The Wild Photographer
Learn techniques, tips, and tricks for improving your wildlife, travel, landscape, and general nature photography with Court Whelan. Whether you consider yourself a beginner, serious hobbyist, or advanced professional, this is the way to rapidly understand and implement new skills to elevate your photography to new heights.
Episodes
37 episodes
How to Capture Perfect Silky Water Photos Using Slow Shutter with Court Whelan
In this episode of The Wild Photographer, host Court Whelan gets into the art of capturing the silky water effect in nature photography. Court explains how to create that soft, flowing look with waterfalls, rivers, and oceans, a techni...
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27:23
Wildlife Photography Essentials & Effective Planning with Eddy Savage
In this episode of The Wild Photographer, host Court Whelan sits down with renowned wildlife photographer and nature guide, Eddy Savage. With over a decade of experience guiding in remote locations like the Great Bear Rai...
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Do Photographers Still Need Filters? Maybe not the ones you think.
In this episode of The Wild Photographer, host Court Whelan explores the evolving role of physical filters in the age of digital photography. While many photographers rely heavily on post-processing software like Photoshop and Lightroo...
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24:23
My Thoughts on the 70-200mm Class of Lenses
If you know you know...these are highly revered and often photographers' go-to lenses. But how do they stack up for wildlife, landscape, travel, and general nature photography?Well, I just returned from a Borneo Photo Expedition a...
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17:44
Talking with Chris Burkard: Ultra-wide Landscapes, Adaptability, and Why Visualizing the Outcome is Essential for the Best Photography
Chris is one of the most accomplished and talented photographers in today's day and age, known for everything from extraordinary aerial landscape photography, to surf photography, to epic storytelling in the nature and adventure space. He...
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55:12
The Way Pro Photographers Get Extraordinary Landscape Shots
When you see a professional landscape photo, usually in a gallery, a magazine cover or photobook, there is just something different...it's jumps out to you as "pro level." In today's episode, I do a deep dive into how you can achieve th...
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38:01
Talking with Richard de Gouveia: Safari Photography, Favorite Lenses, Storytelling and Inspiration
Today we're talking with Rich--a phenomenal photographer, African safari guide, and just great person all-around. Having had a long, yet still ascending guiding career, he's got a lot of sage advice for seasoned photographers and budding ...
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56:35
A Beginner's Guide to Picking a Wide Angle Lens
The wide angle lens is a thing of beauty--it's probably the most crucial piece of any photographer's gear bag. They're a must for landscape photography, but also really excellent at travel and cultural photography, and even wildl...
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24:25
Talking with Arthur Lefo: His Approach and Techniques for Capturing the Best Wildlife Photos Possible
This episode is full of so many gems! Today I talk with Arthur Lefo, an extraordinary wildlife photographer out of Denver (and Jackson Hole) whose meteoric rise with photography has been nothing short of inspirational.In this episo...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:07:26
Never Get Another Blurry Wildlife Photo Ever Again
It's shocking, demoralizing and just wrong...you nail the shot but then you go back later and look at your "prized" photos and they all have a slight blur to them. Or worse, they're really blurry! Either way, I have the exp...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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38:09
Choosing the Right Telephoto Lens for Wildlife
Zoom Telephoto lenses are the workhorses of wildlife photography. However, there are many attributes that differ between each "class" of zoom telephoto. Whether you're deciding which telephoto to bring on your next trip or are just wanting to k...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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21:39
Capturing Magical Moments During the Blue Hour
The blue hour is a fantastic time of day for creating unique scenes out of the ordinary. That time just after sunset and prior to pure darkness has a special hue to the sky. Not only is it great to photograph during this time of day...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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17:58
Pro Tips on Photographing Bears
Bear photography is one of the most spectacular forms of wildlife photography on planet earth. It's also one of the most popular, with summertime Brown Bear photography in places like Alaska and Yellowstone National Park being a yearly ri...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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26:22
A Deep Dive into My Own Camera Gear
In this episode I go through all of my camera gear discussing what I have and why I have each piece, whether its a lens, a tripod, an accessory, etc. I've always found this to be a super useful tool in broadening ones horizons with photography ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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45:23
Elements of the Perfect Camera Bag
When you're a traveling nature photographer, having a great camera bag is a must. In this snapshot episode I talk about the components of a great camera bag and give recommendations for my favorite styles for each type of photo adventure....
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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19:29
All About African Safari Photography
Extraordinary wildlife, stunning scenery, and a travel vibe that is just plain awesome--African safaris are the best! Today we dive deep into all things African safari photography including gear advice, trip planning advice, as ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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42:27
My Go-To Camera Settings and Modes for Wildlife and Landscape Photography
Today's digital cameras have SO many settings and modes! This can be overwhelming, but it's actually a good thing once you understand the perfect settings for your photography. In this episode you'll hear my go-to settings for every...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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26:13
The Way Pro Photographers get Perfect Wildlife Portraits
When we see a pro photographer's wildlife portraiture, there is just something special about its look. It just "looks so professional." Want to know how this is consistently possible?In this episode, we dive into ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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16:50
What is "Bracketing" and when should you use it?
Photography certainly has its fair share of fancy terms and complicated menu systems. This is even more true in this digital age. However, bracketing is actually one of the more ancestral options within a camera menu, with roots stretchin...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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24:01
Secrets to Amazing Sunset and Sunrise Photography
It's one of the more frequent opportunities we have as nature photographers...to capture an awesome sunset or sunrise. However, there is a big difference between just documenting it and capturing something extraordinary. And for tho...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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19:34
Getting Away from Auto - The Journey to Program, Aperture and Manual Modes
If you are ready to take the leap and move away from using the full auto setting on your camera, I commend you. And you will be happy you did so, because your photos, and your general creativity, will shine! In this episode ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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22:33
Photo Jargon: 10 Definitions to help you Talk the Talk
Gosh I wish this existed when I was learning photography! Today I go over 10 different "photo jargon" terms that will help you understand photography better. This isn't only designed to help you talk the talk, but also to help you b...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:51
Talking with Drew Hamilton - Photographing Bears and Charismatic Megafauna
Drew is on an endless quest to photograph the world's "charismatic megafauna," as he calls it. But while his portfolio is filled with some of the best bear photography we've ever seen...sparring polar bears in the Canadian Arctic and brow...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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50:25
All About Composition
Composition is king. It is absolutely critical that your final photo (after editing and whatnot) has great composition or else it's a big miss. It will miss the opportunity to make a powerful first imrpression--the WOW factor--and a...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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24:01
Travel and Nature Photography with Colby Brokvist
Our first interview is with none other than the Colby Brokvist. He wears a lot of hats, including premier Expedition Leader in polar regions of the world, conservation biologist, all around outdoorsman and backcountry aficio...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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