Joe and Mary Ann McDonald's

Flash Photography

Hummingbirds of SE Arizona - Using our High Speed Flash at our Set-ups
(.........) April 12-17, April 26-May 1, May 3-8, May 8-13 This is one of most popular and photographically productive US tours!
Participant Limit: Seven Non-photographic spouses welcome!
Photograph several species of beautiful hummingbirds at one of the premiere locations in the US, the Santa Rita Mountains of southeastern Arizona. No equipment is necessary other than your own camera and a hotshoe flash to trigger our High Speed Flash setups. Return with spectacular images of Broad-billed and Magnificent Hummingbirds, as well as numerous species of song birds attracted to our special natural light feeders. Bridled titmice, black-headed grosbeaks, acorn woodpeckers, Mexican jays, and more. Lodging, lunches and some dinners are included. Fee: $2,195

The ADVANCED DIGITAL Complete Nature Photo Course -
(........) TBA Contact our office if YOU are interested in a flash course for 2010! Demand will dictate whether or not we will offer this course.
For all of our graduated of the D-CNPC, here's the perfect follow-up -- a course that takes what you've learned one BIG further step. In this course we'll delve further into both TTL and manual flash exposures, where you'll actually do a few setups yourself to master electronic flash lighting indoors or out. We'll be spending more time shooting -- working on compositions in the field, mastering exposure in real-time, and difficult to shoot subjects, including macro photography, panning, and exposure/focus/contrast composites. Once again, we'll cover Digital Workflow, and specific Photoshop tasks that will allow you to maximize your images' digital potential. We anticipate this Special course filling quickly, so contact our office ASAP!
Price includes great food, lodging, computer supplies, and a wonderful portfolio of photographic subjects. All the courses include FOOD and LODGING and all materials necessary for the course.
Each course is Limited to 10 students and with TWO INSTRUCTORS. Fee: $TBA.

Hummingbirds and Quetzals and Frogs of southern Costa Rica
(........) Mid-March, 2010 Contact our office if you are interested in this photo shoot
We'll be traveling to three quite diverse sites to photograph tropical hummingbirds and other birds, monkeys, and various herptiles, including a variety of treefrogs, in this ecologically diverse country. One of our sites will be at an exciting location for the Resplendent Quetzal, one of the most spectacular birds of the Western Hemisphere.

Hummingbirds in Ecuador
(.......) Date TBA Contact our office if you are interested in this photo shoot
We plan on scouting out several great hummingbird locations in Ecuador and Peru, and hope to have a trip organized for 2011-2012.

This is one of our most popular shoots. WE SUPPLY THE FLASH EQUIPMENT, nature supplies the birds!
As you'll see, besides hummers, there are a variety of other birds and animals to film as well.

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