08 Dec
Vancouver Video Tours

Bird Photography Workshop – Vancouver Island (With Wildlife Photographer Glenn Bartley)



A promo video from the 2010 Vancouver Island Workshop.

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Glenn Bartley is a professional nature photographer who focuses on photographing birds in their natural habitat. He resides in Victoria, British Columbia on Canada’s West Coast.

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Glenn also leads instructional photo workshops to exciting destinations around the world including:

– Peru
– Vancouver Island, Canada
– Ecuador
– Costa Rica
– Churchill, Canada

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Glenn uses Canon Equipment including:

– Canon 7D Digital Camera Body
– Canon 600mm f/4
– Canon 400mm f/5.6
– Canon 300mm f/4
– Canon 580EX Flash

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09 Apr
Vancouver Tours Blog

Healthy Bird Watching Tours

Bird watching is not only a fun hobby to participate in, but it also has many health benefits that are often overlooked by the general population. Most often when people think of healthy hobbies, they tend to think of extremely vigorous, high energy sports. However, for many, these activities can be too competitive and expensive. Bird watching offers an alternative that is relaxing, safe and comparatively inexpensive. This fun hobby can also be great for meeting new people if you join a bird watching tour. These tours are gaining a larger following, with many looking for new ways to experience this activity.

But just how can bird watching tours be good for your health, you might ask? It is believed that taking time out of a busy routine to enjoy nature, whether in the country, a nearby park, or even your own lawn, can relieve stress and mental fatigue. Purely human environments can create situations where the individual is prone to exhaustion or even aggression. Getting back to nature will help, and in a structured environment such as bird tours, it can blend this enjoyment of nature with a like-minded group of people to offer companionship and support.

The health benefits are not purely mental though. There is the additional advantage of a low-impact form of exercise that limits the effects of obesity. Bird watching tours can often involve a great deal of movement while following birds from one location to another, or moving on to find new species or individuals. This exercise provides the opportunity to enjoy nature and a new hobby, while still attending to your personal health at any age. In fact, one of the great things about these tours is that anyone can participate and benefit from the positive health effects. It is one of only a few hobbies and sports where all the family can take part, including both children and the elderly.

Bird watching tours create a social environment, led by individuals of great knowledge and expertise who can help those new to bird watching, and develop their skills in a friendly atmosphere. Many sports fail to provide this kind of support without charging extortionate amounts or requiring some form of long-term membership. To the contrary, bird watching tours often emphasise the focus on your own enjoyment and the natural environment itself, freeing your mind to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of the moment at hand.

Source by Paul Stanbury