PRIVATE TUTORING IN NATURE AND ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Washington Photo Safari is now pleased to offer PRIVATE TUTORING IN NATURE AND ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY by nature specialist Sean Quintilian.

For $340, Sean will meet you on weekend dates at the Washington National Zoo located in upper northwest DC, and give you four hours of one-on-one instruction on animal portraiture and flash techniques how to photograph animals in the wild or in captivity. This rate can include 2 people for the $340. You meet Sean at the National Zoo entrance at 7 am. This session will concentrate on animal portraits and nice tight shots of the animals of the National Zoo. Focus will be on how to get good shots that don’t look like zoo pictures. Students will learn how to shoot using fill-flash and wide aperture to help the enclosures disappear in the pictures. Focus will be on the big cats, the wonderful waterfowl exhibit as well as other animals in more open natural enclosures. A telephoto lens of 300mm or longer will be needed.

Sean is aso available to do private tutoring on bald eagle photography (November-January) at a location north of Baltimore, also four hours for $340, up to 2 people. This one on one session will focus on capturing majestic Bald Eagles in flight! Instruction will focus on techniques for panning and large lens photography. Sean is an expert on the Natural History of the Bald Eagles of the Lower Susquehanna River and will share his favorite spots, techniques and teach you about the eagles. A telephoto lens of 300 or longer will be needed

For private tutoring in rattlesnakes (June-August) black bear (June-October), or white tail deer photography (June-December) , the cost is $680 for 8 hours, up to 2 people may attend. Meet at the Matthews Arm Campground Ampitheater, in Shennandoah National Park. 7:00 am. This session will allow participants a chance to photograph wild Timber Rattlesnakes from a safe working distance with complete safety considerations. Whitetail fawns will be photographed with all respect to proper distance as to not to disturb the mother fawn relationship. There is also always the chance of a Black Bear sighting. Students will be taught good flash technique for wildlife as well as how to determine a good working distance for shooting wildlife. Sean Quintilian will also teach on the natural history of the wildlife. As with all wildlife sessions there are no guarantees of sightings, Sean is very familiar with these species and their habits as well as where to find them but wild animals are unpredictable.

Waterfowl photography (ducks, geese, swans) can be done November through March, $680 for 8 hours Locations will vary with each session based current sightings and season, but may include: Bombayhook NWR, Eastern Neck NWR, Blackwater NWR, Middle Creek WMA, the Wildfowl trust of North America.6:00 am meeting time at location or earlier to carpool. November though mid-March.

The Chesapeake Bay region is host to an abundance of waterfowl species each winter. Focus will be on shooting the birds in flight and all the environments they feed and roost in. These sessions will require the use of a super telephoto lens for best results 400mm or longer, or 300 2.8 and converters. Techniques for shooting with big glass will be a main focus. Photographer Sean Quintilian got his to 20 years ago photographing waterfowl on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and is very familiar with the area as well as the habits and natural history of waterfowl.
For private tutoring in elk photography in Pennsylvania (September-January), the cost is $900 for 2 days excursion, plus your travel expenses, good for 1-2 people, each additional person is $200.

Wildlife photographer Sean Quintilian has traveled over much of North America in search of outstanding wildlife and nature photographs. His body of work includes images from 14 U.S. National Parks and dozens of National Wildlife Refuges, with over 100 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles recorded. Sean has spent over 600 days on location over the past 17 years including 20 weeks in Yellowstone National Park alone and he has led two of our safaris to Yellowstone. His work has appeared in publications, exhibits and a CD jacket, and his fine art prints have graced the walls of many offices and homes.
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