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Bird Photography Tutorials

My bird photography tutorials are aimed at helping people who are starting out in bird photography.  I hope you find them useful.

• Tutorial 1: Ever thought of photographing birds?

• Tutorial 2: Getting started

• Tutorial 3: Equipment

• Tutorial 4: Camera settings

• Tutorial 5: Exposure

• Tutorial 6: Basic composition

• Tutorial 7: Basic field techniques

• Tutorial 8: Birds and Water

• Tutorial 9: Photographing Birds in Flight

In addition to these tutorials, I have had a series of articles published in Bird Watching Magazine, the UK's leading magazine for bird watchers.  These articles are more basic than the ones above, as they were targeted at 'absolute beginners' (e.g. who may not have a Digital SLR camera).  The publishers of Bird Watching Magazine have agreed to let me share them with you here:

• Article 1: How to photograph wildfowl (10MB PDF)

• Article 2: How to photograph garden birds (0.5MB PDF)

• Article 3: How to photograph waders (0.5MB PDF)

• Article 4: How to photograph raptors (1MB PDF)

As explained in my More Info page, these tutorials have not been updated for some time. Most, however, are still relevant (the Equipment tutorial being the one with the most out-of-date content).

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