How to Photograph Songbirds—Course Preview
Doug Gardner & Gary CarterDescription
To photograph songbirds, you need to understand their behavior. In this video series, professional bird photographers Doug Gardner and Gary Carter hunker down in Gary’s North Carolina bird sanctuary and show you how they go about capturing images of cardinals, woodpeckers, pine warblers, woodpeckers, bluebirds, and more in this beautiful environment for songbirds. Gary will explain how he constructed the habitat: a pond bordered by dead logs and plants, bird feeders on trees and in the cover of bushes, and a premium feed mix including black gold sunflowers and berries. Finally, Gary built a bird blind in an old shed for the ideal photo opportunities. Join Doug and Gary for all you need to know on how to photograph songbirds.
See all videos in our How to Photograph Songbirds Course:
- How to Photograph Songbirds—Course Preview
- Creating a Natural Environment
- Photographing with Fill Flashes
- How to Attract Birds for Photography
- Capturing Memorable Songbird Photos
Here comes the Carolina Wren in. Over here to your right, just come in a Pine Warbler in that little Cedar there. This is an absolutely wonderful place. How did you get this place to be what it is today? Well, a few years back, I decided that people wasn't realizing what was in their back yard that was actually available to 'em to photograph.
So I decided I wanted to try to develop some areas. So I actually... This building that we're sitting in now was actually the shed that I kept the tractors in and the mowers and that type of thing. So I started off with just a small pond out here because all wildlife need at least three essential things: They need food. They need water, and they need habitat.
Mmmhmm Just like you and I need all of those three things.
Very excited about this video series! I have the birds, now i hope to pick up the pointers of capturing them on camera and not through my windows! :) Ty for this one!