Use Natural Light to Help Create Beautiful Wildlife Photos

Natural light often presents a problem for photographers. The sun can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. These helpful tips can help you manipulate natural light to help create stunning photos.

Elliot Hook, a wildlife and landscape photographer, shares some tips on how to take the best pictures by manipulating natural light.

Manipulating Natural Light in Wildlife Photography

When photographing wildlife, the sun is one of the most useful tools that enables you to create something different or add impact to your images.  By taking control of your position relative to your subject, and to the sun, you can manipulate the available light to your advantage.

Favourable times of day for wildlife photography are at the beginning and end of the day when the sun is low in the sky.

This often coincides with periods of heightened activity of many animals, but also with a warmer directional light from the sun being lower in the sky. 

When the sun is low in this way, it lends itself to a number of key natural lighting techniques.

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