photography

[drumbum18]

i'm curious to know how you all have managed to get such amazing shots of your gorgeous chams. i have tried many times to take pics of mine, but they are very camera shy.
maybe i should use a cham-era...haha...lame joke, i know. but on a more serious note, how do you get such great shots?

 

[pikebomb]

getting a nice digital slr would be a very good start!!!

 

[Ricardo]

if the dslr not enough, and u dont wana handle your cham for the photo, get a tripod for it, put the camera on the tripod in front of the chameleons viv. He will think this is a part of the environment and it doesn't harm him...so get used to it. When the camera doesn't bother your cham anymore u can take all the pictures u can imagine. It worked with other animals, so maybe can work with chams too. (in the wild the whole thing is under a camouflage tent..but the viv is not the wild Keep trying m8! good luck!

Ricardo

 

[drumbum18]

well, i'm on the right track so far with a nice digital camera. i will just have to get them used to the camera. they are still young, so i'm still working with them to not be afraid of me as a handler.

 

[royden]

I've thought about doing a "friday photo day" and share photography tips one day a week in an ongoing thread with examples and such. But I wanted to do it with a point and shoot since that's what most people own here (and I don't have one).

Plus, as I started to go through the things I've learned, I realized that I don't know that much and there's so much luck and perservearance involved.

Plus I'm incrediblly busy at home these days.

Anyways..Just an idea. So my advice is - take a ton of shots, try different exposures and settings, try with and without your flash. Explore your camera's capabilities and the potential of your subject and surroundings!

 

[klangford]

i'm curious to know how you all have managed to get such amazing shots of your gorgeous chams. i have tried many times to take pics of mine, but they are very camera shy.
maybe i should use a cham-era...haha...lame joke, i know. but on a more serious note, how do you get such great shots?

If you go to Repticon Orlando there is a special segment about how to photograph reptiles.

An excerpt from an email I got last week:

Bill Love of Blue Chameleon Ventures will be giving a very "hands on" seminar on Herp Photography - bring your camera and learn from an expert'

 

[drumbum18]

that sounds awesome!! i'm actually going to that show. i've been looking forward to it since the last show i went to back in November.
i'll be sure to bring my camera.