avian photography

Episode 0030: Interview with Nature & Bird Photographer Greg Downing

by Dave Warner on December 15, 2009

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

To 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.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:27 — 23.5MB)

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Episode 0009: Interview with Al & Fabs Forns, Canon Avian Photographers

by Dave Warner on July 21, 2009

LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Canon Avian Photographers Alfred & Fabiola Forns. They both share the same passion for nature photography and a love of teaching others to make the best of every situation. They’re both award winners, mentor other photographers and teach workshops. They are co-publishers of BirdPhotographers.net, an educational forum for nature photographers.

(C) Al & Fabs Forns

In this episode, they talk about their favorite birds to shoot, best locations, why their husband and wife team works, advice for young photographers interested in Avian Photography and some special tips on how to get the best images. They also talk about their favorite images, the most elusive bird to photograph and whether or not you need to be a bird expert in order to get the best shots.

Equipment and Software mentioned in this podcast: Canon 2x extender, Canon 1.4 extender, Canon 500 mm lens, Canon 600 mm lens, Canon 100-400 mm lens, Canon 24-70 mm lens, Canon EOS 1D MK III, Adobe Photoshop CS4, NIK Filters, onOne Software’s Focal Point.

To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a popup window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. We created a special video of Al & Fab’s images with their explanation of each that opens in a popup window, just click, watch and listen.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:36 — 16.8MB)

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