NEWS

June 28, 2010 - See Seminar "Photoshop CS5 What's Hot and New " by Robert Berdan  at the Upcoming Digital Photography Expo at the Calgary Ramada Inn Sponsored by the Camera Store.
Saturday, October 2, 12 pm and Sunday, October 3 - 2:00 pm. For Details see the Camera Store web site. Guest speakers include Joel Sartore from National Geographic and Dr. Wayne Lynch.

Kick off the 2010 Digital Expo with National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. Sartore has spent the last two decades roaming the globe for the yellow boarder magazine focusing his lens on conservation issues from the Amazon basin to the Great Plains of North America. He has worked on projects featuring endangered species to saving native prairie grasslands. Come along for the ride with Joel's wonderful sense of humor as he takes us on a journey exploring important environmental issues, and a backseat look into what it's like to be a National Geographic photographer. This Key Note Presentation will cost $30 and will include a book signing after his presentation.

Throughout the weekend the Camera Store is offering seminars on a wide range of topics suitable for photographers of all levels. Topics will include fashion, sports, journalism, stock, wedding, nature, video, studio, travel, printing and more. Each class will cost $20 and will be redeemable for $20 off a select product from The Camera Store.

The Camera Store will be open all weekend including Sunday from 12PM-5PM to offer you show specials and demonstrations. A shuttle bus will be available to transport you between the Ramada Hotel and The Camera Store, so that you will be able to take in as many seminars as possible, as well as take advantage of in-store specials.

To wrap up the weekend Canadian photographer and author Dr. Wayne Lynch will be giving a special presentation called The Pursuit of Nature - A Life Worth Living. Discover the challenges he faced, the adventures, the laughter and the rewards of a lifetime with nature. This presentation will cost $25 and will also include a book signing.

May 6, 2010 Kananaskis Poster Series Photo Contest 1st Place Fauna Category was Frightened Fawn by R. Berdan, Robert's photograph of a Moose and Calf won 1st place in 2008.

 

January 7, 2010 - 3 Photos by Robert Berdan are finalists in the Memorial Maria Luisa International Mountain Photography contest in Spain.

See all winning photos
http://www.memorialmarialuisa.com/uk/index2.php

Robert's Finalist images:

Mountain Landscape - Sunrise Tonquin Valley

Animal Portraits - Great Horned Owl

Animals in their Environment - Eagle in Snow squall

 

January 6, 2007 - Photo by Robert Berdan wins Royale Tissue Canada Contest for the Alberta\BC region and will be printed on Royale Tissue boxes in May of 2010.

Bull Caribou on the Tundra photographed at Peterson's Point Lake Lodge in September - see workshops section for information about our 2010 Fall workshop to photograph Caribou and the Aurora.

Royale Web site with winning photos to be printed on their tissue boxes in May 2010.

September 25, 2009 - New Magazine "Bragg About the Creek" Features Nature photography and article "The Art of Seeing by Robert Berdan". The magazine is available for free at stores in the Bragg Creek area and a PDF version can be downloaded here. The magazine was also distributed in Calgary to subscribers of the Globe and Mail. The magazine features beautiful homes in the Bragg Creek area for sale by Dwayne Zaba and his real estate team. Visit their new web site and learn how you can submit your own photos to this magazine.

Download Magazine in PDF Form (7.1 MB)

October 3, 2009 - Opening of New Museum in Calgary - Bow Habitat

Robert Berdan spent the past year traveling to every corner of Alberta to photograph rivers, wildlife and fauna in Alberta. 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

Outside of the Bow Habitat Museum Now Open to the public

Theatre with picture of Moose and calf by R. Berdan

Water wall shows the use of Robert's photography throughout the exhibit

Fish tanks include a variety of species of live fish

 

Oldman river exhibit - note the large background panorama