Join Kathleen Reeder at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for a “wildlife in the desert” experience in the Tucson Mountains! Not a museum in the usual sense, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98 acre zoo, botanical garden, art gallery, natural history museum, and aquarium. There are two miles of walking paths through various desert habitats with over 200 animal species, including native mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds.
From October – April, the Museum has a daily raptor free flight, described as a dynamic bird of prey flight demonstration in the open desert to showcase natural behaviors of native birds. The Museum also has a wonderful hummingbird aviary and several butterfly-dense gardens. Each year Kathleen teaches wildlife photo workshops at the Museum to help photographers capture the beauty of Arizona-native wildlife. The workshop includes an online instructional webinar and then an all-day wildlife photography workshop at the Museum, with EXCLUSIVE early access to the morning Raptor Free Flight. Upcoming workshop dates are:
- Dec 16, 2017
- Feb 10, 2018
- Mar 3, 2018
- Dec 1, 2018
Click here to see pricing and details.
Pick up a copy of Kathleen’s eBook Camera Settings: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum available on Amazon and readable on any device for $9.99. This book will help you be ready for a visit to the Museum. It provides suggested lens focal length and camera settings, taking into account lighting, speed of the animal and whether you’re hand holding your camera or using a tripod. It gives you the suggested exposure mode, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus mode, metering mode and exposure compensation. It’s a great reference for photographers of all skill levels.
Here are photos of some of the Museum residents you’ll photograph during the photo workshop:
Mountain Lion
Coyote
Bighorn Sheep
River Otter
Burrowing Owl
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Caracara
Gray Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Juvenile Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Speckled Rattlesnake
Albino Rattlesnake
Prairie Dog
Broad-billed Hummingbird Nest
Join me for an upcoming “wildlife in the desert” experience at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in the Tucson Mountains! Click here to see dates, pricing and details.