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Photo Gallery | Loren Merrill
Instructor Bio
Loren Merrill is a photographer and science writer with a doctorate in avian ecology, animal behavior, and physiology. Loren was the director of the Hog Island Audubon Photography of Maine Birds and Landscapes camp this past May and runs a series of elementary through advanced photography workshops through Down East Adventures in Maine. Loren writes and photographs for Northern Woodlands Magazine and has also written and photographed for Birding Magazine and Down East Magazine.
Loren’s approach to photography is heavily influenced by his background in natural history, ecology, and animal behavior, and his goal is to capture images that help communicate stories of the natural world to others. Loren’s first field job was for the Audubon Society’s Project Puffin in 1995, and in the intervening years he worked on 4 continents and 10 countries conducting research on birds. Loren is a dedicated instructor who has received numerous teaching and mentoring awards, and he continues to work closely with workshop participants to help them achieve their goals. Decades spent in the presence of wild animals have provided Loren with unique insights into their behavior, and he is able to parlay that knowledge into being better prepared to understand and anticipate his subjects’ action. To borrow from Louis Pasteur, bird photography favors the prepared mind.
