Happy travelling!


Ute Sonnenberg for
www.rohoyachui.com