Volunteer: Wildlife + Travel Photography in South Africa

Duration: 1-2 months

Start Dates: Start dates are each month, enquire with us when applying.

Cost: $3,000 USD per month.

Fee Includes: all food, accommodation, airport pickup, pre-departure + in-country support, orientation and all project related activities

Does not Include: flights, travel insurance, personal spending, visas and vaccinations

Please note: This opportunity is designed to give you the contacts and experience to help further your career. You are not replacing any member of staff, but helping alongside them, whilst learning new skills.

Benefits

• Gain hands-on experience working with an environmental and media company in South Africa
• Ideal for interns with an interest in developing their wildlife and travel photography and career
• Keywords: travel expeditions, travel photography, wildlife photography, how to succeed as a young photographer, media career,

The project you will be working with is an environmental and media company who focus on bringing attention to environmental issues specific to Africa, always looking for unique and authentic perspectives in their work. They work with many different clients, ranging from broadcasters, corporations, non-governmental organizations, print media and online news outlets. Their work is not restricted to land-based work, and you can also get wet with their underwater photography component!

Professionalise your career aspirations and learn how to make money from photography, whilst experiencing incredible photographic platforms in Africa. This course has evolved over the past 6 years to provide you with exactly what you need to break into the competitive world of photography. During this month, you will accompany our photographers throughout the Garden Route and receive expert guidance on how to produce artistic and quality photographs on wildlife and travel. On occasion you may also have the opportunity to participate in professional shoots for clients, producing marketing material for advertising and social media campaigns, enabling you to gain professional experience working with paying clients.

We have also included tutorials and practical training on setting up your own business; specifically how to ensure you can make enough money to startup and maintain your business; how to write a basic business plan and most importantly how to market yourself and build your income streams. Practical training is key and so the trainers don t just talk at you.They offer you practical experience and guide you, step by step through the process. They have a busy alumni program that will assist you to open the necessary profiles in the media industry to get you off to a flying start. This training, coupled with the practical experience of shooting within various wildlife and travel platforms, will enhance your career prospects. Some benefit from credits within their schools or colleges, where applicable.

Daily Life

On this project you will receive tuition in both basic and more advanced stills photography and in software: lightroom and to a far lesser extent, photoshop and other applications. You will attend in the field trips (see below) with our staff. We enjoy a good relationship with various environmental organisations along the Garden Route and this offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to participate, not only in learning how to survive and make money in today s markets but also how to prepare for a shoot and work professionally in the field/ on location. Daily work will be split between tutorials and practical work in the field.

In addition to your training, you will get to go on various expeditions which include;

• 5 day / 4 night trip to the Great Karoo to incredible private Mount Camdeboo private reserve and you may also get to view the scenic private reserves of Asante Sana and Samara on this fantastic trip
• 2 day / 1 night trip to Plettenberg Bay where we visit Jukani wildlife park, Birds of Eden and Monkeyland and spend a few hours at Tenikwa sanctuary
• 1 x trip to shoot local people: a project in conjunction with local organisations
• 1 x day trip to the Robinson pass, Cango Wildlife Ranch and the dramatic waterfalls of the Swartberg mountains ( not possible every month as is weather dependent)
• 1 x cage dive with local cage diving boat White Shark Africa (typically included, but not guaranteed due to weather)
• 2 x trips to shoot surfers/body boarders and/or skate boarders
• 1 or 2 x UW pool shooting trip to a heated pool but, if weather allows we do a rock pool shoot too
• hiking morning with shoot of caves and slow shutter speeds of waves on the world famous St Blaize Trail
• 1 x night shoot from any of the above locations- star trails or Moon rise
• sunsets and sunrises
• techniques for landscapes and travel photography
• 1 x half day trip to the Valley of Desolation in Graaff-Reinet in the Great Karoo to shoot the sunset and, when time permits, an hour trip around the National Park.

Please note: all information above is subject to change. Please check the most up to date information on the Global Nomadic website when applying.