Conservation Photography for Biologists, Artists, and Stakeholders

Facilitated by:

• Jerry Bauer, Biological Scientist and Director International Cooperation, U.S. Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

• Adelayde Rivas, President and Publisher Global Communications Resources, Houston Texas/Managua, Nicaragua.

• Wayne J. Arendt, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Note: The facilitators have a combined 60+ years of experience practicing conservation photogrpahy in Latin America and the Caribbean and have received numerous international awards for photography, product design, story telling and wildlife research. All facilitators are bilingual, English/Spanish, and can present and answer questions in each language.

Purpose: This short workshop will provide participants with an introduction to conservation photography and how it can be used as a tool to support, promote and market bird and biodiversity conservation.

Overview: This will be an hour and a half long session that will teach the baiscs of conservation photography to asssit biologist, NGOs and stakeholders how to use photogrpahy as a tool for bird and biodiversity conservation. In the classroom session we will show examples of conservation photography and how we have been using it as tool for the last 40 years. In the field session, on the hotel Fiesta grounds, we will demonstrtate basic photography technqiues to improve participant skills. Each participant will have the opportunity to take photos that the instructors can reivew and critique. During the conference the instructors will be available to discuss and critique with participants their photographs and questions.

Objectives:

• To understand conservation photography and how it can be used to protect habitats and wildlife and provide benefits to society.

• To understand basic digital photography techniques.

• To improve individual photography skills through classroom instruction and field demonstration/practice.

Session Structure: Thirty minute classroom instruction and discussion and one hour field demonstration

and practice.