Irene with her Nikon D90 getting ready to go on her 4th African safari!I had a most unusual and interesting 1-on-1 DSLR Photography Lesson with new student Irene yesterday evening. She already was familiar with photography terms and concepts like aperture, ISO, etc, but wanted to learn how to better apply them in combination when you hit the limits of each of those things, not to mention when available light is in short supply. Getting all this right is key since she is about to go on her fourth African safari photography trip!
Irene did a good job of asking questions to find out my own personal photography beliefs. For example, if you are shooting with a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens in limited light, would you use f/4 ISO 400 1/200th or f/2.8 ISO 200 and 1/200th? Those kinds of questions and scenarios made up the bulk of our initial 90-minute discussion. We concluded the lesson with a few composition tips.
I look forward to seeing all the great wildlife shots Irene will return from Africa with!
