Hello! I am Victoria
I am city skyline and landscape photographer. I fell in love with photography when I bought my first digital camera Canon 5d Mark II back in 2011.
Panoramic Pictures
Our planet’s wildlife faces urgent threats from all sides: climate change, deforestation, and animal-human conflict. Today’s wildlife photographers can help advocate for their protection, but they can also cause damage to the environment, intentionally or otherwise.
Mistake #1: Wildlife baiting
Feeding might be widespread, but it’s also unethical. “Baiting wild animals in order to get the perfect shot has become a normal practice, sadly,” the conservation photographer Daisy Gilardini explains. “Snowy owls in Canada are baited with live mice.
Mistake #2: Ill-considered use of flash
Learn as much as you can about the life forms in your viewfinder
"A wildlife welfare issue that I’ve become very aware of recently is the ill-considered use of flash on wildlife, especially with nocturnal animals," the conservation and wildlife photojournalist Douglas Gimesy tells us. “Depending upon how it’s used and the species, flash can potentially cause negative physical, emotional, and behavioral impacts.