{"product_id":"wildlight-a-personal-approach-to-photographing-wild-things","title":"WildLight: A Personal Approach to Photographing Wild Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis isn’t another how-to guide to wildlife photography. It won’t get you much closer to knowing which focus mode to use for a leopard. It’s bigger than that. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWildLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e offers a way of thinking about what it really takes to make compelling photographs of wildlife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, photographer and bestselling author David duChemin has asked a different question than most: not how great photographers use their cameras, but how they \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWildLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he turns that question to the wild, as he shares the ideas, methods, and hard-won lessons that have shaped his own approach to photographing wild things in wild places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWildLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not a book about formulas: which shutter speed to use for bears, the correct aperture for eagles, or the right way to compose for a rhino. That’s what YouTube and a bit of practice are for. This book goes much deeper, discussing the choices that separate a forgettable snapshot from a photograph that will stir the emotions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these pages, you’ll explore:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The difference between a photograph \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e something and a photograph \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eabout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e something—and why it changes every decision you make\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Waiting for a sighting to become a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003escene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: patience, presence, and reading animal behavior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Isolating your subject through angle of view, depth of field, moment, and light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Working with guides, taking creative risks, and finding your own voice in the wild\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Why your \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewhy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e should drive every gear and creative choice—not the other way around\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The place of post-production and the freedom of interpretation and creativity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The need to take risks, have an opinion, care deeply about your subjects, and so much more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLavishly illustrated with more than 100 of David’s own recent photographs from around the world, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWildLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book that investigates the ideas and hard-learned lessons that have been the most important to him as he’s learned to find his own way as a wildlife photographer, and then sits down to share them with you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid’s approach in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWildLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will be familiar to those who’ve read his other best-selling books. He avoids dispensing cliched and time-worn advice that is so often the fodder for guides and handbooks, and instead invites you to consider how you might think more creatively about your approach to a craft that is so often preoccupied with gear and given to shortcuts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlong the way, he hands you not rules to follow but questions to ask, the kind that make your photographs unmistakably your own. If you've read other books on the subject and are hopeful for something more thoughtful about the craft that is so personal to you, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWildLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an offering you don’t want to pass up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReaders of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWildLight \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewill also gain access to online bonus material, including multiple videos discussing gear and post-processing, a digital collection of David's monographs, and a curated collection of images to be used as desktop wallpapers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rocky Nook Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51023718318150,"sku":"9798888145074","price":3325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/2797\/1142\/files\/71aLQvsyfoL._SY342.jpg?v=1794568580","url":"https:\/\/cb-india.com\/products\/wildlight-a-personal-approach-to-photographing-wild-things","provider":"Computer Bookshop (India) Pvt Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}