Baines River Camp: Zambia

The exclusive Baines River Camp is situated on the Zambian side of the mighty Zambezi River and consists of 6 Victorian cottages overlooking the river. There is a central dining and conference facility and it is here that our workshops take place. These 5-night/4-day workshops are quite special in that much of the photography is done from a boat. While the aluminum boats used are capable of seating 10 or more people, we limit the numbers to 6 participants per boat so that there is no jostling for space.

These workshops are aimed at the intermediate photographer (although we can work very easily with beginners as well) offering an introduction to photography and Photoshop. Both in the field and back at base the focus will be on composition, visual complexity, focal point placement and image depth. We also deal with camera controls and photographic principles. Early mornings, late afternoons and early evenings are spent shooting images, during which we deal with working a subject, anticipating animal behaviour, keeping the camera steady, lens choice and effects and camera features such as motion, blur and fill flash.

The cost of this workshop is obtainable directly from Baines River Camp at info@bainesrivercamp.com.

Equipment required is as follows:

1. A SLR Digital Camera preferably with removable lenses (a fixed lens camera will work but will limit what we can do to a certain degree). An advanced point and shoot camera will be fine for beginners, but it should have a fairly long lens, as we will be doing wildlife photography (e.g. Canon G7, G9 or S3, Nikon P3, P4 or something similar)
2. Zoom lenses – the selection is broad but at least 2 zoom lenses are recommended, one wide angle and one medium to long telephoto, which should preferably have some form of image stabilization.
3. A flashgun.
4. A sturdy tripod.
5. A laptop computer with either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements loaded on to it. This is essential. Instruction will be in Photoshop Elements 5. It is recommended that you have some form of backup medium - DVD's or a portable hard drive.  We will have copies of Photoshop for sale at the workshop  and also free versions various other programs with us to load onto your computer.
6. A memory card reader or computer cables to connect your camera to your laptop.
7. The charger for your camera/s.
8. Memory Card/s.
9. The manual(s) for your camera(s).

Our 2nd to 7th August safari is fully subscribed. Please contact us for new dates. For more information have a look at this pdf fact sheet.