Special One Day

Photography Seminar

Held At Wolf Park
in Battle Ground, Indiana

10:00 am to 5:00 PM

Seminars will be held each Saturday in March 1998
and the first Saturday in April.

As of Monday, March 16, 1998:

April 4 has three spots open

New Fall Dates!

August 22 (Keep in mind wolves are not active on hot summer days and they will still have summer coats)


September 19


October 17


October 31


November 14

Price for program is $150.00

(check made out to Wolf Park or Visa/MasterCard accepted)

Program consists of lectures about wildlife photography as well as the opportunity to photograph the wolves of Wolf Park*

For details contact Monty Sloan
Staff Photographer/Wolf Park
(765) 567-2343

or write to
Wolf Park
Battle Ground, Indiana 47920

A 35 mm camera with a telephoto lens in the range of 135mm to 200mm recommended. A good filter (I recommend an 81A warming filter) is highly recommended to protect your lens against wolf paws and tongues. Bring a flash if you have one, the wolves won't mind. Bring two cameras if you have a second body so you won't have to change lenses in the wolf pen.

*Participants 18 and older, have the opportunity to enter the enclosure to photograph the wolves. To go in you must be able-bodied, wear long pants and closed toed shoes, no perfume, cologne or strong smelling substances, no earrings or piercing. A tight-fitting, light-weight jacket is recommend as well as clothing which can get dirty or torn since the wolves are likely to jump up on people. Leather jackets, fringe, billowy clothing are not recommended for some of the younger wolves may pull on these. Please no Polar fleece for Seneca is adamant about tugging on the material. Wolf Park, Berry's Camera Shop and their employees are not responsible for loss or damage done to equipment or any injuries which may be inflicted by any of the animals.

The program will consist of a 2 hour lecture and slide show about wolves and photographing wolves in a pack setting as well as technical information about photography with emphasis on how to photograph wolves. From noon until 2:00pm there will be a break for lunch. From 2:00pm until 5:00pm we will have the opportunity to enter the main wolf enclosure which currently is home to 8 wolves living on 6.75 acres. Weather might cause a cancellation. Photographing the wolves in a heavy snow storm is quite possible if participants can make it out to the Park. However, if it is raining the photo opportunities will be limited to the extent that postponement to the following Sunday or to the following week might be necessary.

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs © Monty Sloan/Wolf Park For permission to use or for more information about wolf photographs please write Monty Sloan

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