1 Day at the Zoo - Photography Workshops on Animal Action

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ATTENTION – Your booking already includes the Zoo Ticket

- It is urgent to register to guarantee your reservation

- Zoo ticket gives access to all attractions, except the Train

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INTRODUCTION – Several workshops in one day!!!

Each animal puts on its own show and requires different techniques.

We will capture, in the best technical and artistic ways, the great diversity of the Lisbon Zoo, with both indoor and outdoor elements, offering a wide range of species, situations, and techniques.

And we will have a beautiful Photographers’ Picnic.

Included: Detailed technical documentation provided

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Theme and Objectives

• Discover, Explore and Photograph Lisbon Zoo
• Develop techniques for Nature in Motion, indoors and outdoors
• Promote community and sharing within IRIS

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Full Workshop Program

10:00 – Outside the Zoo Main Entrance (Sete Rios)

Meeting with participants and ticket handover

10-minute tolerance for initial briefing

10:10 – Initial Briefing – Public area of the Zoo

General settings for Nature Photography in Motion

Lenses, priorities, stability, and focusing

Settings for Dolphins in action

10:45 – Entry into paid area and start with Dolphins

11:00 – Dolphins Show

Photography of Dolphins in action

Continuous assisted practice

11:30 – Briefing for Mammals

Priorities and Depth of Field

Angles and perspectives

Eliminating man-made elements

11:45 – Walk to the Enchanted Forest

Photograph: Felines, Rhinos, Baboons, and Meerkats

Continuous assisted practice

12:15 – Briefing for Birds in Flight

Specifics of speed and focusing

Handling flight progression

12:30 – Bird Presentation – Enchanted Forest

Photography of Birds in action

Continuous assisted practice

13:00 – Picnic in the Free Access Area

Keep ticket to re-enter

Each person brings their own food and drink

14:15 – Return to paid area

14:30 – Northeast Zoo Area

Photograph: Primates, Wolves, Lynxes, and Bears

Continuous assisted practice

15:30 – Northwest Zoo Area

Photograph: Apes, Lions, Elephants, and Hippos

Continuous assisted practice

16:30 – Central Zoo Area

Photograph: Macaws, Impalas, Kangaroos, and Camels

Continuous assisted practice

17:00 – Briefing for Reptile House

Settings for low light and movement

Close-up photography – focusing

How to avoid glass reflections

17:15 – Reptile House

Photographing Reptiles up close

Continuous assisted practice

18:00 – Southwest Zoo Area

Photograph: Giraffes, Camels, and Farm Animals

Continuous assisted practice

18:30 – End – Lisbon Zoo (Sete Rios)

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Essential Equipment

Digital DSLR, Mirrorless, or Bridge camera – Any lenses covering somewhere between 35mm and 400mm

((( It is not mandatory to bring telephoto or large zoom lenses, but it helps a lot )))

Food and drink for the picnic

Optional Equipment

Polarizing Filter – Spare battery

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Safety

• Each participant is responsible for their own personal and material safety, relating to their actions.

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About Carlos LoffCarlos Loff is Portugal's most active practical photography trainer (over 3,500 Workshops and 250 Thematic Courses). He has promoted 20 Guest Trainers and hired over 50 Models.

• Geographer and Certified Trainer (CCP) since 2006
• Professional Photographer since 1991 (AR-CO)
• Community Leader of Photography Workshops for nearly 15 years, with over 4,000 members: www.carlosloff.com/
• Instructor for municipalities and companies, including GD Banco Portugal, CCDT-SIBS, BNP-PARIBAS, and Fundação Social Bancária.
• Official photography guide for Green Trekker
• Website: www.carlosloff.com