Arts and Entertainment
March 19, 2024
From: Florida's Birding and Photo FestJoin Us April 24-28, 2024 for nearly 100 exciting photography & birding events with field workshops that include photographing birds of prey, birds in flight, horses on the beach, creative processes, historic architecture, portraits, flash, and macro led by renown photography leaders. We also offer classroom sessions including Photoshop & Lightroom, composition, processing, printing, composition, and flash techniques for beginning to advanced photographers.
Schedule:
April 24th
6:30 - 8:15am - Sunrise Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
7:00 - 10:00am - Artistic Breeding Waterbird Photography, Caleb Hoover
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
7:00 - 10:00am - Bird & Wildlife Photography at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Todd Nettelhorst
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
9:00 - 10:45am - Early Morning Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
10:00 - 11:30am - What’s New in Photoshop - New Tools, Techniques and Capabilities to Improve Your Photos, Joe Brady
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
10:00 - 11:30am - Photographing Shorebirds and Seabirds - Techniques, Location & Identification, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
10:00 - 11:30am - Macro Photography, Brett Wells
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Capturing Landscapes: iPhone Photography Mastery, Diane Bollen
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Identifying Birds Found Near Water in St. Augustine, Linda Burek
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Close-Up & Personal: Joys of Macro Photography, Todd Nettelhorst
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
2:30 - 3:30pm - Ice Cream - Social sponsored by Hunts Photo & Video
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall
Free
3:45 - 5:00pm - Putting Your Images to Work with Jennifer Leigh Warner
Festival Headquarters Classroom 5
$35
4:00 - 5:45pm - Late Afternoon Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
5:00 - 8:00pm - Evening Shorebird Photography, Dan Walters
Anastasia State Park, Island Beach Shop & Grill
$100
6:15 - 8:00pm - Sunset Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:15 - 8:30pm - Photographing Horses on the Beach at Sunset, Joe Brady & Diane Bollen
Frank B. Butler County Park EAST, 5860 A1A South
$100
7:00 - 9:00pm - Owl Prowl, Ayolane Halusky
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, 6400 N Ocean Shore Blvd.
$50
April 25th
6:30 - 8:30am - Photographing Sunrise from the St. Augustine Lighthouse, David Akoubian
St. Augustine Lighthouse 100 Red Cox Dr.
$100
6:30 - 8:15am - Sunrise Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:30 - 8:30am - Sunrsie Shorebird Photography at the Matanzas Inlet, Caleb Hoover
Matanzas Inlet Beach – East Parking Lot 8690 A1A S
$50
6:30 - 9:00am - Sunrise Paddle, Ayolane Halusky
Guana Lake 6-Mile Landing, 1700 Ponte Vedra Blvd.
$70
7:00 - 10:00am - Captivating Bird Photography at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Brett Wells
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
8:00 - 11:00am - Abstract Photography: Art of Seeing Creatively, Todd Nettelhorst
Castillo de San Marcos, 11 S Castillo Dr.
$100
9:00 - 10:45am - Early Morning Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
9:00 - 10:00am - OM Solution
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
10:00 - 11:30am - Bird and Nature Photography in Florida, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
10:00 - 11:30am - Classroom Seminar, Emilie Halpin
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
10:00 - 1:00pm - Hands On Printing Workshop - Getting Prints that Look Like the Image on Your Monitor
Festival Headquarters Classroom 5
$75
12:00 - 1:00pm - Vanguard Tripods and Digiscoping
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
1:00 - 2:30pm - Watch Your Background, Kevin Loughlin
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Invisibility Tactics: Disturbance versus Awareness, Ayolane Halusky
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Fundam - entals of Photography, Brett Wells
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
2:30 - 3:30pm - Shooting Panoram - as with a Panoram - ic Gimbal Head Tripod
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
3:00 - 4:00pm - How to Find Your Wildlife Photography Style, Caleb Hoover
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
3:00 - 4:30pm - Classroom Seminar, Emilie Halpin
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
3:00 - 4:30pm - AI and Photography, David Crooks
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
4:00 - 5:45pm - Late Afternoon Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
4:30 - 7:30pm - Bird & Wildlife Photography at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Todd Nettelhorst
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
4:30 - 7:30pm - Watch Your Background at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Kevin Loughlin
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
5:00 - 7:00pm - Photographing Florida Native Raptors, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters, 5205 A1A S
$125
5:00 - 7:00pm - Horse Action Photography, Brett Wells
St. Johns County Equestrian Center, 8200 Smith Rd
$100
5:00 - 8:00pm - Evening Shorebird Photography, Dan Walters
Anastasia State Park, Island Beach Shop & Grill
$100
Sunset Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
April 26th
6:15 - 8:30am - Photographing Horses on the Beach at Sunrise, Brett Wells
Frank B. Butler County Park EAST, 5860 A1A South
$100
6:30 - 8:15am - Sunrise Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:30 - 8:30am - Photographing Florida Native Raptors, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters, 5205 A1A S
$125
7:00 - 10:00am - Artistic Breeding Waterbird Photography at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Caleb Hoover
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
7:00 - 10:00am - Photographing Birds in Flight at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, David Akoubian
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
9:00 - 10:45am - Early Morning Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
9:00 - 10:00am - Canon
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
10:00 - 11:30am - Lightroom Editing from the Beginning - Simple Adjustments with Big Results, Joe Brady
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$ 25
10:00 - 11:30am - A Florida Insider’s Guide to Great Places to Photograph Birds in Florida, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
10:00 - 11:30am - Hands-on Macro Photography, Brett Wells
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$ 25
11:00 - 1:30pm - Midday Paddle at Mose Creek, Ayolane Halusky
Matanzas River Access Point (east side of SR-206 bridge) 315 Coastal Dr.
