Hello Bird Photographers: I am posting on behalf of a beginner photographer. She currently has a bridge camera. However she is about to purchase an SLR and a lens. She is looking for a patient photographer to teach her in person the basics of photography and bird photography before she goes on an overseas birding trip next year. If you have any leads on local photography instructors please post here or email birdacademy@cornell.edu with Chicago Bird Photography in the subject line. Thanks.   --Lee Ann van Leer Bird Academy Project Assistant