Wildlife Photo Chat

By Ray HennessyArts Visual Arts

Wildlife Photo Chat episodes

January 28, 2025 196: Weekly with Brad James
Brad and I do our short (long) catch up for the past week, then we talk about the struggles and frustration that Brad is feeling with his photography lately, and we wrap up the show chatting about how some birds don't seem to get the same uproar when people bait them as others and why is that.
1 hr 43 min
January 21, 2025 195: Weekly with Brad James
Brad and I do a catch up on our past week with Brad getting another chance at the holiday urban light waterfowl photos, and I shares about my upcoming projects I am starting to work on. Then we discuss our issues with using AI for sharing conservation messages. We wrap up the show talking about respect and appreciation for photos that were hard earned and what that means as a follow up to the previous episode.
1 hr 37 min
January 17, 2025 194: Khaldoon Aldway
My guest Khaldoon Aldway joins me to discuss the joys of shooting the desert of Dubai, photographing extreme closeup details of colorful birds, he shares the story of how he captured a stunning image of a Sand Gazelle small in frame in the desert dunes.
Follow Khaldoon at:
Instagram: @khaldoon.aldway
Show Mentions:
Pharaoh Eagle Owl

Sand Gazelle
56 min
January 14, 2025 193: Weekly with Brad James
It's our first recording of the new year and it's been two weeks since Brad and I talked so this is a longer one! Brad shares about his first experince with his new Nikon Z 100-400mm lens. Ray shares about his past two weeks of travels from Caddo Lake in Louisiana and Texas wrapping up in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Brad's Ptarmigan photo
1 hr 33 min
January 10, 2025 192: Maxime Légaré-Vézina
Maxime joins me to discuss his love of photographing wildlife in the winter and snow and we talk a lot about what it's like to be a full-time wildlife photographer.
1 hr 6 min
January 07, 2025 191: Weekly with Emilie Reid
Emilie joins me this week to share about our last week at Caddo Lake in Louisiana, then we chat about exploration vs. shooting the same places over and over again.
1 hr 38 min
January 03, 2025 190: Pau Vilanova
Pau Vilanova joins me to discuss photographing wildlife during this favorite time of day dusk and dawn, how he prefers to scout and area and then sit and wait motionless to photograph wildlife, and using movement to help capture a feeling or the soul of wildlife in the final photo.
Follow Pau at:
Instagram: @pauvilanova_photography

Website: www.pauvilanovaphotography.com
Show Mentions:
Eagle Owl silhouetted in the moon

ICM Iberian Ibex

Ibex small in frame

Fallow Deer small in frame silhouette

Ibex with lights
1 hr 10 min
December 31, 2024 189: Weekly with Brad James
Brad joins me to discuss our past week with Brad shooting urban light waterfowl and I spent some time in Big Bend National Park, Texas. We then share our year end review which covers our top 3 moments as well as how we felt we grew over the past year and what we hope to work on in the coming year. A huge thanks to every listener for supporting us and we are excited for another year of shows to come!

Trippy lights Duck

Wider Waterfowl Shot

Brad's favorites from the year

Yellowlegs wider

Yellowlegs in Fog

Ruddy Turnstone

Ray's favorites from the year

Mountain Goat in Glacier National Park

Loon and Moon

Bisti Wren - not shared yet
1 hr 41 min
December 24, 2024 188: Weekly with Brad James and Special Guest Sergius Hannan
This week we have a special guest Sergius Hannan join us to talk about what it's like to go viral on Instagram. Sergius has has multiple reels go viral with one topping 160 million views!! We talk about all the ups and downs and misconceptions of having this happen as a wildlife photographer.

Follow Sergius on Instagram at @sergiushannan_photography
1 hr 38 min
December 20, 2024 187: Kieran Barlow
Kieran Barlow joins me to discuss photographing Black-crowned Night Herons at night, his move into including more habitat in his photography, and we touch on a bit of travel for wildlife photography. Night Heron - https://www.instagram.com/p/C_IpF2dxLIk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Ruddy Duck - https://www.instagram.com/p/C84R7EDRuCW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Great Blue Heron - https://www.instagram.com/p/C_-3HsDRVNO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
1 hr 24 min

About Wildlife Photo Chat

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Ray Hennessy has a new guest on each episode to discuss what they are currently working on and how they are trying to be creative with their wildlife photography.