Known for his conservation projects such as Freedom to Roam, a photographic project designed to encourage the creation of wildlife corridors, photographer Florian Schulz offers some tips and advice for shooting landscapes and wildlife in this six minute video.
Interviewed by Marc Silber for his Advancing Your Photography Show, Schulz emphasizes patience — whether waiting for the perfect light to create one of his gorgeous landscapes or spending time observing wildlife and their habits.
You’ll get to see some of Shulz’s photos and hear about his encounter with a grizzly bear mother and her three cubs. Think you would have reacted the same way under the same circumstances?
A little disappointing that an interview with a photographer is so poorly shot, with little thought to backgrounds etc. Doesn't take much effort to make it better. Content is interesting, execution for me so disappointing.
I don't know anything about wildlife photography, but I always find that getting closer to one's subject makes for a more engaging, and thus more endearing, image. And if the viewer can connect with the animal they are more likely to care about it. Hopefully wildlife photography will encourage more conservation.
"Wild" and "getting closer" are not easy to reconcile.
If more people get close to wild animals to take their picures, won't more creatures be apt to abandon their nests, be displaced from their habitats, or be "put down" because of additional biting or mauling incidents?
Not surprisingly, most people's animal photos were taken in zoos or "natural" enclosures. Anything else requires huge investments of time and ingenuity.
My experience with wild animals is that if you stay in your hide they are much less affected than if you try to surprise them in nature, say going by car, or on foot. Or, horror, coming in a low-flying aircraft!
So not being seen, is very important, and to avoid interaction as much as possible is equally important.
Those who do the most damage are those well-meaning people who try to befriend the wild animals, as then the animals get just too used to people.
No matter if we're talking wild deer, domesticated tigers or grizzlies - if they get used to people they'll become a threat, and society will react with just anger and go on a killing spree!
He of course has some awesome pics. But I agree, if you get involved with nature it most often will turn out bad for them. The cubs will certainly want to investigate the next human they encounter and who can tell what the consequences will be. Side note: I believe cubs are born in winter and so the idea they would be "trying to make it through the winter" seems off. I know cubs are in great danger from male bears so lucky for them it turned out well. Good story! Great pics! Not all of us have the opportunity to interact with wildlife nor the ability to get good pics if we did.
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