Camera trapping offers a unique way to capture intimate images of wildlife.  Not only are we able to capture images of rare, or elusive animals, but we can also capture more dramatic up close images with wide-angle lenses that illustrate the environment and lead to far more compelling images.

Typically, camera trapping is a frustrating thing to teach as it can take days if not weeks before you see any meaningful results.  However, at the Desert Photo Retreat we have a couple of remote water holes that see a wide variety of animals most nights.  They have also become accustomed to the camera and flash activity, so you are almost certain to come away with successful images of some critter!  

I will provide the camera trigger, wireless flash triggers and the flashes themselves – everything you need, all you need is your camera and wide angle lens (24mm-35mm usually work well)!
We will begin the workshop talking about the advantages and disadvantages of the different choices of camera triggers and how they work.  I will discuss different types of camera triggers available from Cognisys, a leader in camera trapping hardware.  I will also cover wireless flash triggers and flashes, and why very few actually work for this application, and why the ones I use do work.

Finally, we will set everything up at the waterhole.  I will talk about camera settings, flash settings, lens settings and focus, not to mention composition and other considerations.

Then it is a matter of waiting.  After you are all set up you will return to your hotel for the night.

Then comes the fun – checking what you captured during the night.  In the morning return to Desert Photo Retreat and we will see what you captured!  I will also have a game cam set up nearby capturing video so we can evaluate what happened.