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WLIFE Club · now open

Grow as a wildlife photographer, every month.

Online courses, live session replays, the seasonal magazine and field cards, open now. Live sessions with photographers from around the world and monthly contests start soon. One membership.

  • Club$147/ year
  • Lifetime$397one-time

Secure payment with Whop. Club renews each year and can be cancelled any time; Lifetime is paid once.

In the Club

  • 2 live replays with Nick Dale
  • 10 editing lessons with Andy Green
  • 4 seasonal magazines
  • Monthly contests coming soon

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Everything included

One membership. Six ways to grow.

Everything below comes with the WLIFE Club. New live sessions and the monthly contests start soon.

  • Online courses

    Included

    Step-by-step programmes, from your first safari to a professional portfolio, with your progress saved.

  • Live sessions

    Included

    Starting soon: wildlife photographers from around the world show how they work and answer your questions live.

  • Every replay

    Included

    Missed a session? Watch it again at your own pace, with chapters and notes.

  • The magazine

    Included

    One issue every season, on your phone, tablet and computer.

  • Contests

    Included

    A themed contest every month with your entries included, the first one coming soon, and a big contest every six months, open to all.

  • Free updates

    Included

    New courses, lives and issues join your membership as they come, at no extra cost.

On camera

Photographers present the Club

Six photographers walk you through what the Club offers: courses, replays, the seasonal magazine, and the live sessions and monthly contests starting soon.

  • Marcus
  • Alex
  • Claudia
  • Mohamed
  • Carlos
  • Christopher

Worldwide

Wildlife photography on every continent

Savannahs, rainforests, polar ice and the birds in your garden: the lessons, live sessions and magazine stories cover wild animals all over the world.

Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

Africa

Elephants and their calves, South Africa

Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0

Your presenters

Learn from professional wildlife photographers

The Club's first lessons and live sessions are given by two professional wildlife photographers, in their own words and with their own photographs.

  • Wildlife photographer Nick Dale in the field with a long lens

    Live sessions

    Nick Dale

    Nick Dale has photographed wildlife in 37 countries on all seven continents and has worked as a professional since 2013. His pictures have twice been National Geographic's Photo of the Day, and he was a finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2022.

    In the Club: the replays of two live sessions, on getting started in wildlife photography and on choosing a camera and lenses.

  • Wildlife photographer Andy Green at his editing desk, explaining with a gesture

    Editing course

    Andy Green

    Andy Green photographs British wildlife, small birds above all, from his base in Kent, in the south-east of England. He runs photography hides and teaches editing online.

    In the Club: a 10-lesson editing course in Lightroom and Photoshop, from composition to the AI tools.

Guests are announced one by one, as they sign. We never list a name before they have agreed.

Online courses

Learn step by step, at your own pace

Each course is a programme of modules and short video lessons. Your progress is saved lesson by lesson, so you pick up where you left off on any screen.

  • Three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced
  • Notes and downloadable resources under every lesson
  • Free preview lessons for every signed-in member
  • Your progress saved, module by module
Course cover: Editing Course, Wildlife Photography, by Andy Green, between a kingfisher and a bullfinch, with the Lightroom and Photoshop logos and WLIFE Club

Editing wildlife photographs

With Andy Green · 10 lessons · 1 hr

In the catalogue

  • Intermediate · 1 hr

    Editing wildlife photographs

    Andy Green edits his own wildlife photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop, step by step: composition and the story a picture tells, light, removing distractions, dodge and burn, and the AI tools of Photoshop. Ten short lessons.

    With Andy Green · 10 lessons

Live sessions and replays

Photographers from around the world, live

Nick Dale's two sessions are ready to watch as replays. New live sessions with guest photographers start soon: in the field, at the editing desk, in front of their own photographs, with your questions answered live.

  • Replay cover: Getting Started in Wildlife Photography, with Nick Dale1 hr 2 min

    Live session · replay

    How to Get Started in Wildlife Photography

    With Nick Dale

  • Replay cover: Camera and Lens Recommendations, with Nick Dale55 min

    Live session · replay

    Camera and Lens Recommendations

    With Nick Dale

The replay library

Every session stays in the library. Watch again when it suits you, jump to a chapter, read the notes.

