Join in the Raptor Center Photoshoot!
Hello Everyone!
I'm organizing a photo shoot at the Rocky Mountain Raptor Center on the morning of Saturday, November 7th. This will be a fundraiser for the center and an opportunity for folks to see and photograph some of these amazing birds up close.
The center is offering a 3 hour session with 5 different birds, all placed in a natural habitat (on branches, stumps, in burrows or tree-holes etc) for natural-looking photos. We can also photograph some of the birds feeding. There are no restrictions or royalties on the photos. The event would raise $1000 for the center, and would as such requires an $83 donation from each photographer. This is a greatly discounted rate compared to booking a session as an individual. The list of birds from which we can pick our 5 to photograph include a golden eagle, bald eagle, ferruginous hawk, merlin, barn owl, burrowing owl, Eastern screech owl, great horned owl, kestrel, Swainson's hawk, red tail hawk, and turkey vulture. All of these birds are permenantly disabled and most have some kind of blemish, such as a bad eye or sometimes a broken leg or wing, but the Center only uses their most photogenic birds for these kinds of shoots, so the imperfections are usually minor. They are all still beautiful and most look "perfect" from one side or the other!
The raptor center is hurting for funds this year as they have a record caseload and with the weak economy donations have been hard to come by. So this $1000 will go a long ways to helping the center keep up with costs. Here's a link to their web site to read more about the program. www.rmrp.org/
Let me know if you would like to join in! Feel free to ask around and recruit from your local photographer friends. There is a limit of 12 photographers for the session, so sign ups will be first come, first serve. I will need to book the event by Friday, Oct 23rd. So that’s the deadline for signing up.
Email me at gainesp2003@yahoo.com or give me a call at 970-581-1597 if you would like to join in.
Thanks! Hope to see you there!
- Pat
I'm organizing a photo shoot at the Rocky Mountain Raptor Center on the morning of Saturday, November 7th. This will be a fundraiser for the center and an opportunity for folks to see and photograph some of these amazing birds up close.
The center is offering a 3 hour session with 5 different birds, all placed in a natural habitat (on branches, stumps, in burrows or tree-holes etc) for natural-looking photos. We can also photograph some of the birds feeding. There are no restrictions or royalties on the photos. The event would raise $1000 for the center, and would as such requires an $83 donation from each photographer. This is a greatly discounted rate compared to booking a session as an individual. The list of birds from which we can pick our 5 to photograph include a golden eagle, bald eagle, ferruginous hawk, merlin, barn owl, burrowing owl, Eastern screech owl, great horned owl, kestrel, Swainson's hawk, red tail hawk, and turkey vulture. All of these birds are permenantly disabled and most have some kind of blemish, such as a bad eye or sometimes a broken leg or wing, but the Center only uses their most photogenic birds for these kinds of shoots, so the imperfections are usually minor. They are all still beautiful and most look "perfect" from one side or the other!
The raptor center is hurting for funds this year as they have a record caseload and with the weak economy donations have been hard to come by. So this $1000 will go a long ways to helping the center keep up with costs. Here's a link to their web site to read more about the program. www.rmrp.org/
Let me know if you would like to join in! Feel free to ask around and recruit from your local photographer friends. There is a limit of 12 photographers for the session, so sign ups will be first come, first serve. I will need to book the event by Friday, Oct 23rd. So that’s the deadline for signing up.
Email me at gainesp2003@yahoo.com or give me a call at 970-581-1597 if you would like to join in.
Thanks! Hope to see you there!
- Pat
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Comment by Beverly on October 22, 2009 at 6:00pm - What a lovely photograph! Absolutely stunning... I hope you raised some money for the group. Will you tell us how it went?
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