Episode 25: The Great Gray Owl Irruption and Mastering Depth of Field
During an irruption year owls come spilling out of the far north into more southerly locations in mass. But just because they are easier to find, if you know where to look, doesn’t mean creating amazing photographs is easy. Making this species stand out from environment is one of the biggest challenges wildlife photographers face when working with these birds.
Episode 24: Lessons From Predators: The art of concealment
What can wildlife photographers learn from predators when it comes to how and when to use camouflage in the field to level up our success? But to understand how and when to use camouflage correctly, we must first understand that the way we see and experience the world is nothing like that of the subjects we wish to photograph.
Episode 23: Tundra Swans and Mastering Birds in Flight
Mastering birds in flight has nothing to do with camera equipment and autofocus systems. Understanding the correlation between wind direction, light direction, and backgrounds will dramatically impact your wildlife photography.
Episode 22: Understanding Behavior is the Secret Sauce of Wildlife Photography
If you can’t find the animals, if you can’t predictable put them at ease and approach the animals, then you are going to have a very difficult time being a wildlife photographer. Every time we step into the field, we enter into a two-way conversation with every sentient being around us. What are they saying to us? And more importantly, what are we saying to them? This is the secret sauce in wildlife photography.
Episode 21: Photographing Bald Eagles and Manual Makes Everything Easier
Bald eagles are one of the largest, most majestic, and acrobatic raptors in all of North America. In this episode, your hosts discuss spending 10 days photographing eagles in Alaska and how you can dramatically improve your bird in flight photography by simplifying everything you are doing in the field.
Episode 20: Weather and Wildlife
Weather, especially in the winter, is often the biggest predictor of wildlife behavior. Understanding this can dramatically increase your success in the field as a wildlife photographer.
Episode 19: Hummingbirds of the Cloud Forest
Panama plays home to nearly a quarter of all humming bird species on Earth and much of this has to do with the cooler temperatures of the high elevation cloud forests. Learn about creating field studios, off-camera flash, and the importance of understanding natural history in wildlife photography.
Episode 18: Thinking Creatively in the Cloud Forests of Panama
Cloud forests around the world hold some of the greatest assemblages of rare and endemic species. In this episode, we trek high into the mountains of Panama to work from purpose built blinds only to have a truly unique opportunity we could never have predicted.
