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Wildlife photography days - great gifts for photographers who love wildlife! |
Pack your bags & your camera! There'll be lots of photograph opportunities and these wildlife photography experience days & wildlife photography holidays will certainly be something different.
Get advice on how to take the best wildlife photographs on many of these photography experience days - or just discover more about photography! WIth wolves, big cats, birds, close up photography, a safari park photography experience, London Zoo photography day and more, there's lots to choose from Before you buy, please check T&Cs, including how long vouchers are for (many have an expiry date), age restrictions, the Need to Know sections, important info.
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Head to Bedfordshire & photograph the Anglian Wolf Society's pack! The Anglian Wolf Society has a pack of socialised wolves in two large enclosrues, who offer a variety of different photo opportunities not just only of their majestic beauty but also of their behaviour and interaction. There's a photographic guide & expert wolf handlers to help you capture the best shots during the two hour photography session. There's tea & coffee throughout. An amazing chance to get closer to wolves.
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If you want to get closer to big cats & photograph them, here's your chance in Kent. Lions, tigers, cheetahs, lynx, leopards, cheetah await you & your camera. Start off with a tour of the venue, visiting the cats in turn. The keepers will help encourage them into the best positions using bits of food, while your guide offers advice & tips on the photographic opportunities. After a sandwich lunch & refreshments, you continue your tour; and at the end, there's a chance to go back and revisit your favourite Big Cats & cover anything you may have missed first time around. No photography qualifications needed, minimum age 16. The day starts about 10am & finishes at 4pm. Virgin Experience Days stress that they can't guarantee all the animals listed above/in their info will be there on the day, just to warn you!
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Capture beautiful birds in flight action & still mode during this seven hour experience in Bedfordshire, Surrey or Hampshire. A photographer and falconer will be with you during the experience to help you get the most from the day and the best from your shots, answering your questions & giving advice. Hampshire has Owls in the woods, Kites & Eagles in the meadow to photograph - plus also possibly Red Kites & Herons during their daily wild raptor feed. In Bedfordshire, there are Owls in the woodland, pelicans in the flying arena, and also settings for subjects such as Barn Owls, Buzzards & Eagles. Surrey boasts a wonderful collection of native British birds, including resident owls. Minimum age16, no photography qualifications required. Start times are about 9:30-10:00am, and finishes are about 5pm.
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Work through the challenges & opportunities that close-up photography offers. You'll have the chance to photograph small species, possibly including Geckos, Chameleons, Tree Frogs and Praying Mantis. There'll be discussion during the day on how to get the best shots, trying side lighting & back lighting techniques; much to learn and talk about. During the sandwich lunch, there's a chance to talk to your guide who'll be on hand to give mini tutorials tailored to your group, covering other aspects of wildlife photography. Note that vouchers' length of validity.
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There's three locations for the purposes of this day, each offering a wonderful chance to get some really amazing pictures. At Port Lympne you'll fine the gorillas (with privileged access at feeding time) & the new African Experience Safari reserve, home to giraffe, rhino, wildebeest & antelope. Those at Knowsley Safari Park start off with the elephants, before moving on to giraffe, meerkats & otters before lunch. After lunch, it's on to safari reserves, home to rhino, buffalo, antelope & deer before moving on to baboons, and then the exclusive chance to see the lions, hunting dogs & tigers being fed by the keepers. Finally Woburn Safari Park is home to rhion, giraffe, antelope, the Monkey Hungle, lions, tigers, bears & wolves, plus lemurs. These venues allow unique access with plenty of opportunities to photograph the animals, escoted by keeping staff and a photographer. Start times are approx 9:30am to 5pm.
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London Zoo & Whipsnade Zoo both have photography courses for a day, but looking at their website, most of them are fully booked. These courses are aimed at novice to advance amateurs. If you're interested in finding out more, click here and keep a watch on their web site. One of the things you'll discover on their courses is how to approach wildlife, including fieldcraft (concealment & camaflouge)
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Virgin Experience Days have just introduced this day to their listing. Cover the key elements including aperture, shutter speed and composition as well as learning all the tips, techniques and skills to take fantastic landscape pictures. Take part in practical tasks, based on new info you learn as the day goes by. Some of the elements in this course will include lighting, use of wide angle lenses, motion blur, different techniques of using the camera and shooting into the light. Participants do need to be at intermediate level of photography - you need to know the way around the controls of your camera and be ready to build on the knowledge you already have. You need to bring your tripod with you on the da, and allow 7 to 8 hours for the experience, which starts at 9:30 as a general rule, finishing at about 5pm. Various locations available including (at the time of writing) London, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire & Snowdonia
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Photography Course
This is NOT animal related, but a chance to learn the skills & techniques to produce some great photographs, as opposed to the "point, click, and hope for the best" variety which is what so many of us go in for. This is a great opportunity to really get the most out of your camera, so click here (sorry, couldn't resist that) for more info. Venues at the time of writing included locations in/around Bristol, Edgbaston, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle & Leeds.
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Choose from a range of digital photography courses from 12 venues in the UK. After meeting the rest of the group taking part in the course, your tutor will spend the day giving you expert advice and teaching you the secrets of digital photography. The course includes entry to the venue plus lunch. Different courses are available, depending on your type of camera.
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