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10 Steps to Dramatic Nature Photography (Udemy.com)

Take your nature photography to a new level by learning what goes into making striking images.

Created by: Jim Zuckerman

Last updated July 2012

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What you will learn

  • Improve your compositional skills
  • Learn how to exposure correctly even in challenging lighting situations
  • Understand what makes backgrounds complementary as well as distracting
  • Think outside the box in capturing motion
  • Learn how important graphic design is in creating fine art images
  • Become more sensitive to light and its qualities

How it compares

Against the other 275 rated Udemy courses in Photography on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 44% of them
  • Reviews36#245 of 276 by number of reviews
  • Length2.7 hoursshorter than 54% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2012earlier than 100% of them

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Course Description

This is a comprehensive course that will help you dramatically improve your nature photography.  In the 10 videos, Jim Zuckerman gives you concrete steps on How to Become a Wildlife Photographer by creating stunning landscapes, increasing your awareness of light and how it affects nature photography, capturing powerful pictures of wildlife, paying attention to background elements, macro photography, and much, much more. Jim's instruction isn't theoretical or hard to follow.  It's down to earth easy to understand concepts that you can put into practice immediately.

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Instructor Details

Jim Zuckerman

Jim Zuckerman left his medical studies in 1970 to pursue his love of photography and turn it into a career.  He has taught creative photography at many universities and private schools, including UCLA, the Hallmark School of Photography, the Palm Beach Photographic Center, and Kent State University.  He also leads many international photo excursions to exotic destinations such as Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, Burma, Indonesia, China, India, Eastern Europe, Ethiopia and Turkey.

Zuckerman specializes in wildlife, nature, and travel photography, and digital effects.  His diversity in technique and style is unique in the professional arena.  He states that he only photographs beauty, leaving the dark side of life to other photographers.

Jim has had photo exhibitions in art galleries in Palm Springs, Delray Beach, Detroit, and Los Angeles.  His fine art prints hang in scores of private collections

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Reviews

4.5

36 ratings on Udemy

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By Sylvie Domergue on 8/28/2022

Thank you for sharing such experience and remarquable work.

By Michael John Gensi on 9/10/2021

Am longing to take to the field in my freee time and try this technique

By Mickey Oakes on 1/6/2018

After the 1st lesson I can say that the instructor is very meticulous on detail and explanation making understanding very easy =) Pictures are interesting and beautiful... Upon completion of this course, I would rate it excellent!!! There is a lot of information and it is very easy to understand!

By Brooke O'Day on 9/1/2017

I wish he had said what settings on the camera to use to get the right light

By Lee Ann Terilla on 7/3/2017

Great photography examples accompanied by clear instructions and descriptions.

By Tori Bohn on 5/14/2017

Been to many of the same places around the world and it is interesting to compare my unprofessional photos with his.

By Marilyn Bakker on 4/4/2017

Although I photograph for several years now I wanted to get better, hoping to sell my photos one day. I learned a lot about composition and lighting for landscape and wildlife photography. I especially like the examples and the explanations that go with them. All I have to do is practice! Recommended.

By John Spring on 5/30/2016

Excellent advice throughout. I recently bought a NIKON D5300 for an upcoming vacation in several of the national parks in AZ, UT and CO and I am certain that my results will be better then they would had I not taken this course. I have a lot to learn but the information in this course helps immensely.

By David Coutts on 2/14/2015

The instructor shared many techniques for maintaining high standards in nature photography. He spoke of desired apertures for different situations, the importance of a full depth of field for most shots and even tricks of the trade to achieving a full depth of field with a blurred background when doing macro photography. Overall, I enjoyed the course and improved my understanding of the subject. Jim Zuckerman is a good presenter and speaks very clearly. His years of experience comes through with everything he presents.

By Bo Wayne on 12/20/2014

This course is taught by a masterful photographer in a concise and effective format. The instructor refers to his own works both the masterful ones and the "less than" - as a teaching tool. I love this course and the photography blew me a way. Concise and to the point. Fantastic course - one of the finest on Udemy.

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Overall Score : 90 / 100