Wildlife Photo Chat

This week we recap our recent outings, Brad spending time with some incredibly cooperative Wilson's Snipe and Ray visiting Badlands National Park in South Dakota, hope you enjoy!

Brad and Ray catch up on their past week of shooting, Ray shares a story about a lot of people at a beach with shorebirds, Brad shares how fast his import is and how slow his computer can be at times, and Ray wipes his computer clean.

Special guest Emilie Reid joins Brad and I this week to discuss burnout and how we try to prevent it for ourselves.

Brad and I discuss photographing wildlife in what is often seen as nasty weather conidtions such as rain and fog and how it can be a great thing.

My guest Tobias joins me to discuss photographing Atlantic Puffins and other seabirds, including more habitat in an image, and his approach to sharing on social media.

Brad and I discuss the feeling of your photos not living up to a trip you just finished and the desire to capture the same photo you see from another photographer.

This week Brad and I discuss wrapping up our Puffins and Gannets workshop as well as some discussion around ethics with bird photography.

This week Brad James and I discuss using shorter focal lengths for our bird photography.

This week we discuss gear for a bit, this will likely be the last time we do that this much. We wrap up the discussion questioning if more megapixels are necessary.

My guest Matt Bruce joins me to discuss his approach to bird photography trying more for portraits, his visit to Dry Tortugas, and how he keeps things fresh for himself photographing local birds in Florida.

This week Brad James and I discuss wlidlife photography contests

This week we disuss sharing photo locations, or rather not sharing those locations. Hope you all enjoy and happy shooting!

This is a new weekly addition to the podcast where Brad James will join me to discuss a variety of wildlife photography topics. This week we discuss exploring new areas and how that connects to social media and how and what we share. We hope you all enjoy!

My guest Sangeeta Chakraborty joins me to discuss winter waterfowl, spring warblers, and her approach to thinking more creatively.

Ewa joins me from Poland to discuss her use of space, lack of color, and favorite bird species she likes to photograph.

My guest Michael joins me to discuss his drive for a certain style and level of photograph, his move from Vancouver to Denmark, and believe it or not a bit of gear talk!

Emilie Reid joins the show again to discuss photographing the same locations over and over again, the pros and cons, then we discuss planning or not planning when we travel for photography.

My guest Brandong Broderick joins me to discuss chasing Lynx, going full-time as a wildlife photographer, and our thoughts on Instagram's Reels.

Emilie & Ray talk about how they each view post processing, and also what they think of other's post processing and can there be too much?

My guest Gary Nordell joins me to discuss how we got started with wildlife photography, understanding your subject, and being willing to push yourself both physically and mentally to get the shot you are after.

The first in a series of additional episodes that will be released between the standard interview episodes. Emilie and I will be chatting about different topics connected to wildlife photography. For this episode we discuss breaking out of your self-imposed style, what that means, do you have to worry about it and some ways that have worked for us.

My guest Sergius Hannan joins me to discuss upcoming winter wildlife in Alaska, standing out with post processing, and underwater wildlife photography.

My guest Ryan McLaughlin joins me to discuss urban wildlife photography, wide angle, and his approach to travel photography.

Brad James joins me to discuss wide angle wildlife, zoom vs. prime lenses, and potential missed opportunies.

Jamin Hunter Taylor joins me kick the podcast off again with a bang! We chat about all sorts of things, it's fun, you should listen!