Raymond Barlow Bio

Thanks for visiting my website! My photography starts and
finishes with my family. Daisy and Maria enjoy being
out in the field, the three of us are always together
while shooting, and editing!

(please click on these images for a larger size!)

Thanks for your visit, my name is 

Raymond James Barlow, (Ray!), born in 1959, and

I live in Grimsby, Ontario Canada. 

 I owned a HVAC contracting business for 20

years, then finally closed the doors, and started full time 

photography workshops and tours on September 14th, 2008.

 My love for cameras, and photography began when I was
very young, my father lent me his old black and white
with a roll of film, maybe 12 images, for a school excursion
 to Toronto... since then, I have had several cameras, and
lenses... taken 100's of thousands of images, and the passion
seems to grow stronger every day.

My passion for capturing birds and wildlife began at the
Manila Zoo, my wife Daisy and I found
the "Bird Man" there, and he had 4 raptors
set up in a fantastic  scene!  I fired several hundred
shots at these beautiful birds with my newly
acquired 70-300 lens one day, it seems that was the
turning point... I said to Daisy  "this is where I belong!"
At 45 years old, I found my destiny!

From there I started to follow and participate in forums, where
 I met fellow nature enthusiasts
Peter Darcy, and Eric Dumigan.  They encouraged
me to work harder, and learn!

I am self taught (with the help of a lot of friends) and
continue to pursue a dream of photography as a full time
profession.  I host travel tours / workshops around the
world, and local workshops near Toronto Canada.  We go
to places like Yellowstone, Tanzania, Costa Rica,
Alaska, Florida, India, and British Columbia.

I consider myself to be a creative photographer, but working towards
realistic captures of nature.  I do not over manipulate
my work in photoshop or any other programs.  I never use
flash with nature photography, as I love to work with natural
subjects, and natural light... from an
artistic point of view.  I do not ever change backgrounds for my
 images, or re-invent the scene in any capacity, but these are only my
personal opinions, my dad always said, "to each his own".

Action photography is undoubtably my favourite thing to do... birds in
flight, animals chasing, especially hummingbirds in flight ... this is
what rocks my world... so much fun! I guess it is all about
 challenge!  We photographers love to learn,
and take on some of the most difficult situations.

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My workshops page, click here!
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If there is anything I can do for you, please do not hesitate
to email me using the link below., or call me on my cell line ....
905 520 8853

ray@raymondbarlow.com
raymondjbarlow@yahoo.ca

take care always.