Sean Fitzgerald - Annual Whooping Crane Festival in Port Aransas, Texas

Sean Fitzgerald’s images have been published in Professional Photographer Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, New York Times, Audubon Nature Calendars, Texas Highways, Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, and various other publications. Sean has won the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest twice, won the Grand Prize in the 2003 World in Focus Contest, and also won the wildlife category in the 2007 World in Focus contest, sponsored by Photo District News Magazine. Sean’s fine art prints were twice featured on the Bravo Network’s television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” At the 2001 Fotofusion International Photography Festival in Florida, he was chosen by renowned photographer Art Wolfe to receive the festival’s Rising Star Photographer Award. Professional Photographer Magazine has featured Sean as its cover artist of the month and Sean was featured in Photo Portfolio Success, a book by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer John Kaplan on putting together winning photo portfolios. Sean lives and works from a studio in Deep Ellum, near downtown Dallas, and more of his images can be found at www.seanfitzgerald.com.

TOPIC: “Thinking Like A Photographer: Getting the Most Out of Your Bird and Nature Photography”
We all want to capture great nature images, but how do you do that?  Too often people settle for little bird specks in the center of their picture frame.   The key is learning how to think like a photographer!  In this presentation, Sean will talk about how to think like a photographer using anticipation, strategy, and technique to get images that tell a story, or have that “something extra.”  Sean’s tips and techniques should benefit photographers of every level.

SESSION: Saturday, February 23 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: The University of Texas Marine Science Institute