October 9, 2025: “Better Bird Photography” with Tom Wilson | Monthly Meeting
- Peachtree Corners Photography Club
- Sep 20
- 3 min read
Our October Monthly Meeting will be on Oct 9, 2025 at 6:45 pm!
The monthly club meeting is a free event for anyone who shares a passion for photography, from the total beginner with your phone to a professional with multiple gear sets. Please join us in-person or online and invite anyone who may be interested in exploring and learning about photography!
You are welcome to arrive at 6:15 pm for fellowship and social time to meet new and current members.
Join in-person meeting:
Date: Thursday, Oct 9, 2025
Time: 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 107 Technology Parkway, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 | Atlanta Tech Park
Join Zoom meeting on October 9th at 6:45 pm:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86070757508?pwd=YeYyO5kGismvRWHTgH73oZkvorhfs7.1
Meeting ID: 860 7075 7508
Passcode: 107960
Our October Speaker is Tom Wilson and the topic will be "Better Bird Photography"!
This is Tom’s third time speaking to our Club, and we are thrilled to have him back again! His presentations are always very instructive, as he shows wonderful photos but ALSO shows us exactly when, where, and how to get those same types of images.
Tom will talk about how to make bird images that go WAY beyond a “bird on a stick.” One of the key ways to make your bird photography better is to include the behavioral and contextual aspects of the birds with their natural behaviors in their natural habitats. Another key way to make your bird photos more powerful is by using artistic and technical tools which he will describe.
What will we learn:
Learning about your subject and planning
Making portraits
Capturing action
Light and how to use it
Creating good backgrounds
Camera position
Equipment choices
Settings for capturing action
About Tom Wilson:
Tom Wilson began making photographs at age 40. His work stems from a life-long love of nature and the outdoors. He has worked extensively on the Chattahoochee River providing images for the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Chattahoochee Parks Conservancy, Georgia River Network, The Atlanta Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy and other conservation-oriented organizations. His work has appeared in Blue Ridge Country Magazine, The Atlantan Magazine, National Geographic Maps, Environmental Monitor, Southern Exposure Magazine (cover), The Nature Conservancy Magazine and North Fulton Living.
His work appears in numerous calendars, books (including "The Official Boy Scout Handbook 13th edition) and web sites. His work was selected by the National Park Service to be the centerpiece of the Chattahoochee River "Healthy Parks" campaign in 2005 and 2006 appearing on MARTA Buses and Billboards throughout the Atlanta Area. Recently he supplied 42 images for the Headquarters display at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on Island Ford Parkway. His work has been displayed in numerous public spaces including Shepherd Spinal Center, Barnes and Thornburg Law Firm, Coxe, Curry and Associates, Hartsfield-Jackson international Airport and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Headquarters.
Tom has won numerous awards including Roswell Photo Society Photographer of the Year twice, Grand Prize Winner in the Nikon "Publish Your Passion Photo Essay Contest" twice; Travel Photographer's Network "Image of the Year"; 2003, First Place in the Atlanta Audubon Society 2008 Photo Contest and the very prestigious "All Time Winner"from BetterPhoto.com's 20th anniversary contest held in 2016.
Tom believes strongly that nature photographers should be nature advocates and use their cameras to protect and preserve our vanishing natural world, documenting the threats to our precious resources and sharing the beauty that makes it worth protecting. He works extensively to document natural areas of Georgia and provide images to organizations such as the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, The National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, Georgia River Network, Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, The Atlanta Audubon Society, Chattahoochee Parks Conservancy and others.
Tom retired from a 33-year career as an Executive with the Boy Scouts of America in December of 2016 to pursue Nature Photography full time. Tom enjoys hiking, camping, birding, amateur astronomy, astrophotography and just about anything else that gets him outside.
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