The Professional Photographer's Guide to Shooting & Selling Nature & Wildlife Photos (Paperback)

by Jim Zuckerman (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Wildlife and nature photos are sure sellers in a variety of markets--and the subject matter can be as close as your backyard or the nearest zoo. A professional photographer shows how to take fabulous wildlife and nature photographs and how to reach the best markets. More than 250 full-color photos include captions with detailed explanations of where and how each was shot and the easiest way to achieve the same effect.

Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books; 1st edition (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898794609
• ISBN-13: 978-0898794601
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #698,476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Business tips from the Photo Biz Expert, August 17, 2000

By	Lorelle VanFossen (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews

The nature photography market is one that is extremely diverse. Nature images are used on everything from printed stationery in the form of note cards and stationary to photographs used as advertising painted on a commerical airplane's tail. They are used as backgrounds to sell commercial products and used in text books for teaching about the environment and nature.

With such a diverse market, Jim Zukerman tackles the marketing of nature images with a clarity and skill - you feel like you are sitting in his living room having a good chat. The book is easy to read and gives the reader a good foundation on how the business works. The tips are excellent for putting together promotional packages and guidelines for selling your work. The images included with the text show how different pictures work for different markets, too.

The photographs in the book are inspiration enough for any photographer, motivating them to go out and get the same quality. But the points of how the business works and what does work and what doesn't, from the editorial to commerical markets, is fantastic. It should be on every nature photographer's shelf - for the pictures or the information! A great resource.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great inspiration, October 25, 2000

By	JP (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This book really helps with fine tuning your photo techniques by exploring more interesting compositions of the same subject. It touches on lighting, filters and techniques breifly and goes into more depth on marketing your images. This is a great book for someone who has been taking pictures for awhile and is looking to improve their photography and possibly start submitting photos for print. Highly recommend this book to those intermediate to advanced amatures looking to break into the world of proffessional photography, or maybe just dabble in it a little. Great book

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books for learning wildlife photography, March 4, 2002

By	"sanjosesharks" (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I particularly like Jim Zucerman's way of giving advice. He has several images per chapter, and he dissects how they were taken, how they were marketed, how they were set up, etc.

Sprinkle in a few location recommendations each chapter, and this book is well worth the 24.95 i paid. The day after I bought it, his tips for photographing an aquarium came in handy. ...