A replay of a live session: Nick Dale's slide on the lens features you need, Nick on camera beside it

In English, and in your language

  • Sessions in English

    Lives and courses are given in English, the language most guests share.

  • Every guest, in English

    A guest who speaks another language is voiced in English with AI, in their own voice, so no one is left out.

  • Replays in your language

    Every replay comes with subtitles in 13 languages, and the Club itself reads in yours.

Field cards

48 field cards to take with you

Original one-page photography guides, one subject per card: the settings to start from, the moves to make in the field and how to respect the animal.

8 series

  1. 1Camera foundations
  2. 2Birds
  3. 3Mammals and safari
  4. 4Composition and light
  5. 5Gear and fieldcraft
  6. 6Editing and workflow
  7. 7Small wildlife and macro
  8. 8Special situations
  • Read them in your member area, page by page like a book
  • Download the PDF of a card, a series or the whole set
  • A5 format: dark for your screen, light for printing
WLIFE Club Field Card No. 1: The exposure triangle, series 1, Camera foundations
WLIFE Club Field Card No. 7: Birds in flight, series 2, Birds
WLIFE Club Field Card No. 14: Big cats, series 3, Mammals and safari
WLIFE Club Field Card No. 21: Eye level and eye contact, series 4, Composition and light
WLIFE Club Field Card No. 25: Choosing a telephoto, series 5, Gear and fieldcraft
WLIFE Club Field Card No. 32: Developing a RAW file, series 6, Editing and workflow

The seasonal magazine

Four issues a year, on every screen

The WLIFE magazine comes out every season: field stories, techniques and portfolios, with pieces written for members only.

  • 70 to 90 pages in every issue
  • Read it on your phone, tablet or computer
  • Download each issue as a PDF
  • Members-only stories in every issue
  • Cover of WLIFE Club Magazine No. 1, Winter 2026: a Eurasian lynx

    No. 1

    Winter 2026

  • Cover of WLIFE Club Magazine No. 2, Spring 2026: an Atlantic puffin

    No. 2

    Spring 2026

  • Cover of WLIFE Club Magazine No. 3, Summer 2026: a gemsbok

    No. 3

    Summer 2026

  • Cover of WLIFE Club Magazine No. 4, Autumn 2026: a herd on migration

    No. 4

    Autumn 2026

WLIFE photography contest poster: win prizes each season, for members only

Contests

Monthly contests, starting soon. A big one every six months.

The first monthly contest is coming soon: a themed contest for members, judged in three skill levels, with your entries included. In months 6 and 12, the big contest takes its place.

Your year of contests

  1. November 2026: Monthly contest
  2. December 2026: Monthly contest
  3. January 2027: Monthly contest
  4. February 2027: Monthly contest
  5. March 2027: Monthly contest
  6. April 2027: Big contest
  7. May 2027: Monthly contest
  8. June 2027: Monthly contest
  9. July 2027: Monthly contest
  10. August 2027: Monthly contest
  11. September 2027: Monthly contest
  12. October 2027: Big contest

How entries work

  • Club: 5 monthly contest entries included every month, and 5 welcome credits when you join.
  • Lifetime: 10 monthly contest entries included every month, and 10 welcome credits when you join.
  • Included entries do not carry over to the next month.
  • Want to enter more photographs? Add credits in your member area: one credit, one entry, no expiry.
  • The big contest is separate: open to everyone, members or not, with its own paid entries.

Prizes

Prizes are announced with each contest, on its own page.

Prizes announced with each contest

See the contests
Read the contest rules

Three skill levels, judged separately

Beginner, intermediate and advanced photographers are judged separately, with winners in each level.

  • Beginner

    You started wildlife photography within the past 12 months.

  • Intermediate

    You shoot in manual mode and control your exposure.

  • Advanced

    You have mastered your camera and make consistent, dramatic work.

An elephant and her calf cross an open plain, in black and white

Every six months

The big contest

Every six months, in months 6 and 12, the big contest replaces the monthly one. It is open to everyone, members or not, with its own paid entries, limited places or a closing date, and blind judging by published wildlife photographers. The theme and the prizes are announced with each contest.

Entries coming soon

One entry $975 entries $297

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More entries for members

Club members can enter more photographs in the monthly contest with credits, bought in their member area. One credit is one entry, and credits never expire.

