avian photographer

LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Canon Nature and Bird Photographer Greg Downing. Greg is a professional nature photographer specializing in birds. He has been traveling the world teaching professional and amateur photographers for more than a decade hosting workshops and seminars.

As an internationally recognized photographer, Greg’s numerous publishing credits include books, advertising campaigns and editorial publications such as Birding Magazine, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, Birder’s World, National Geographic and many others. He is currently the Publisher for a popular online nature photography magazine; NatureScapes.Net, which was created as an exchange for nature photographers.

In this episode, Greg talks about the market for bird images, missed opportunities, his gear, workshops, any new techniques or gear for bird and nature photography, and everything there is to know about the NatureScapes.net website. We created a special video of Greg’s images with his explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview is below.

Equipment, Software and sites mentioned in this podcast: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 300mm F2.8 lens, Canon 600mm F4 lens, Canon 50D, Wimberly Head, Gitzo Tripod, Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., ScanCafe (provide code LF35 for a 20% discount off your first order), Podcast network commercials from Rosh Sillars New Media Photographer and Jim Goldstein EXIF and beyond

Podcast on iTunesTo listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can also download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.

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