The Audubon Everglades Photography Group (AEPG) meetings are on the SECOND Thursday of each month. Calendar entries are updated to reflect the upcoming events. Any subsequent changes will be posted on this calendar and announced to members by email. As programs are held and recorded, videos are linked to the calendar program date in case members missed the meeting or want to review in more detail.
This section contains the list of all scheduled AEPG events: programs, critique sessions, field trips, workshops, and photo shares.
Unless indicated otherwise, all programs, critique sessions, workshops, and photo share sessions will be held remotely using ZOOM. Members may log onto the ZOOM session from 6:45pm through 7:00pm for “social time” before the program begins. Field trips will be held when opportunities are identified.
Event Information:
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Mon29Nov20217:00 pmZoom
Workshop: Becoming a Better Wildlife Photographer - Field Techniques & Planning
Presenter: Hector Astorga (Video)
This presentation is for individuals that want to take their wildlife photography to the next level. Hector will share the techniques that he uses while in the field photographing wildlife. Perspective, camera settings, reaction time, and composing in camera are some of the topics he will discuss with us. He will share how he photographs and how he plans ahead of a photo outing. This process has made him very successful in creating his wildlife images.
Bio
Hector D. Astorga is a full-time wildlife photographer based in South Texas. His love of nature and the outdoors began as a child in his native country, Honduras. He is the ranch manager of the Santa Clara Ranch, a photography destination that hosts wildlife photographers from all over the world. He leads and conducts photography tours and workshops at multiple locations in North, Central, and South America, Europe, and Africa.
He has won numerous national and international awards for his work. In 2019 one of his images won the wildlife division of the prestigious Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice International Awards. With over 25,000 entries from photographers in 63 different countries, the Nature's Best competition is one of the premier photography competitions in the world. His images have also won the top awards in the NANPA Showcase, National Wildlife Federation Photo Competition, and the Wildlife in Focus and Valley Land Fund wildlife photography contests in Texas.
Hector is one of the "We Will Not Be Tamed" Ambassadors for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. The ambassadors are a group of remarkable Texan outdoorsmen and women who stand together and tell stories about Texas, the place that has given them so much. He uses his work for land and wildlife conservation in his home state.
To learn more about Hector visit his website at http://www.hectorastorga.com
