Wildlife Photo Chat

Albert Michaud joins me to chat about the Black Grouse project he has been shooting, we also discuss wildlife filmaking and his love for shooting the arctic habitat.

Brad shares about his amazing encounter with Common Loons on a foggy day in a stunning location. I share about my time in Alaska. Starting out with our mutual great friend Jamin Hunter Taylor [http://instagram.com/j.hunter_photo/] and photographing around Anchorage Alaska, then flying to Nome where I spent the first 6 hours from 8pm to 2am photographing birds on the tundra right before recording this episode. Photos mentioned an additional notes at http://rayhennessy.com/wildlife-photo-chat/222-weekly-with-brad-james [http://rayhennessy.com/wildlife-photo-chat/222-weekly-with-brad-james]

Brad shares about his trip to Terranceville with main targets being warblers and songbirds and how he did using both the 500mm and 100-400mm lenses. We talk about taking breaks from shooting the same thing and what to do to keep things fresh when you do shoot the same thing. Next I share about time in the Hilton Head marshes with Emilie. I also talk about how the Nikon Z9/Z8 are focusing betting for birds using the animal setting and playing around with a new 2x teleconverter. Then I share about the last part of my trip to Florida to photograph birds in and underwater. We wrap up the show answering a question from Michael Dreese [https://www.instagram.com/mad_for_birds/] about committing to a unique or different lens on a shoot instead of trying multiple. Travels and Wildlife Photography episode from Ray and Emilie about Florida Springs [blog/rainbow-springs-and-huguenot-florida-travels-and-wildlife-photography]   Photos talked about on the show can be viewed on the podcast page [http://rayhennessy.com/wildlife-photo-chat/221-weekly-with-brad-james]

Brad shares about working with and still figuring out the 100-400mm lens for his songbird photography. I share about our current trip while we were recording from Rainbow Springs, Florida mainly photographing birds underwater and split level.

My guest Ganapathi Ram joins me to discuss how he is using in-camera multiple exposures for creative bird photography, how he is using a donut-bokeh lens as well, and how he loves using foreground and playing with aperture to get unique bird photos. Follow Ganapathi Ram at: Instagram: @ganapathi_ram_rs [https://www.instagram.com/ganapathi_ram_rs/]