Tim Timmis

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Tim is a retired engineer with his passion being wildlife photography/videography. He has been an active wildlife photographer since 2005. With living close to Galveston, TX, he specializes in shorebird photography using a ground pod to get eye level with the birds. Tim has also made multiple photography trips to Yellowstone in winter, Lake Clark in Alaska for coastal brown bears and Churchill in Canada for polar bear photography.

Tim started taking slow motion videos using his Canon R3 mirrorless camera in 2022.  Slow-motion video of wildlife is now one of his main obsessions.

He won honorable mention for one of his slow-motion videos and also had two videos selected in the top 10 videos in the 2024 Audubon Photo Contest.  Tim has also led bird photography workshops and field trips at Galveston’s FeatherFest since 2011.

Visit www.timtimmis.com to see some of his photos.  He also has a blog at www.timtimmisblog.com

 

What’s in the bag?

Tim uses Canon R1 and R3 mirrorless cameras, Canon 500mm F4 IS II and Canon RF 100-500 lenses for wildlife photography.  For ground level shots, he uses a Skimmer ground pod and a Manfrotto fluid video head.

Upcoming Events

April 2026
$80

📷Ground Level Bird Photography
at Bolivar Flats #1

April 16 @ 6:00 am - 9:30 am

Bolivar Flats on the Bolivar Peninsula offers unique bird photography opportunities with its shallow water and exposed sand bars. What to Expect: Tim will take a small group of photographers out to Bolivar Flats to demonstrate the techniques he routinely uses to capture images of shorebirds down low at their own eye level. Participants will use a ground pod while lying down on the sand bars to get low level shorebird photos. Prepare to get down and dirty and take some great eye-level bird photos.

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$20

📷Ground Level Photography Workshop

April 16 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Taking bird photos from the prone position at ground level will enhance your photos by giving them a much more intimate perspective with a very dramatic depth of field. This low position also enables you to get closer to the birds. What to Expect: Tim will share his techniques for getting down and dirty with shorebirds.

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$80

📷Shorebird Photography at East Beach

April 17 @ 6:00 am - 10:00 am

Photographing shorebirds is fun and challenging as they are almost always in motion. Your leader Tim Timmis has mastered this! We will seek out the birds on East Beach or wherever they may be hiding, to capture the action. We may also head to the boat dock area behind the Strand to get close-up shots of Pelicans and other birds as they wait for the shrimp boats to come into port.

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$80

📷Ground Level Bird Photography
at Bolivar Flats Field Trip #2

April 18 @ 6:00 am - 9:30 am

Bolivar Flats on the Bolivar Peninsula offers unique bird photography opportunities with its shallow water and exposed sand bars. What to Expect:  Tim will take a small group of photographers out to Bolivar Flats to demonstrate the techniques he routinely uses to capture images of shorebirds down low at their own eye level. Participants will use a ground pod while lying down on the sand bars to get low level shorebird photos. Prepare to get down and dirty and take…

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$20

📷Slow-Motion Video Workshop with Tim Timmis

April 18 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Have you been curious about taking videos but just haven’t tried it yet or do you need some tips on how to improve your videos? Join Tim is this workshop which will cover the basics of how to capture and process slow-motion videos. Utilizing your camera to take videos will elevate your story telling capability, beyond just still photography. Taking videos in slow-motion allows you to see the intricate details of animal behavior, whether it’s wing motion of birds in flight or water splashing from shorebirds catching fish.

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