Lee Hoy

At the age of 16 Lee’s mother gave him a Canon AE-1 with a broken meter and a 50mm

lens. He purchased a copy of John Shaw’s The Nature Photographer’s Complete Guide to

Professional Field Techniques and quickly learned the sunny f/16 rule and bought some rolls of

Kodachrome 64. Trips to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and the Oklahoma City Zoo

provided plenty of practice in calculating exposures and learning to read light. It wasn’t until

2018 when Lee decided to pursue a full-time career as a professional photographer. His

photographic interests include wildlife, landscape, macro, night sky, and camera trap

photography. He is proud to serve as a North American OM System Ambassador and is Senior

Photo Instructor for Wildside Nature Tours. In addition, he also leads photography workshops

for Precision Camera and Video in Austin, Texas, and is a contributing author to The Journal of

Wildlife Photography. His favorite photography destinations thus far include Zimbabwe,

Galapagos Islands, Faroe Islands, Big Bend National Park, and Yellowstone National Park in

winter. When not out photographing, you will find him on his mountaintop cabin in the Davis

Mountains of west Texas enjoying all the wildlife in his yard. His favorite part of photography is

equipping and teaching others, in the field and online, to capture better nature images.

Lee's Seminars & Workshops

THUR 8:00 - 10:00 A.M.

Mastering Manual Exposure for Bird Photography

Field Workshop

Meeting Location: Anastasia State Park, 300 Anastasia Park Rd.

Price: $50 + Park Entry ($8 per vehicle)

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Max No People: 12

Description: Manual exposure can seem intimidating to many bird photographers, but nailing bird in flight images and feeling confident in photographing birds is key to capturing visually compelling bird images. Manual Exposure is the best of both worlds and we will take a seemingly complicated subject and make it easy to understand! Go from beginner to confident bird photographer in one easy class! Lee will give you a system for nailing your exposure time and time again out in the field! Join Lee to develop a knowledge base and skillset for mastering manual exposure!

Suggested Gear List: TBD

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FRI 1:00 - 2:30 P.M.

Making the Most of your Wildlife Photography Experience

Classroom Seminar

Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S

Price: $30

Difficulty Level: All Levels

Max No People: 30

Description: Wildlife photography is unlike any other style of photography in that our ability to understand, find, and know our subjects is key to our success. What is it that helps separate great wildlife photographers from good ones? What skills, habits, tips, and knowledge do you need to take your wildlife photography to the next level? When does technical and creative exposure come together to produce visually compelling images? We will look at a variety of skills, knowledge, and more to help make the most of the wildlife photographic experience!

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SAT 7:00 - 10:00 A.M.

Capturing Visually Compelling Bird in Flight Images

Field Workshop

Meeting Location: Matanzas Inlet Beach – East Parking Lot, 8690 A1A S

Price: $100

Difficulty Level: All Levels

Max No People: 12

Description: The pursuit of excellence in bird in flight photography is a never-ending challenge, but when done correctly provides incredible experiences and resultant images. Success can be elusive for some and seemingly impossible for others. Excellence in manufacturing, relationships, construction, and even bird in flight photography will all rely on a combination of systems that work together to produce a whole. If we consider the various systems within bird in flight photography, we can then work on each individual system such that any improvement in one will inevitably lead to an I improvement in our images. Bird in flight photography can be as easy as photographing gulls along a wide-open beach, moderately difficult in photographing puffins flying back to their burrow, to extremely challenging with swifts and swallows darting from one place to another. This workshop will showcase the systems that comprise bird in flight photography and include the subject, the setting, the light, the autofocus, the drive mode, the exposure, and the composition. It is designed to equip, educate, entertain, and, ultimately, improve your bird in flight photography.

Suggested Gear List: TBD

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