Bird Photography

I spent the day shooting with Nikon’s newest Camera, the Nikon Z7. It is a very different camera and for the most part works quite well. The huge improvement is with this camera’s ability to lock and track focus on moving subjects in video. It […]

I am finally back in Florida and I couldn’t wait to get out and witness an incredible migration event that happens every year along the east coast. This migration is locally known as the “Fall Mullet Run” and it is always loaded with awesome photo […]

I arrive at first light. The air is cool and thick with moisture. Standing among a small group of flowers I take in my surroundings. Sandwiched between the famous city of Seattle and the massive towering trees of the Olympic National Forest lies the Hood […]

Sunrise is always the perfect time for bird photography and this location has something very special. I’m looking for a nesting pair of Sandhill Cranes. They have been sitting on one egg for about a month. It should hatch any day now and I want […]

Welcome to the wild world of the wetlands right before sunrise. In order to get the full effect of this wild awakening, watch the video below. Now I can show you why we came here so early in the morning. We came here to see […]

It didn’t take long to find my first two subjects for the day. This first bird is a Northern Parula and these birds are tiny. This bird stayed in the shade of a larger tree so I lowered my shutter speed to get more light […]

In May of 2017, I used a really cool strategy that made for an incredible day of bird photography. I talk about this strategy and quite a few other ones in my book: Bird Photography: A Beginner’s Guide to Mastering the Art of Capturing Stunning […]

In the spring of 2017, I was lucky enough to find myself in the Florida Keys during Spring Migration. The really cool thing about this is the fact that there are thousands of birds who migrate from all over the world and end up resting […]

I take my Nikon D500 and my new Nikkor 200mm-500mm to the Stickmarsh and test performance on birds in flight. How did this combo perform? Unbelievable good! 

I take my new Nikon 200-500mm out to Viera Wetlands, a very popular birding location in south Florida to see how it performs in less than ideal photography conditions. It was overcast and raining for much of the trip but the Nikon 200-500 paired with […]