Paul has been a bird watcher all of his life and a photographer for just about as long. Three years ago, his passions merged when he purchased a long lens. He has been photographing birds, almost exclusively, ever since.

Last year, at the February Members Gallery, Paul presented a slide show titled “Song Birds” that was followed with a lengthy question and answer session. Because of the interest expressed by the members, he decided to conduct this Forum on Bird Photography.

Paul will begin his presentation by discussing how he plans bird-photography outings and his favorite locations. The greater part of his presentation will cover photographic technique and equipment. He encourages the active participation of the audience and is looking forward to answering lots of questions.

Early on in his photographic endeavors, Paul used Nikon film cameras and shot almost anything that was, “foolish enough to get in front of my lens.” After a few years photographing like this, he purchased a 4×5 view camera and shot B&W landscapes exclusively. For guidance, he studied Ansel Adams’ six books on photography. Today, Paul uses Canon cameras and shoots with an 800mm lens and a 300mm lens which he used to collect the images for this Forum.

Paul gives many thanks to NVPS members for twelve years of friendship and for the only photographic training he received.

Here’s a link to Paul’s presentation that he generously provided. Please note this may take a minute to download: Bird Photography.pdf