Podcast Episode #18 – Aug 15, 2023
In this podcast interview we will be talking to Richard Stern, an Experienced Wildlife Photographer, currently based in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
Richard was born 76 years ago in Cheshire, England, and grew up in a small town on a tidal estuary, with wide beaches and plenty of natural and scenic places nearby. He went to school in the city of Birkenhead, and then university in London. He worked as a junior hospital doctor in clinical and research roles, and in 1976, while looking for an interesting place to work in between hospital appointments, he ended up in St. Anthony, Newfoundland – initially for 6 months, but jumped at the opportunity to stay and work in Happy Valley – Goose Bay, Labrador for 2 years. He met his wife, Elizabeth, just before that, and they got married there in the April snow. After a brief move to Halifax for further training, he went to Kentville, in the Valley, Nova Scotia where he still lives 42 years later. Children and grandchildren are close by. He retired from medical practice in his late 60s, but still does some part time consulting work when photography, birding, enjoying the company of family and friends, and playing bridge, allow it!
He got his first camera, a Werra point and shoot 35mm camera, as a gift when a teenager, and has been photographing people and things ever since. He was interested in nature from an early age, and also started birding and listing species he had seen, also as a teenager – initially attempting to document those birds with small point and shoot cameras and Kodachrome 64 slide film. Things have come a long way since, and he has now used a variety of digital cameras, lenses, and computer software to try and produce high quality images of birds, scenics, nature, people, things, places and pets.
You can follow Richard’s work and learn more from the following link:
■ Facebook: Richard Stern
Richards presentation with the Nova Scotia Bird Society about “50 Years of Birding Trips and Travels”, Thursday October 26th 2023 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm via Zoom. If you are interested in attending go to the Membership area of the Nova Scotia Bird Society Website and join, for a low cost of $20 twelve month membership to qualify to participate in the Zoom meeting.
As mentioned during the podcast, here are some links to various organizations about the Birding code of conduct and ethics web pages:
■ American Birding Association
■ American Ornithological Society
■ eBird Northwest
■ Audubon.org
Also mentioned during the podcast;
■ Point Pelee National Park
■ Blomidon Naturalists Society on Facebook
Links to photographers discussed during the Inspiration part of the Podcast:
■ Arthur Morris YouTube Channel
■ birdphotographers.net
■ Steve Perry YouTube Channel
■ Simon d’Entremont YouTube Channel
■ Gail Bisson Zenfolio About
■ Jason Dain Blog
■ An Eye For A Bird by Eric Hosking Amazon.ca
From your podcast app click on this link to the images which will automatically use your browser.
The Music snippets that you hear in the intro and outro of the podcast is from “upbeat-motivation-corporate” by M-Dewala on Pixabay Music.
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