What a bunch of fun that was. We mixed in a number of different shoots for our March 2010 KwaZulu Natal Photographic Workshop – scenery, birds of prey, portraiture, waterfalls and movement/action and got some great images in the process. It was a small group so we had time to really come to grips with some of the issues. One of the biggest was having the wrong settings on the camera when you go into a new shoot. This could be in the morning when your camera is still set up for that last light shoot the previous evening and so you have ISO 400 set, self timer and mirror up set to on and 1 stop of exposure compensation dialed in. This is not good if you now have a bird of prey wizzing past and you are trying to shoot action!
This could make you a little miffed! And so we came up with MIFED (pronounced miffed). It stands for Mode, Iso, Focus, Exposure compensation and Drive. Something to check before each shoot…
Our next Midlands workshop is from 24 to 27 June 2010 (more information here: http://www.africaimagery.com/workshops_midlands.php) and we still have a couple of places left on our Safari to Jaci’s Lodges in Madikwe Game Reserve in May. (More information here: http://www.africaimagery.com/workshops_madikwe.php
Have a look at some of the images we captured on the KwaZulu Natal Midlands Photographic Workshop:
