Girish Menon Photography


Bird and wildlife photography basics



Learn how to photograph birds and wildlife in manual mode.

Understand the camera settings required to ensure that you click sharp photos of birds, especially birds in flight, and wildlife with telephoto lenses.

Learn how to tell photo stories about urban wildlife, national parks, habitats, and people who are directly engaged in wildlife tourism and conservation.





This course is designed for anyone who has a keen interest in nature and photography—school and college students who are our future scientists, conservationists, journalists, and policymakers, working professionals who are looking for fulfilling ways in which to de-stress, and senior citizens who want to discover their creativity after retiring from service.


You do not need to have any prior knowledge about photography to begin this course.





I have designed the content of this course based on over 800 hours of on-field practical wildlife photography experience in Mumbai and its surrounding regions, Bhigwan, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Panna Tiger Reserve, Sanjay Dubri National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Khichan, The Thar Desert, Jhalana Leopard Conservation Reserve, Goa, and Chiplun, etc. since 2010.


This course consists of 5 sessions. All sessions will be held in Mumbai.


How will you benefit from this course?

  • Learn how to use your camera in the manual mode instead of the automatic or semi-automatic modes
  • Focus to get sharp photos of birds in flight/animals running around
  • Set the iso, aperture and shutter speed (exposure) to give you the best results
  • Camera settings in low light
  • Depth of field (out-of-focus or in-focus background/foreground)
  • Set the appropriate metering mode, white balance, tonality, etc.
  • Composition
  • Understand image formats such as JPG, RAW, TIFF, etc.
  • Learn how to handle a super-telephoto lens
  • Work out the optimum camera settings to click sharp photos of birds and wildlife based on your comfort levels with your camera equipment
  • Introduction to photo editing edit and exporting photos for print and social media
  • Understand how to tell stories through photographs
  • Write captions that make the invisible, visible.


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" My one-on-one lesson with Girish provided a massive uplift to my photography skills both in terms on getting the most out of my camera and indeed composing more interesting images. The difference in the end result is striking "



Tarun Kataria, venture capitalist and "African safari addict" as quoted in Conde Nast Travel India.



" As a novice, this was very exciting. It was not just a classroom session but a lot of interaction and fun. Indeed it was a great session! 5 hours well spent. It definitely shed light on the elements that make up a great photograph and some food for thought. It's great that you now have a page on Facebook, so we can follow you and learn more. Looking forward to more..... "



Samantha DeSouza attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" I had a good piece of technology being used more as a point-and-shoot, but now I enjoy my 'real camera' much better and justify value beyond what money bought for me. It was sort of enlightenment in SLR photography for me, though a long way to go yet! "



Viral Shah attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" The recent weekend photo class with Girish at the Purushwadi Village was an amazing experience with regard to the fusion of learning about photography and gaining insights into the life and culture of a rural Indian village. Girish literally teaches "on-the-shot" which makes the learning lots of fun and rewards immediately with great pictures. Having had my SLR as a good company on many trips around the world, Girish definitely helped me a lot to gain more fundamental know-how of how to get the camera settings right, how to approach the individual shot and how to play with light, scenes, and space. All in all a great experience and I am looking forward to the next outdoor photo workshop with Girish soon to come. "



Tobi Bauer attended the Weekend Travel Photo workshop at Purushwadi.



" We all had a great time and Thanks to you, we can click better pictures now. It was fun meeting people from different walks of life sharing a common passion. "



Megha Karmakar attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" The workshop was quite an eye-opener. It has demystified the DSLR for me. I am feeling kind of empowered. I am sure this is just a beginning. "



Neeraj Manchanda attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Short and sweet one day workshop gives me the confidence to changeover from auto mode to mannual mode. "



Parimal attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Explaining of concepts was done with ease and practical orientation. Everyone's queries were answered. Overall a very interactive session. "



Prashant Parab attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Girish is extremely knowledgeable and answers all questions very patiently. He was able to explain in a manner that is clear and is very helpful. "



Meeta Mukherjee attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Clear and well-structured instructions, enough time to practice, good pace of class, achieved what I wanted. "



Mitesh Daga attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Girish is a very knowledgeable person about photography. The entire course was structured really well. "



Prasad Malandkar attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" The concepts are clear now and now I am in total command with regard to aperture and shutter speed. "



Varun Papneja attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Girish is not only well versed in what he wants to teach, but also have very good technique to demonstrate it at different levels according to the learner. "



Madhusudan attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Covered the basics well, had a simple and easy approach. "



Hariharan Iyer attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Girish was well prepared, experienced and patient. "



Sujatha Sen attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" The class was a great learning experience. "



Divya Nandwana attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.



" Dear Girish, Thank you so much. It was a wonderful program. For so many years I wanted to learn this but somehow never got such an opportunity which was just I needed and as per the time convenient and from a person like you who has all the patience to bear with raw people like me. "



Sucheta Kulkarni attended the Master Your DSLR Camera F.A.S.T. workshop.