Discovery Courses

1 Introduction: Paul explains the outline of the course and the different learning steps he’ll guide you through

2 Early Beginnings

3 The 20-60-20 Philosophy

4 Encounter: Black Bear  

5 Goal Setting - A Roadmap to Solutions  

6 Toolkit: Your Essential Mental Checklist

7 Encounter: Coastal Wolves  

8 Toolkit: Memorise Functionality  

9 Get Noticed - Be One Step Ahead   

10 Left Brain/Right Brain   

11 Composition: Refining your Images

12 Toolkit: Some Quickfire Tips    

13 Encounter: The Leopard Seal Story 

14 Ethics & Curiosity 

15 Farewell for Now 

16 Getting My First Camera

17. Essential Books

18 Key Creative Influences

19 Encounter: Coastal Wolves Live

20 Keeping the Camera Stable

21 Brainstorming: Jumpstart your Brain

22 Creating the Image: Ice Waterfall

23 Start with Local Projects

24 Using Camera Traps

25 What's in the Bag: Lenses & Speciality Lenses

26 Mental Health - Little Voices

27 Building Towards an Iconic Image

28 Developing your Photography Project

29 Free up your Mind

30 Always be Ready

31 Encounter with a 2nd Black Bear

32 Breathing in

33 What's in the Bag: my Underwater Set up

34 Creating the Image: Orca Ballet

35 Nature Bathing: Switching off

36 Learning the Craft of Photography

37 1st Assignment for National Geographic

38 Overcoming Rejection

39 How Do I Get a Job at Nat Geo

40 Creative Use of Depth of Field

41 Structuring the Story

42 Black & White or Colour?

43 Developing Your Photographic Style

44 Creative Use of Shutterspeed

45 Encounter: Logging Devastation

46 Creative Use of Rear Synch Flash

47 Encounter: A Raft of Otters

48 Paul's Editing Process

49 The Business of Photography

50 Using Social Media

BONUS EPISODE - ENCOUNTER: SALMON STORY 

BONUS EPISODE - ENCOUNTER: ORCAS IN NORWAY

PAUL NICKLEN: ASK ME ANYTHING - June 2023

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Pauls e Book -Photographing Wild

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<p>This is a unique and exclusive course for you to learn from the legendary photographer Paul Nicklen. Join Paul’s army pf photographers as he teaches you how to create impactful images of the world around us. Learn all his tips and tricks including his “20-60-20 philosophy” ..“Goal Setting” ..“Roadmap of solutions”.. “Left brain right brain thinking”..”Brain storming”.. “mental health” ..”overcoming rejection” ..“The editing process” and much much more! Shot entirely on location with Paul in British Columbia. Watch and learn as he has photo encounters with bears, wolves and otters on the islands off Vancouver Island. Paul says ”This is my tell all”. he will teach you all his techniques for photographing on land and under the ocean. Learn from a true master of photography.</p>

This Gold Access Masterclass includes all of Paul's 50 episodes Masterclass PLUS Bonus and behind the scenes episodes. PLUS a whole 2 hours of episodes of Paul's "Ask me Anything" session with his students. Get access to our student discussion group too!

Paul Nicklen Gold Access Masterclass

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