Bald Eagle Old Man Winter

Eagles Galore workshop in Alaska update

There are only two spots left for my Eagles Galore workshop from March 10 to 14, 2024. Click HERE to learn more if you would like to produce a portfolio full of amazing Bald Eagle images.

Sony Roadshow update

The 2023 Sony Roadshow was a huge success! We drove almost 11,000km across Canada and back in mixed conditions: It was beautiful to leave during the peak of Autumn colour in Quebec and Ontario and then drive all the way back across Canada in the snow!

Special shout-out to the team at Sony Canada, Vistek, Don’s Camera, McBain Camera, Henry’s and London Drugs for sponsoring the events!

Our campsite near Kenora, Ontario. iPhone image edited with Snapseed.

Canadian Nature Photographer Christopher Dodds presenting at Vistek Calgary during the 2023 Sony Cross-Canada Roadshow. Image copyright and courtesy Anthony Jones (Thank you Anthony).

Canadian Nature Photographer Christopher Dodds presenting at McBain Camera Red Deer, Alberta, during the 2023 Sony Cross-Canada Roadshow. Image copyright and courtesy Collin Örthner (Thank you Collin).

Canadian Nature Photographer Christopher Dodds presenting at Vistek Ottawa during the 2023 Sony Cross-Canada Roadshow. Image copyright and courtesy Roger Goguen (Thank you Roger).

Juvenile American Bald Eagle with fish in light snow

A juvenile Bald Eagle with a fresh catch in light snow from my Eagles Galore Workshop in March. Another instance when I reached for the Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 G Master OSS Lens and used it wide open at f/2.8: I just love the different sizes of the out-of-focus snowflakes this creates.

Snowy Owl HANGTIME

With the warm weather, the snow in the fields had melted and the disk tilled fields were soggy, to say the least. Our boots collected clay that got ridiculously heavy and extremely slippery. Needless to say, we welcomed the change in temperature and heavy snow - smile.

When photographing in the snow, it is really easy to determine the correct exposure; I usually set the aperture to wide open (f/2.8 in this case), decide my minimum acceptable shutter speed (1/4,000s in this case) and then adjust my ISO so that the light meter reads plus 1 & 2/3 spot off the snow in front of me. A quick test image will show the histogram pushed all the way to the right, but not touching the right side; exactly where the whites are supposed to reside to extract maximum details.