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BugShot courses are designed to help you improve your macro photography technique in the field and in the studio, regardless of your equipment or experience. Our core annual event is a 3-day summer workshop focused on the following:

• Macro-& microphotography equipment
• Composition
• Lighting & flash
• Working with live insects
• Introduction to insect biology (track 1) or Introduction to photography (track 2)
• Special techniques: focus-stacking, time-lapse & video
• Digital asset management & workflow
• Field sessions in beautiful natural habitats
• Evening photo-sharing presentations
• Photography in Social Media
• and more!

We also conduct regional workshops tailored to suit the interests of the attendees. Please contact Alex Wild (alwild [at] myrmecos.net) if you are interested in bringing BugShot to your town, or if you’d like to arrange a private session.

Who should attend BugShot workshops?

• Entomologists who aspire to improve their photographic skills for work or pleasure
• Photographers who wish to learn arthropod- specific techniques
• Naturalists, beekeepers & gardeners who enjoy the little things
• Bug bloggers, social media users, and BugGuide.net contributors who’d like to spice up their online imagery
• Anyone looking for an excuse to hang out with interesting people in a beautiful, natural setting for a long weekend

John Abbott (right) and Ted MacRae shooting a tiger beetle at BugShot 2011 in St. Louis (photo courtesy Suzanne Wainwright)