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| Day workshops - we are now offering 4 hour afternoon bird and wildlife photography workshops starting in March 2015 in both the Houston, TX area and Tacoma, WA area. These are great for beginning photographers, those new to bird photography or intermediate photographers who want to brush up on their skills. The leader for the Houston area workshops is Nate Chappell, the leader for the Tacoma area workshops is Ken Archer. Both are award winning wildlife photographers. There is a maximum of 4 photographers per workshop to ensure personalized attention. Cost: The workshops can be booked as a package or as individual workshops. The cost per workshop is $125 or $500 for all 4. If it is booked as a package of 4 then each photographer will receive an extra 1 hour pre course presentation by the leader on photographing birds and wildlife as well as a private 1 hour image processing session at the end of the course. Besides that all workshops are in the field instruction - we will start out with getting your cameras set up for wildlife photography. Each of the 4 workshops will have different subject matters and things to work on. If you take all 4 you should have a good understanding of bird and wildlife photography at the end of the course. If any workshop is rained out due to bad weather you can make up the workshop another week. The workshop fees do not include transport to the destination or park/zoo entrance fees if applicable. Although they are scheduled to end at 6:30 pm if the light is good we will photograph until sunset. Equipment rental - If you don't have a lens and/or dslr suitable for wildlife photography we have ones that we can rent out. The cost is $30 per workshop or $100 for the full 4 week session. We recommend a minimum of 300mm effective focal length for wildlife photography (including teleconverters and crop effect of camera). HOUSTON, TEXAS AREA SCHEDULE - March 15th - 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm Brazos Bend State Park - General wildlife photography. Brazos Bend is a large state park south of Houston that has a great variety of wildlife including water birds, land birds, hawks, alligators and turtles so we have a lot of subjects to photograph here. This workshop includes some walking - up to 2 miles but at a slow pace. March 22th - 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm Houston Zoo and McGovern Lake - Photography of mammals, zoo animals and waterfowl. We will spend the first 2 hours photographing zoo subjects and the last 2 hours photographing wild waterfowl and nutria on McGovern Lake. This is an excellent spot in the afternoon to photograph Ring-necked Duck, Black-bellied Whistling Duck and American Coot. There are usually some herons and cormorants around as well. A small amount of walking involved. March 29th - 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm Brazos Bend State Park - Today we will focus on songbird photography for at least part of the workshop. April 5th - 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm Resoft Park, Alvin, TX - Our main area of focus today will be photography of birds in flight. The lake here supports a good sized rookery of Cattle, Great and Snowy Egrets as well as Little Blue Herons. A few Roseate Spoonbills are usually around. Very little walking involved. TACOMA, WA AREA SCHEDULE March 15th - 2 pm to 6 pm Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge - General wildlife photography. Nisqually holds many avian subjects including waterfowl, hawks, songbirds and possibly nesting Great Horned Owls. This workshop includes some walking - up to about 3 miles. March 29th - 2 to 6 pm Titlow Park - Photography of waterfowl. This is an excellent spot to photograph several species of duck including American Wigeon, Bufflehead and Mallard. There are often Hooded Mergansers and Belted Kingfishers around also. There will be some flight photography discussion and opportunities here. Very little walking involved April 5th - 2 to 6 pm Point Defiance Zoo and Park - Photography of mammals at the zoo including Sumatran Tiger, late afternoon walk along Commencement Bay photographing waterbirds. April 12th - 2 to 6 pm Fort Steilacoom County Park, Lakewood - This park holds a variety of waterfowl and songbirds. Northern Shovelers, Ruddy Ducks and Wood Ducks can all usually be found and photographed here. The trees around the lake often have Cedar Waxwing and other songbirds. Some flight photography here also. Walking short distances then photographing, total distance of about 1 mile. Exact meeting locations and instructions will be given out prior to each workshop. Register: To register or if you have any questions contact Nate Chappell at nchappell@trogontours.net |
| Trogon Photo Tours leads nature photo tours and workhops to some of the most wildlife rich locations on earth including many locations in the US and Latin America. The tour leaders, Nate Chappell and Ken Archer are world class bird and wildlife photographers. Our tours and workshops are focused on photographing birds and animals in the wild and helping you become a better photographer. Group size is small, anywhere from 2 to 10 participants per tour. Participants will take home a lot of great images, memories and photographic knowledge from our trips. See links above or under Scheduled Workshops and Tours below. ONE HALF DAY WORKSHOPS - Starting in March we are now offering affordable 1/2 day workshops in the Houston, TX and Tacoma/Seattle, WA areas. These are great for those who are newer to bird photography, beginning photographers and intermediate photographers who feel they need a refresher. To see the info on these workshops look here PRIVATE TOURS AND WORKSHOPS - We plan and lead private tours and workshops. We can plan and lead great photography tours almost anywhere in Latin America, South Africa, Thailand and other locations. We lead private workshops here in the US to help you improve whatever aspect of bird and widlife photography you want to work on. Both Nate and Ken are expert instructors. Scheduled Workshops and Tours SOUTH AFRICA September 5-19, 2015 Photograph elephants, lions, whales, penguins, meerkats, sunbirds, Blue Cranes, turacos and lots of other spectacular species in beautiful settings on the Garden Route of South Africa. ALASKA Nome, June 9-15, 2015 Seward, June 15-19, 2015 Join Ken Archer to photograph the breeding birds of arctic Alaska including jaegers, ptarmigans, loons, plovers and more. Mammals such as Musk Oxen, Moose and Red Fox are regulars on this workshop as well. ARIZONA May 5-10, 2015 Join Nate Chappell for multi-flash hummingbird and bat photography as well as lots of other great birds. HOOD CANAL EAGLES July 1-5, 2015 Join Nate Chappell and Ken Archer to photograph dozens of Bald Eagles feeding on spawning fish in Washington State. They battle with each other and Great Blue Herons. We also go on a seabird photography boat trip. GALAPAGOS January 19-30, 2016 Join Nate Chappell to photograph the amazing wildlife and birds of the Galapagos Islands. This hotel based photo tour stays at 3 great lodges on 3 different islands. The trip gives us access to most of the Galapagos specialties including 3 species of Boobies, Marine and Land Iguanas, Giant Tortoises in the wild, nesting Frigatebirds and pelagics like Galapagos Albatross and Petrel. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO February 6-15, 2016 Join Ken Archer to photograph the specialty birds of Trinidad and Tobago including Scarlet Ibis, Tufted Coquette,White-tailed Sabrewing, Bearded Bellbird, Red-billed Tropicbird and more. We will do some multi-flash hummingbird photography on this photo tour as well. |
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