Girish Menon



Bird and wildlife photography basics



Learn bird and wildlife photography basics via live 1:1 video communication.

This curriculum is designed for DSLR, mirrorless, and bridge camera users—consists of six 1-hour-long sessions, is open to anyone above the age of 8 located anywhere in the world.

You will learn how to photograph birds and wildlife in the manual mode, understand camera settings to click sharp photos—even birds in flight using telephoto lenses.

The sessions will be scheduled at times that are most suited to you.

Please get in touch with me through the mailing form lower down on this page.







How will you benefit from this course?


Learn how to use your camera in the Manual mode instead of automatic and semi-automatic modes

Set the focus correctly to ensure that your pictures are always sharp, even in low light

Learn how to make informed decisions with regards to the ISO, aperture and shutter speed (exposure) of your pictures

Choose a relevant depth of field, for example, focus on your subject and have the background go out of focus and vice versa

Understand metering modes, white balance and tonality

Composition

Understand image formats such as JPG, RAW, TIFF, RAW+JPG etc.

Learn how to click sharp photos using telephoto and super-telephoto lenses

Derive the optimum camera settings to click sharp photos of birds and wildlife based on your comfort levels

Understand how to tell stories through photographs

Write captions that make the invisible visible.


What do you need?


Any DSLR, mirrorless or bridge camera

Telephoto or Super-telephoto lens

A notebook and pen to make notes



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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.