This pose is one of my favorites because to me it shows the real beauty of the bird. In my E-book, “Secrets to Photographing Backyard Birds in Flight”, I go over the different wing...

Yes, Mourning Dove are super fast flyers, but the time to photograph one is when its hovering over a feeder! One of the usual visitors to my feeders are Mourning Dove. I’ve studied their...

Using my remote shutter, I was able to grab this shot of a Cardinal turning away from the feeder. Notice the light is behind the camera which will illuminate the bird!! The Setup: Camera...

On this shot of 2 Cardinals fighting it out, I was photographing the bird on the bottom which was sitting peacefully on the perch. Using my Canon 1dx mkii I was utilizing all focus...

While a large majority of my success has been with manually focusing on the feeder stand and begin shooting as a bird comes in, I found its a whole lot easier to photograph a...

In the image below I wanted to try something different besides shooting the same old angles and getting the same old shots, so I threw my 100 mm Macro lens on my camera. I...

It’s the smallest details that make an image pop. For instance, take a look at these 2 images. One image has the bird looking in the light while the other image shows the same...

Besides feeders, props add some realism to your shots and can be found almost anywhere. Whenever I venture out into the woods or a refuge, I keep a good eye out for some cool...

The key to beautiful bird portraits Exposure. Like any photograph you create, the exposure must be dead on or close to it. Most cameras have meters built in to them and you can see...

NOTE: This method works well for birds coming in from different angles. Here’s the second technique I mentioned earlier. Instead of focusing on the pole that holds the feeder, focus on spots on the ground....