Birds & Bears - A Minnesota Sampler
Tucked into the forest of Northern Minnesota are two special places: The Sax-Zim Bog and the Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary. This workshop will take you on a guided tour of both locations and offer prime photography opportunities for both birds and black bears. In the Bog, you can expect to see a variety of birds, including many warbler species that call northern Minnesota their summer home. At the Bear Sanctuary, you will have an up-close experience with wild bears that is unlike anything anywhere else in the country.
The group will meet at 6:00am on Thursday morning. We will be meeting at the Welcome Center in the Sax-Zim Bog. As you’re planning your Wednesday night accommodations, keep this location in mind to minimize your early morning drive. https://saxzim.org/plan-your-visit/#wcdirections
We will photograph at Sax-Zim Bog until about noon. Then, the group will break for lunch and drive to to next location to be ready for the bear sanctuary.
Details
Registration is just $795 for ISAP members and $995 for non-members. ISAP members should use their membership number as a coupon code during registration.
This workshop is an outdoor event and weather could be an issue. This will go on rain or shine, so please come prepared for the forecast. No refunds will be issued.
(**Registration does not include travel, accommodations or food.)
About Amy Johnson:
Amy Johnson has been a professional photographer for almost 25 years. Her primary business is dog sports photography as the official show photographer for many national agility championships held every year. You may have even seen some of those events broadcast on ESPN! After 15 years exclusively photographing dogs, Amy was looking for a new challenge and found it in birds. All of the skills she had honed on fast dogs gave her a head start on the skills she needed to photograph birds, particularly birds in flight. Her obsession with the technical side of photography fuels her drive to make every shot better than the last.
Amy is also passionate about helping people understand their fancy cameras to get them out of Auto mode. She has been teaching online classes since 2015. Under her instruction, she has watched students become more confident photographers, open their own businesses, and even go on to win awards. She enthusiastically shares her strong technical skills and distinct visual voice with her students and clients. Amy is fluent in both Canon and Nikon and can get around in the Sony world. Her current kit includes the Canon R3, RF 100-300mm f/2.8, and the EF 600mm f/4.
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