Event Details

This class takes place over 2 Saturdays:

• August 29 from 10 am – 5 pm
• September 12 from 10 am – 2 pm

Requirements: DSLR camera, telephoto lens (200mm up, 100-400mm is best), and a good, basic working knowledge of your camera. Please bring your camera manual, just in case! Lunch is on your own.

About the Instructor

With over thirty years of experience as a professional photographer, Lynda Richardson has traveled to Africa, Belarus, Central and South America, Cuba, Poland, and throughout the United States on assignment. She has also worked on personal projects in Greenland, Iceland and Mongolia. Her specialty is photographing endangered species, environmental issues, wildlife, and the people who live in those environments.

A keynote speaker, lecturer, trip leader, and workshop instructor, Lynda’s vast wealth of knowledge can be experienced through her informative and fun presentations and workshops. She has worked for major corporations as well as major magazines and organizations such as Smithsonian magazine, National and International Wildlife magazines, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society. Some topics from her assignments include illegal wildlife pet trade in Nicaragua, hippo communication in Tanzania, shrimp farming in Honduras, thick-billed parrots in Mexico, how natural areas became protected in Cuba, the island foxes of Santa Cruz, California, and saving sea turtles in Florida, to name a few.

In 2024, Lynda retired from working as the Art Director for Virginia Wildlife magazine, a publication she had freelanced for since the 80’s. Her monthly column had been published in that magazine since 1981 through 2024 and she also was the originator of the annual Photography Showcase issue competition which continues today.  While working at the magazine, Lynda continued her love for photographing stories which can be seen in many features in that magazine.

Lynda is now back into pursuing a continuation of shooting assignments all over the world!  Check out her new website (still under construction) to see some of her recent and past work; www.lyndarichardson.com