  • 1 entry

    $10

  • 5 entries

    $30

  • 10 entries

    $50

Paid entries are not available to residents of: France, Spain, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and United States (Colorado, Maryland, Nebraska, North Dakota).

Memberships

Choose your membership

Both memberships include the courses, replays and the magazine, plus the lives and your monthly contest entries once they start. Everything ready opens as soon as you join.

  • To learn every month and enter the contests

    Club

    $147/ year

    Billed yearly

    • Online coursesIncluded
    • Live sessionsIncluded
    • ReplaysIncluded
    • Full archiveIncluded
    • The seasonal magazineIncluded
    • New courses, lives and issues as they comeIncluded
    • Monthly contest entries5 per month
    • Welcome contest credits5 credits
    • Live critique of the winnersIncluded
    • Detailed written feedback for semifinalists and finalistsIncluded
    • 15% off all future full-price WLIFE purchasesNot included
  • Pay once, a member for life

    Best value

    Lifetime

    $397one-time

    Founder offer, limited launch places

    • Online coursesIncluded
    • Live sessionsIncluded
    • ReplaysIncluded
    • Full archiveIncluded
    • The seasonal magazineIncluded
    • New courses, lives and issues as they comeIncluded
    • Monthly contest entries10 per month
    • Welcome contest credits10 credits
    • Live critique of the winnersIncluded
    • Detailed written feedback for semifinalists and finalistsIncluded
    • 15% off all future full-price WLIFE purchasesIncluded

The Club membership is billed once a year and renews automatically at the normal price. Cancel any time. Lifetime is paid once.

The WLIFE Club is separate from your WLIFE Bio plan. The Wild Income course, coming soon, will be sold separately and is not included.

Questions

What is the WLIFE Club?

A membership for wildlife photographers: online courses, every replay, the seasonal magazine and field cards, plus live sessions with photographers from around the world and monthly contests, starting soon. All in the same account as your WLIFE page.

When can I join?

Now. Choose Club or Lifetime, pay securely with Whop, and everything opens in your member area straight away.

Do I get everything as soon as I join?

Yes. From the day you join, every course, replay and magazine issue already in the Club is open to you, and new ones are added as they come out.

What if I miss a live session?

Every live session becomes a replay in the library, so you can watch it whenever it suits you.

How do the contests work?

Monthly themed contests for Club members only start soon. Club members get 5 entries a month and 5 welcome credits; Lifetime members get 10 entries a month and 10 welcome credits. Members can add entries with credits, which never expire. In months 6 and 12 after the Club opens, then every six months, the big contest replaces the monthly one, and it is open to everyone.

Do I compete against professionals?

No. The monthly contest is judged in three levels, separately: Beginner (started within the past 12 months), Intermediate (shoots in manual mode) and Advanced. You choose your level on each entry. Shortlisted photographers receive detailed written feedback, and the winners are critiqued live for members.

Is the big contest included in the membership?

No. The big contest, twice a year, is open to everyone, members or not, and its entries are paid separately, at the prices shown in the contests section above. Entries are not on sale yet: coming soon. The prizes are announced with each contest.

What can I win?

Prizes are announced with each contest, on the contest's own page, together with its theme and rules.

I don't speak English well. Is it for me?

Yes. Sessions are in English, guests who speak another language are voiced in English with AI, replays come with subtitles in 13 languages, and the Club reads in your language.

How does billing work?

The Club membership is paid once a year and renews automatically at the normal price; you can cancel any time from your account. Lifetime is one payment. There is no monthly price.

Is the Wild Income course included?

No. Wild Income is a separate course, coming soon, sold on its own. It is not part of the Club.

Does the Club include a WLIFE Bio plan?

No. The WLIFE Club and WLIFE Bio are separate: your page keeps its own plan, whatever your Club membership.

A leopard walks through the dark on a night drive in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Join the Club today.

Courses, replays, the seasonal magazine and field cards, open the moment you join, with lives and monthly contests starting soon.

  • Club$147/ year
  • Lifetime$397one-time

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I've Got It On Film! · CC BY 2.0. Other photographs on this page: Licensed stock · Royalty-free licence, Ismail Shariff · CC BY 3.0, Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0, Vedang Narain · CC BY-SA 4.0, marneejill from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0, Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0, Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0.