Interact with and learn from senior professionals in the wildlife photography industry who have helped develop the course, meaning you’ll have the inside secrets on how to become a pro.

With our training and certification, set yourself apart from other candidates when applying for roles or display within your own business to provide clients confidence in your abilities

Accredited through the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC), be certain of learning skills directly relevant to job outcomes within the wildlife photography field.

Wildlife Conservation

Introduction to Wildlife Conservation

• What is wildlife conservation
• The need for wildlife conservation
• Important concepts
• Conservation Values
• Biodiversity indicators
• Terminology

Recovery of Threatened Species

• Loss of species categories of risk
• Species vulnerability to endangerment
• Recovery of species and threat management
• Habitat Conservation identifying critical habitat and protecting habitat
• Research population growth, habitat use and conservation genetics
• Captive breeding
• Translocation
• Public involvement

Habitat Conservation

• Habitat
• Types of Habitat
• Habitat Use
• Species Richness
• Habitat Fragmentation
• Creating Habitats
• Restoration Ecology
• Habitat Rehabilitation
• The Role of GIS in Conservation
• The Role of Protected Areas 

Approaches to Conservation of Threatened Wildlife

• Species Approach modelling demography, effective population size, small populations, population viability analysis (PVA)
• Landscape Approach elements of landscape ecology, distribution of populations within a landscape, landscape modelling
• Ecosystem Approach the need for ecosystem management, understanding dynamics, adaptive management, objectives for ecologically sustainable forest management.

Vegetation Surveys

• Plant Identification
• Vegetation survey techniques
• Vegetation Mapping 

Fauna Surveys

• Observation techniques
• Trapping Techniques
• Species identification

Marine Conservation

• Reef Surveys
• Habitat Surveys
• Aerial Surveys
• Overexploitation
• Commercial Fish Stock Management

Planning for Wildlife

• Farm Planning
• Urban Planning
• Use of GIS

Management

• Managing Threatened Wildlife Populations

Wildlife Conservation Project

Photography Basics Course

The photographic process and the digital image

•  Photographic process
•  The digital image
•  The camera it’s buttons and dials
•  Aperture, shutter and ISO basic information
•  Depth of field

Light, colour and how to use it

• Exercises and activities for you to explore
• Natural light and colour, the use of white balance
• Weather and outside influences
• Style and composition
• Backgrounds, foregrounds and focal points
• Silhouettes and reflection
• Leading and directing the eye
• Getting creative and developing your own style

Post Production

• Understand and learn the
• Power of post production and how to edit and improve your images
• Totally change images, remove people/objects to create the perfect image

• Freelance Wildlife Photographer
• Zoo Photographer 
• Pet Photographer
• Animal Sports Photography