$ 70
12:00 - 1:00pm - Avian Reconditioning Center
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
1:00 - 2:30pm - Mastering iPhone Photography: Capturing Incredible Photos, Diane Bollen
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Landscape Photography, David Akoubian
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Photographing Backlit Birds, Jennifer Leigh Warner
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
2:30 - 3:30pm - Tam - ron
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
3:00 - 4:30pm - am - azing Transformations to Your Photos - Painting with Light and Color in Lightroom, Joe Brady
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
3:00 - 4:00pm - What Makes a Compelling Wildlife Image, Caleb Hoover
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
3:00 - 4:30pm - From Above: Art of Drone Photography, Todd Nettelhorst
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
4:00 - 5:45pm - Late Afternoon Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:00 - 8:30pm - Keynote Presentation, Emilie Halpin (Plus Photo Contest Awards & Entry to Car Museum)
Classic Car Museum of St. Augustine, 4730 US-1
$40
April 27th
6:15 - 8:30am - Photographing Horses on the Beach at Sunrise, David Akoubian
Frank B. Butler County Park EAST, 5860 A1A South
$100
6:30 - 8:15am - Sunrise Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:30 - 8:30am - Photographing Florida Native Raptors, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters, 5205 A1A S
$125
7:00 - 10:00am - Watch Your Background at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Kevin Loughlin
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
7:00 - 10:00am - Backlit Birds in the Field at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Jennifer Leigh Warner
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
7:00 - 11:00am - Creative Shorebird Photography on Bird Island at Anastasia State Park, Caleb Hoover
Red Boat Tours, Vilano Beach Fishing Pier, 260 Vilano Road
$125
7:00 - 11:00am - Photographing Shorebirds on Bird Island at Anastasia State Park, Keith Wallach
Red Boat Tours, Vilano Beach Fishing Pier, 260 Vilano Road
$125
7:00 - 11:00am - Shorebird Photography on Bird Island at Anastasia State Park, Brett Wells
Red Boat Tours, Vilano Beach Fishing Pier, 260 Vilano Road
$125
9:00 - 10:45am - Early Morning Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
9:00 - 10:00am - KOWA
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
10:00 - 11:30am - Using AI Tools in Your Photography - When is it useful, when is it appropriate?, Joe Brady
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
10:00 - 11:30am - The Art of Bird Language, Ayolane Halusky
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
10:00 - 11:30am - Close-Up & Personal: Joys of Macro Photography, Todd Nettelhorst
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
12:00 - 1:00pm - St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Festival Headquarters Exhibit Hall Stage
Free
1:00 - 2:30pm - Artistic Photography with iPhone: Unleash Your Creative Vision, Diane Bollen
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - A Creative Journey of Birding, Keith Wallach
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
1:00 - 2:30pm - Wildlife and Bird Photography, David Akoubian
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
3:00 - 4:30pm - Lightroom Organization - Starting Over or Starting from the Beginning - Making your images easy to find, easy to move and easy to print, Joe Brady
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$25
3:00 - 4:30pm - Spoonies - How, When and Where to Photograph Roseate Spoonbills in Florida, Jack Rogers
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$25
3:00 - 4:30pm - Body Position, Light, Background and Angle: Tips for Photographing Wildlife, Jennifer Leigh Warner
Festival Headquarters Classroom 3
$25
4:00 - 5:45pm - Late Afternoon Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
4:30 - 7:30pm - Photographing Birds in Flight at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, David Akoubian
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
4:30 - 7:30pm - Captivating Bird Photography at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, 999 Anastasia Blvd.
$100 + Annual Pass
5:30 - 8:30pm - Creative Bird Photography in the Florida Swam - p, Caleb Hoover
Masters Tract Storm Water Facility, 7756 Hub Bailey Rd, Hastings, FL 32145
$50
6:15 - 8:00pm - Sunset Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:30 - 8:30pm - Sunset Paddle, Ayloane Halusky
Palmo Boat Ram - p, 8698 Palmo Fish Cam - p Rd
$70
April 28th
5:30 - 7:30am - Sunrise Chorus, Ayolane Halusky
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, 6400 N Ocean Shore Blvd.
$50
6:30 - 8:15am - Sunrise Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
7:00 - 10:00am - Sunrise Bird Photography in the Florida Swam - p, Caleb Hoover
Masters Tract Storm Water Facility, 7756 Hub Bailey Rd, Hastings, FL 32145
$50
9:00 - 10:45am - Early Morning Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
10:00 - 1:00pm - Hands On Close-Up & Personal: Joys of Macro Photography, Todd Nettelhorst
Festival Headquarters Classroom 5
$50
10:00 - 1:00pm - The Ten Things You Need to Know in Photoshop, Joe Brady
Festival Headquarters Classroom 1
$50
10:00 - 1:00pm - Off Cam - era Flash for Still Life, Food, and Portrait Photography, Milo Davis & Trace Choulat
Festival Headquarters Classroom 2
$50
4:00 - 5:45pm - Late Afternoon Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
6:15 - 8:00pm - Sunset Boat Tour, St. Augustine Eco Tours
Municipal Marina, Eco Tours Ticket Booth B
$70
Date: April 24-28, 2024
Location: Various locations in Saint Augustine, FL
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