PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS & SERVICES

2010 - Award winning photos by R. Berdan

        NEW - Magazine featuring Robert's Nature Photography

A new magazine called "BRAGG About the Creek" came out in September 2009 - it is available free in stores around the Bragg Creek area. All nature pictures in the magazine were photographed by Robert Berdan. There is also an article by Robert on "The Art of Seeing" for those interested in improving their own photography. The magazine features beautiful homes in the Bragg Creek area for sale by Dwayne Zaba and his real estate team. Visit their new web siteDownload the magazine in PDF format here (PDF 7 MB).

Bow Habitat Museum Opens October 3, 2009
Featuring Robert Berdan's Nature Photography

Robert spent the past year traveling to every corner of Alberta to photograph rivers, wildlife and fauna. He also created a large number of panorama photos printed 8 feet tall and 12-30 feet wide which are used as backdrops for the new Bow Habitat museum in Calgary. The museum includes Alberta's first "eco-park", a fascinating hands-on classroom where you can learn about the natural environment right in the heart of Calgary. The Bow Habitat Station consists of an interpretive Visitor's Center, the Sam Livingstone Fish Hatchery, and the Pearce Estate Park Interpretive Wetland. Their Address is: 1440 17 A St. SE Calgary, AB - phone 403 297 6561. See Google interactive map.

Bow Habitat Museum opened in Calgary on October 2, 2009


Theatre with photo of Moose and calf by Robert Berdan

Exhibit on the Oldman river featuring RB's panorama photographs

The exhibit features photography from diverse habitats around Alberta with more then 95% of the photos by Robert Berdan.

About Robert Berdan

Robert Berdan has been photographing for more then 35 years his experience includes photographing for a newspaper, travel, science, nature, stock, portrait and panoramic photography. Robert is passionate about nature, wildlife and science photography. He currently has more then 750,000 stock images of nature, wildlife, canadian landscapes and science photographs. View selection of nature photographs. He photos have been shown in galleries, museums, science centers and his articles have been published in a wide variety of magazines such as PhotoLife, Canadian Geographic, Uphere Now, Alberta Views, Canadian Fly Fisher, Impact magazine, CPAWS, Green peace and numerous science books. His photos have won International awards from Nikon, National Geographic, including three time winner of the International Banff Mountain Photo competition and many other contests. Recent projects include photographing large panoramic vistas for the Bow Habitat museum (see above) including hundreds of natural history photos from across Alberta. Robert also is a biologist, graphic designer and advanced photoshop user and instructor. Robert teaches photoshop, web programming, Dreamweaver and Flash in his studio and in various colleges around Alberta (SAIT, Red Deer College and ABES).

Roberts's specialized photo-equipment includes:

• large format photography 4 x 5 inches
• panoramic equipment to create large panorama vistas
• Large format printer to provide prints up to 24 x 36 inches.
• Specialized macro lenses and microscopes to shoot pictures and HD video for science, biology and technology.

In addition Robert also offers on location HD video, video editing and output in a variety of formats including DVD and compressed movies for the web e.g. mp4 or flv. HD video is shot using Canon XHA1- 3 chip video camera, Vixia and Canon Mark 5D mark II cameras. Video is edited using Adobe Premiere CS4. View short sample video clips.

Robert shoots primarily outdoor and on location photographs including hotels and lodges for brochures or web sites and is willing to travel anywhere in North America to take photos on assignment or teach photography workshops including the Arctic.

Equipment - Robert's photo equipment includes a complete arsenal of both Nikon and Canon gear with lenses ranging from 10 - 1500 mm focal length, including time lapse and HD video cameras.

If you or your organization is interested in learning more about digital photography Robert offers a wide range of photography and photoshop workshops including private training.