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What Makes a Good Wildlife Photo? with Richard Bernabe

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See the Shot,
Not Just the Animal.

What Makes a Good Wildlife Photo?

13 lessons with Richard Bernabe · Gesture, light, and composition, frame by frame

Rare doesn’t mean great.

Richard shows you what does.

Plenty of wildlife photographers can find the animal. Far fewer can make an image of it that stops you cold. Legendary wildlife photographer Richard Bernabe joins Scott Kelby to walk through his own portfolio frame by frame — jaguars in the Pantanal, polar bears in Svalbard, lions in the Masai Mara — and show you what separates a record shot from a photograph people can't look away from. You'll learn how a low angle puts you eye-to-eye with your subject, how gesture and light give a frame its energy, how a decisive crop pulls the viewer in, and when going wide tells a bigger story than the tightest telephoto shot ever could.

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An elephant photographed by Richard Bernabe

A penguin photographed by Richard Bernabe

A polar bear photographed by Richard Bernabe

A rhinoceros photographed by Richard Bernabe

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What You'll Learn

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Get eye-to-eye with your subject

Low angles, eye contact, and animal eye autofocus that create instant connection — and why the closest subject is the only one that needs to be sharp.

✓

Make light do the work

Light on the eye, rim light on backlit fur and feathers, side light for cinematic drama, and high-key and low-key processing that simplify the frame.

✓

Read gesture before you press the shutter

The raised paw, swinging trunk, or bowed head that separates the keeper from the near-miss, and how to find it fast when you're culling.

✓

Compose with intent

Diagonals, S-curves, power shapes, patterns, and negative space used deliberately, plus the decisive crop that puts the viewer beside the animal.

✓

Know when to go wide

Environment, layers, and story from a 24-105mm instead of a 500mm, and the two-body kit that lets you shoot both.

...across all 13 lessons, from a single jaguar frame to the wide shot that tells the whole story.

Why This Course Matters

Most wildlife photography instruction is about gear and getting close. Very little of it teaches you how to see.

That gap is why so many technically perfect wildlife images feel like specimens in a catalog. Richard built this course around the one thing a settings chart can't give you: judgment. You'll learn to read an animal's posture for the moment before it happens, to recognize the light that turns a portrait into a story, and to be ruthless about which frames survive the edit. Those habits follow you to every location and every lens you'll ever own.

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Richard Bernabe

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Richard Bernabe is an internationally renowned nature, wildlife, and travel photographer whose work has run in National Geographic, The New York Times, Time, Audubon, and the BBC. He's the author of Wildlife Photography and several other books, hosts the Beyond the Lens podcast, and leads workshops around the world — and he teaches the way he shoots: one image at a time, with a clear reason for every choice.

Know a Photographer Who Loves Wildlife?

Pass this along — they’ll thank you the next time a big cat looks up.

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28:T18d4,No signup, no credit card. Press play on Get Low, Get the Eyes and see how Richard Bernabe separates a record shot from a great one. https://kelbyone.com https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ NOW AVAILABLE **See the Shot, Not Just the Animal.** What Makes a Good Wildlife Photo? 13 lessons with Richard Bernabe · Gesture, light, and composition, frame by frame Rare doesn’t mean great. Richard shows you what does. Plenty of wildlife photographers can find the animal. Far fewer can make an image of it that stops you cold. Legendary wildlife photographer Richard Bernabe joins Scott Kelby to walk through his own portfolio frame by frame — jaguars in the Pantanal, polar bears in Svalbard, lions in the Masai Mara — and show you what separates a record shot from a photograph people can't look away from. You'll learn how a low angle puts you eye-to-eye with your subject, how gesture and light give a frame its energy, how a decisive crop pulls the viewer in, and when going wide tells a bigger story than the tightest telephoto shot ever could. See what's inside the course → https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ 13 Lessons 5 Continents 1 Question Try It Before You Join Watch a full lesson, free No signup. No credit card. A complete lesson from the course is streaming free on the course page right now — press play and see exactly how Richard teaches before you spend a dime. Watch the free lesson → https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/#free-lesson What You'll Learn ✓ Get eye-to-eye with your subject Low angles, eye contact, and animal eye autofocus that create instant connection — and why the closest subject is the only one that needs to be sharp. ✓ Make light do the work Light on the eye, rim light on backlit fur and feathers, side light for cinematic drama, and high-key and low-key processing that simplify the frame. ✓ Read gesture before you press the shutter The raised paw, swinging trunk, or bowed head that separates the keeper from the near-miss, and how to find it fast when you're culling. ✓ Compose with intent Diagonals, S-curves, power shapes, patterns, and negative space used deliberately, plus the decisive crop that puts the viewer beside the animal. ✓ Know when to go wide Environment, layers, and story from a 24-105mm instead of a 500mm, and the two-body kit that lets you shoot both. ...across all 13 lessons, from a single jaguar frame to the wide shot that tells the whole story. Why This Course Matters Most wildlife photography instruction is about gear and getting close. Very little of it teaches you how to see. That gap is why so many technically perfect wildlife images feel like specimens in a catalog. Richard built this course around the one thing a settings chart can't give you: judgment. You'll learn to read an animal's posture for the moment before it happens, to recognize the light that turns a portrait into a story, and to be ruthless about which frames survive the edit. Those habits follow you to every location and every lens you'll ever own. See What's Inside https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/ Not a Member Yet? Unlock the Entire Library Get this course plus **1,000+ more** with an annual KelbyOne membership for $249 $199/year — that's about 54¢ a day, with a new course every week. Still deciding? Watch a free lesson first https://kelbyone.com/notc/what-makes-a-good-wildlife-photo/#free-lesson and see for yourself. 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