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Glenn Bartley is a world-renowned professional nature photographer
from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He focuses almost all of his
efforts on capturing intimate images of birds in their natural habitat.
Glenn is especially well known for his portraits of rare and difficult to
photograph birds from the Neotropical Region and his portfolio of hummingbird images.
Glenn says that his love for photography started as a child many
years ago in a backyard in Ontario, Canada. He was lying under a
hummingbird feeder with a simple 35mm camera trying desperately to capture
an image of these mesmerizing birds. The photos that he captured that day
may not have been very good – but the experience led to a love of nature
and photography that would one day blossom. Many years later Glenn
traveled to Australia for a university semester abroad. The opportunity
motivated him to buy a capable camera and to learn more about the art of
photography. In those days of slide film and short telephoto zoom lenses
birds were, for the most part, still out of range. Glenn’s passion for
photography however was growing.
Before long digital SLR’s became the norm and Glenn had purchased a
300mm f/4 lens. He finally had a set-up capable of capturing some good
bird images. After completing his undergraduate degree in Environmental
Studies Glenn traveled to Costa Rica for 6 months to immerse himself in
nature photography. That trip solidified Glenn’s love of bird photography
and, from then on, much of his free time was spent honing his craft.
After achieving a Masters of Science degree in Ecological
Restoration Glenn once again set off for the New World Tropics. This time
his goal was to spend 6 months in Ecuador and do nothing but bird
photography. On this trip Glenn practiced and developed his techniques for
tropical bird photography and especially multiflash hummingbird
photography. By the time he returned to Canada many people were starting
to take notice of Glenn’s unique ability to create stunning images of rare
and nearly impossible birds to photograph.
Today Glenn’s images are well respected and represented around the
world. His work is regularly featured in North American and International
nature books, calendars and publications and is regularly featured in a
variety of nature magazines. Glenn has also published several books of his
own including "Birds of Ecuador",
"Birds of Vancouver Island",
"Birds of British Columbia"
and “Hummingbirds: A Celebration of Nature’s
Jewels”. Glenn has also written several instructional guides on Post Processing, Flash and Tropical Nature Photography Techniques.
Each year Glenn leads a variety of photo workshops throughout the
New World and tries to make at least one personal photographic expedition
to an exciting part of the globe. To stay up to date with the beautiful birds that Glenn is off photographing please sign up for his seasonal newsletter - here |
WORKSHOPS: If you are interested in learning more about bird photography and improving as a photographer you may want to check out the bird photography workshops that I conduct. From multi-week trips, to day outings and photoshop lessons you will find it all - here. EQUIPMENT: My primary equipment includes Canon digital camera bodies and an assortment of Canon lenses. By far the lens that sees the most use is the Canon 600mm F4 L often coupled with a 1.4x Canon teleconverter. I also use the Canon 100-400mm F5.6L and the 17-40mm F4L for wide angle shots and landscape photography. I try to shoot everything using a sturdy tripod. I use the Gitzo GT 3540XLS tripod and a Wimberly gimbal head. I use a variety of Canon flashes both on and off camera. For more information about the Bird Photography Equipment that I use - click here. BOOKS: You can find information about the books and e-books that I have published by clicking - here. ARTICLES: If you are interested in some of the articles I have published in magazines like Birding, Bird Watchers Digest, Canadian Wildlife and Nature Photographer - click here. SOCIAL NETWORKING: Find me on your favourite social networking site below... | |
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