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Photography Days
The Barn Owl Centre is set in a 12 acre natural venue in the Gloucestershire countryside, we have the perfect location to photograph owls & birds of prey.
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Photography Days are by booking only & bookings need to be made by telephone. Once the booking is made, Photographers simply pay on entry. No deposit is required. Photographers with Gift Vouchers simply hand this in on their booking day.
Non Photographer guests have to pay on the day when booked in with a paying photographer.
Pay on the day of booking or buy a (Gift Voucher CLICK HERE)
For those looking for a more Private Photo Day for yourself or for a Group.
We can arrange this for a fee, seperate days can be provided outside the dates listed below. For enquiries, please call us on 01452 383999
| Diary Dates | Scheduled Times |
| Fri 19th Oct 2018 | 11am to 4pm (Call to check spaces) |
| Fri 26th Oct 2018 | 11am to 4pm (Call to check spaces) |
| Fri 16th Nov 2018 | 10am to 3pm (Call to check spaces) |
| Fri 30th Nov 2018 | 10am to 3pm (Call to check spaces) |
| Fri 14th Dec 2018 | 10am to 3pm (Call to check spaces) |
| Fri 28th Dec 2018 | 10am to 3pm (Call to check spaces) |
Further dates to be added - PLEASE READ BELOW
After the last date (28th December 18) listed above, more Photography Day dates with times will be uploaded above after we've completed Friday 28th December 2018. The new dates will follow on to support January, February & March 2019. A further 3 months worth of dates will again be addedafter this, please watch this space!
Prices for a 5hr Photography Day
- £100 per photographer
- £30 per spectator/guest/assistant
- Gift Vouchers here for photographers
How to book
- Call 01452 383999 to Book.
Bookings can only be made by telephone
Best time to call is between 6pm & 9pm any day
During 2017 we reached our 20th year doing Photography Days!
Dates/times above with examples of images you can capture seen below.
What does our photography day include
- Species we work with:
Barn Owl, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, Long Eared Owl, Eagle Owl, Kestrel, Buzzard & the Golden Eagle. (Subject to circumstances & of course availablity)
- Flight and Natural Stills
With 20 years of photography experience under our belt, our days are very supportive to amatures, semi pro's & professionals. An assortment of lenses can be used to take some breathtaking images. Lens requirements can be anything from a macro lens right up to 600mm prime lenses.
- Privacy for Photographers during a Photo Days
We are not open to the public during any of our Photography Days, this helps to make the day (5hrs approx and sometimes longer) very private for visiting photographers & their guests.
Information regarding your host
Your host will be Vincent Jones, Vince is the founder of the Barn Owl Centre and he is one of the charity's Trustees. Working with Vince on the day will be a small dedicated team who assist in making the Photography Day enjoyable and successful.
Vince's experience is wide ranging when it comes to knowing the birds and their behaviour. He spearheads the charity's Barn Owl Conservation work programs, he's a professional Bird Trainer plus he is the Barn Owl Centre's in-house Photographer where his images can be viewed throughout this website. With such supportive knowledge and understanding, this simply provides all the qualifications needed to make each of our photography days successful.
The Barn Owl Centre is a great natural venue to photograph Owls and Birds of Prey in wild settings, a place where you can learn to home in on your photography skills whilst learning about the birds & their welfare.
A few example images of the birds taken on photography days
Here are just a few of the image we have taken. To see more images like this taken at the Barn Owl Centre, please click here to view our image gallery.
