I would suggest that if you want to start learning about wildlife videography and photography, just start doing it. It will probably suck the first couple times but experience is the best teacher. I think Lungbuster's idea with a simple library book is great. This will give you the basic foundations of camera function, angles, lighting, etc. and then taking that knowledge into the woods is not hard at all.

I was actually fortunate enough to get a 4 year education in video production and to be honest, I learned more outside of classroom than I did in it. I was always working on my own projects and by the time we were learning material in class, I found that I already knew most of it because I probably screwed it up out in the field. If I had it to do over again, I would've not even gone to school and just started working in the industry. Icould've moved a lot quicker. Not saying thatschooling is a bad thing. But there may be other options that willsave you time and money. Good luck with your endeavors!

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