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Tips And Tricks

In this feature, we aim to give advice on the basic principles of photography to the more in-depth topics, so that you can learn how to take better photos and see immediate improvements.
Whether you're just starting out or looking to level up your skills, these tips are here to guide your creative journey.
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"Grow your mind. Grow your purpose.
Grow your impact."

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110. What makes a photo „Sharp“

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109. Using Teleconverters for Wildlife Photography

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108. Balancing Sky vs. Ground in Wildlife Photography

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107. Choosing the right aperture for wildlife photography

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106. Save precious seconds with custom shooting modes

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105. Removing Distractions Ethically

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104. Photographing Wildlife in dense forests

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103. Colour Grading and Colour Sliders in Lightroom

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102. Do you really need so many accessories?

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101. The Megapixel Debate

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100. The Exposure Triangle

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99. Basic High-Key Editing

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98. Understanding Manual Mode

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97. Full Frame vs Crop Sensor

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96. Abstract Wildlife Photography

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95. Storyboard Wildlife Series

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94. Using spot metering for Wildlife Photography

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93. Choosing the right SD Card

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92. Night Photography Tips

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91. Splitting your Camera Budget: Body vs. Lens

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90. Rule Breaking Examples that Work

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89. The Megapixel Debate

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88. Incorporating weather into wildlife photography

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87. Slowing down to find your rhythm

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86. Exposure Bracketing for High Dynamic Range

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85. Zoom vs. Prime Lenses

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84. Depth of Field

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83. Camera Traps as Creative Tools

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82. Why your lens choice matters more than your camera choice

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81. What is ISO?

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80. Moody editing basics

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79. Wildlife Photography Ethics

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78. How to give images a "soft" look

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76. When to use a Higher Apeture

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77. Cleaning your DSLR Camera Sensor

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75. Using spot metering for Wildlife Photography

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74. Creating a portfolio with Adobe

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73. Wildlife Photography Ethics

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72. Some Tips for Sharp Images

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71. Selecting Images for Black And White

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70. Creating Panoramas with Lightroom Classic

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69. Histograms

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68. Full frame vs Crop Sensor

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67. Presets

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66. Low-angle Photography

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65. How to Find Bird Spots for Beginners

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64. Attracting Wildlife to your Garden

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63. What is HDR?

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56. Cleaning your DSLR Camera Sensor

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59. Photographing in Harsh Light

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60. What is ISO?

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62. The Basics of Photographing Snakes in the Wild

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61. Should you shoot in raw or Jpeg?

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58. Colour Grading and Colour Sliders in Lightroom

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57. Selecting Images for Black and White

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55. Panning Shots for Beginners

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54. Selective Edits using Google Snapseed

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53. Lightroom tip: Adding side-lighting to images

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52. Star Photography for Beginners

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51. Creating Borders

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50. Habitat Shots

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49. Custom Buttons on Mirrorless Cameras

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48. Lion Edit with Dan Withey

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47. Spot Metering for Photography

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46. Birdlasser - Birding App

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45. Focus Modes

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44. Wildlife Photography Ethics

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43. Depth of Field

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42. Mirrorless vs DSLR

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41. The Tone Curve

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40. Creating an HDR with Exposure Bracketing

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39. Tips for Sharp Images

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38. Manual Mode

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37. Cleaning your DSLR sensor

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36. Selecting Black & White

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35. Creating Panoramas

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34. Birds in Flight

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32. Creative Composition Ideas

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33. Developing your own Photography Style

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31. Lighting Correction in Manual Mode

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30. Less is More

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17. Turning your Camera Vertically

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03. Star Photography

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28. Google Snapseed

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27. Lightroom Mobile

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26. Shooting in Manual Mode

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25. Choosing the Right Lens

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24. Diffused light

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23. Best Night Photography

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22. Creating a Moody Edit

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20. How to create a Stacked Panorama

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02. Powerful Panoramas

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29. Star Photography

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04. Depth of Field

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13. Photographing Birds in Flight

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06. The Exposure Triangle

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05. Social Media Image Sizing

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11. Landscape Photography

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18. Maintaining Good Lighting

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16. Basic Adjustments in Lightroom Pt2.

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ToP Image Credits: Luca Tomlinson

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©2023-2025 by Young Wildlife Photographers Of Southern Africa, 

Luca Tomlinson, Gabby Sykora & Nadja Giessen - Hood

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