Talking with Rich de Gouveia: Low-light Techniques, Best Lenses, "Making" Photographs to Represent Something, and Much More

About this episode

Court Whelan interviews pro safari photographer Richard de Gouveia about improving wildlife and landscape photography techniques.

In this episode, Court sits down with pro safari photographer and guide, Richard de Gouveia, to get practical about what actually improves your wildlife and landscape images on the ground, from low-light decisions to vehicle positioning and daily image review. A lot is covered in this episode with so many wonderful takeaways, including best-practices when planning an African photo safari, conservation photography, the best gear, thoughts on improving your odds in photo contests and his ...

People in this episode

Host: Court Whelan

Guest: Richard de Gouveia

Topics covered

• wildlife photography
• landscape photography
• low-light techniques
• photo safari planning
• gear recommendations
• photo contests

Keywords

• wildlife photography
• landscape photography
• low-light techniques
• photo safari
• gear recommendations
• photo contests

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: conservation photography

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