Your passion for wildlife and photography really come through in your videos. You discuss topics from the eye of an artist and it shows in your work.

Great tips. About not shooting downwards, that also makes sense. But if on, say, an african safari, most people have to stay within their car/truck, and don't have the possibility of going outside. That makes it hard to be on the same level as many animals, unfortunately. But the tip is still just as valid, of course :).

Wow thank you for your generosity sharing these tips

Tin Man, your images and videos shown here are amazingly good. So are your six tips for better wildlife photography. I am forever grateful that I studied with you and I continue to learn from you. You are the best.

Great stuff Lee spot on thank you

Very nice images. Wish I could follow your advice but,,, live in suburbia without means to travel at this time. I go out to view the nature & just can't help myself. I press the shutter button almost always! To far, cluttered backgrounds, wrong directional light, etc. Park near my home has limited access/restricted areas but I do try & get eye & clean backgrounds level when it is possible but I'll take a few photos before I'll make the move in case the subjects moves on.

Such great photos...thanks for sharing

Hi Tim. Loved your videos. I just got to know your work and... WOW. Long story short, I love wildlife photography and I would love to enhance my photos. I have a lot of non-photos, I mean, like documentary photos, as I have spent like 10 years photographing for just a register of the animal being there. Nudibranchs, insects, arachnids... but now birds made me click the passion for "art". Loved your tips but I would love to become a wild life photographer.... what can you tell me in orser to help achieve this? I am 53 years old and father or four. But I would love to at least see my photos on NG or Odisseia... Thanks.

Awesome tips! So.. 🤔 what do you usually use...? evaluative 9matrix in Nikon...) or Spot for metering? it depends of the situation...? do you have a post regarding that ...? I'd love to know your approach! ;) Thanks!

Hello Sir. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it has helped me immensely. When you shoot those wild animals, how do stay safe? I think that in order to take some of those close pictures you are at a distance where they can reach you very quick. What safety measures do you take? Do you have a team? Maybe it could be good a good idea for a video.

Dear Tin Man, Thank you very much for all the valuable videos. I enjoy watching your sincere and passionate views!

Great tips! You are so right about the newer cameras and their ability to track eyes. It’s almost like cheating…almost

So if you are trying to photograph an animal that mainly lives in the forest with few opportunities for a "clean" background, do you just not photograph the animal (i.e. jaguar in the bushes/forest; red panda in the forest, GGO owlets in a nest with tree branches around it, etc.)?

If photography was considered a sport, it's the one sport where you can buy your way to being a professional. You can buy Michael Jordan's shirt, shorts and sneakers but that will not make you a basketball player. And I know that there's more to it than just the photography equipment but it can be learned. Someone that can afford better equipment can potentially leap ahead of someone with good skills but cheaper quality equipment. The cheaper cameras and lenses don't have the same quality. I see people struggle all the time because they think their cheaper camera will give them a great image. As globalists intentionally raise the cost of living to make everyone renters, it's harder to justify spending 20k on a camera body and lens. Especially if the person isn't benefitting from their photographs. There's so much involved with switching to a new system. All the extras. It starts to feel like a sport that is reserved mainly for the people that can afford the professional equipment and constant upgrades. Then it feels like a person needs to learn how to take a picture a specific way to win a contest. As someone with an art background, in a way it feels restrictive. Like if I don't produce a picture that looks similar to other pictures that have won but with a twist, it won't win. Also do people win just because of name recognition? The contest begins to feel snobby. Most people that are viewing photographs don't know the rules. So the majority of people love the photographs that would never win a contest. I enjoy your videos. Along the way you have given the process great thought. You've mentioned having the sky as a background in another video. Maybe you could go deeper into other things you look for to create a nice background. Just for example, if the trees have color in the Fall, is there a distance the subject should be from the trees? Depending on different lenses. Also the best places to photograph are also often reserved for the extremely rich. For example, Jackson. It's harder for people on a couple week trip to get the opportunities that someone gets when they live right in the area for all the seasons.