Too-Short Notice Roma, TX, Rio Grande Valley IPT. And Lessons From the Field MP4 Video

What’s Up

The sun finally came out this morning and the baby cranes were great. A couple is coming from Sarasota tomorrow (FRI 29 MAR) for a morning crane session, and blog regular Donnette Largay is coming up to ILE from Palm Beach on Saturday for an afternoon and a following morning instructional session; she needs help with setting up her Canon gear and getting sharp images.

I am still free for Gatorland on Saturday morning if there is a taker. 🙂

Super-Cheap Indian Lake Estate Sandhill Crane Chicks and Colts Sessions/as available

Only through 7 April

Join me at ILE most any but Thursday for the next two weeks to photograph silly tame Sandhill Crane chicks and colts. Best news: there is a third pair on eggs that might be hatching very soon.

Morning Session — 7:30-9:30am: $150.00
Add an hour of image review and Photoshop and brunch: $100.00

Lodging in my home is available most nights. If you are interested, please get in touch via e-mail or call my cell at 863-221-2372. Limit three, likely: 1.

Cheap Gatorland Sessions/as available

Only through 7 April

Join me at Gatorland in March or early April as below — it has been great recently. You will learn a ton. If you are interested, please get in touch via e-mail or call my cell at 863-221-2372. Limit three.

Friday or Saturday Morning Session — 7-10am: $200.00
Saturday Morning Session with a working lunch including image review and Photoshop: $300.00
Saturday Afternoon session — 4pm til closing: $150.
Full day with the working lunch: $450.00.
Sunday morning session 7-10am: $200.00.
Sunday morning session with a working lunch including image review and Photoshop: $300.00

Save $100 by creating your own mini-IPT by combining a Full day Saturday session including a working lunch with a Sunday morning session with a working lunch. Limit: three photographers, likely 1. Only $650 for a ton of learning over two days. As I said, cheap!

Roma, TX

Too-Short Notice Roma, Texas Rio Grande Valley IPT

Roma, Texas Rio Grande Valley IPT. Thursday April 18 – through the full day on Sunday Sunday, April 21, 2019. Meet and greet on the evening of Wednesday April 17 at the Ramirez Ranch. Four full days — 8 photo sessions: $1799. Limit 4 photographers/ Openings 2.

Join me in Roma, TX at a private ranch in the Rio Grande Valley to photograph most of the valley specialties at close range: Green Jay, Hooded Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Chachalaca, Bronzed Cowbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, Phyrrhuloxia, Crested Caracara, Northern Cardinal, Inca Dove, several species of sparrows likely including Lark, and if we are a bit lucky, Painted Bunting. Migrant warblers are also possible.

Both morning and afternoon blinds are at ground level and each has a new water feature right in front of the blind. Learn to create pleasing feeder set-ups. Midday Photoshop and image review sessions.

Please shoot me an e-mail for info on lodging and meal arrangements. Fly to McAllen, TX (MFE) and rent a decent sized vehicle.

Lessons From the Field/BIRDS AS ART Style is a 1 hour, 15 minute, 314 image, click and play MP4 video

Lessons From the Field/BIRDS AS ART Style: $10.00

Click here to order or see the Save $10 Bundle offer below.

Lessons From the Field/BIRDS AS ART Style is a 1 hour, 15 minute click and play MP4 video. It is available here in the BAA Online Store, by phone order, or by sending a Paypal for $10.00 to birdsasart@verizon.net. As the file is a large one, be sure to upload it when you have a good internet connection.

The video features 314 of artie’s best images, educational and otherwise. Based on his 35 years of in-the-field experience, it covers all the basics along with many fine points. Are you making mistakes that give you no chance to create a great image? Learning to avoid those and learning to think like a pro will make you a better photographer. If you purchase and study the video, it will surely prove to be the best ten dollars you’ve ever spent on photography.

Included are sections entitled as follows:

• How do I know what to photograph? Thoughts on Creative Vision.
• I I had to choose just one, sunny or cloudy, what would I do?
• When the sun is out, point your shadow at the subject.
• Silhouettes and backlight.
• Image design basics.
• The importance of isolating your subject.
• The importance of the background.
• Other elements of composition.
• On getting low.
• Going wide for bird-scapes.
• Creating pleasing blurs.
• Photographing flowers, trees, and plants.
• Photographing in bad weather; don’t be a wuss!
• Photographing in tough conditions; don’t be a wuss!
• Patterns and details.
• Photographing birds in flight.
• Photographing birds in action and bird behavior.
• Working a subject.
• The search for Happy Campers.
• Tackle your bucket list with a vengeance.

birds as art: The Avian Photography of Arthur Morris/The Top 100:

Save Ten Bucks!

Order the Lessons From the Field MP4 video and add a copy of the birds as art: The Avian Photography of Arthur Morris/The Top 100 (via convenient download — normally sells for $20.00) for an additional 10.00.

Order the bundle for $20.00 by clicking here.

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