Business overview, digital equipment, & creative concepts.
Outdoor & Nature Photography
Do you love nature and photography and wish to make money photographing the great outdoors? Would you like to make outdoor and nature photography a full time business?
There is no more fulfilling "career" than being a full time Outdoor and Nature Photographer and having your work published in calendars, magazines and more.
I have been published in over 1000 calendars, many of the major outdoor magazines, advertising, company brochures, and I have founded and co-founded two stock photo agencies.
If you are interested in photographing the outdoors as a full time or part time business, I can show you how to create images for the markets and license them to clients.
You will learn:
- How the outdoor and nature photography markets work.
- Techniques and approaches for making marketable images of nature and outdoor adventure.
- What type of camera equipment and other gear is needed.
- How to organize your stock photos and set up your business.
- How to make even more money with concept photography
- How to create marketable compositions
- How to master natural light and supplemental lighting
- How to master the technical sides of photography
Marketing and promotion is crucial to the success of any business and I will show you several strategies that work.
- How to market yourself and your business
- How to price and negotiate a photo sale
- How to get represented by stock photo agencies
- One key ingredient that will insure your success as an outdoor photographer is photography assignments. YOU will learn:
- How to bid on photo assignments
- How to photograph outdoor products
- How to plan and prep for the big assignment
- How to create a portfolio and present it in a meeting
- How to find model
This course also includes a downloadable stock photo pricing guide to help you determine a fair and accurate price for your photographs.
What are the course requirements?
- Passion!
- A love for the outdoors, nature, wildlife, and the environment
- A sense of adventure and love of travel
- A willingness to work hard
- Oh, a camera, tripod, a computer, and software
What’s included?
- Over 100 videos
- A downloadable pricing guide
- The tools needed to create top images
- Photoshop tips
- Strategies for pricing and selling your photography
- Strategies for succeeding in the business
You get full unlimited access to this course forever!
Lessons
Outdoor Photography – Lesson 1
Outdoor Photography – Lesson 2
Nature and wildlife photography. Equipment, nature subjects, composition, lighting, exposure, histograms.
Outdoor Photography – Lesson 3
People, adventure, recreation, equipment and props, models, releases, composition, lighting, setting up adventure shoots, visual storytelling, lighting on location, product photography.
Outdoor Photography – Lesson 4
The Office: organizing your shoots, editing, numbering systems, film vs. digital organization, metadata, file naming, caption, keywords.
Outdoor Photography – Lesson 5
Clients, the markets, subscription services, photo requests, image submissions, marketing, web strategies, portfolios.
Outdoor Photography – Lesson 6
Pricing your photography, negotiating, stock agencies, licensing models.