DPA January Instructor Profile: Orlando's Milton Heiberg

Florida Wildlife: Photographic prints by Milton Heiberg

Wildlife photographer Milton Heiberg will present his work at the J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR Visitor’s Center from January 1st through February 29th, 2008. This will be an encore exhibit including twenty-three framed prints of the Florida Wildlife show that was hung in the center’s gallery during May and June of 2007.

Take a look at some of Milton's stunning bird and nature photography:

You may meet the photographer and see several of his slide shows in Auditorium “B” at several hourly intervals (to be announced) during January 1st and 2nd, and again on February 28th and 29th 2008.

More About Milton

Milton Heiberg’s life is similar to the history of photography. At age eight he was given a Brownie Target camera and started making black and white prints in the basement of his home in Brooklyn, NY, where he was born and raised. He grew up with a camera in his hand. It was usually, but not limited to, 35mm equipment outdoors, and everything else up to an 8x10 view camera in his Manhattan studio where he spent a good part of his adult life. Now, as a complete convert to digital photography and Photoshop, he has covered most of the revolutionary changes in the world of photography.

As a field photographer, Milton was appointed Chief Photographer for several archaeological expeditions in Israel (1972–1979) under the direction of Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, and The Smithsonian Institute. He also created a photographic series on the Methods of Archaeological Excavation for the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a charter member of the International Center of Photography, New York City. He won first prize and best of show in McGraw-Hill’s Annual Art Exhibition.

His undergraduate education in business administration at NYU prepared him to run a successful Studio business in Manhattan’s Photo District. There he did advertising and location photography including covers, promotional and editorial illustration photographic assignments for major ad agencies and publishers such as McGraw-Hill, HarperCollins, Time Warner, Penguin, and National Geographic Society.

His education at Cornell Graduate School of Biological Sciences further prepared him for his first love, wildlife photography. Throughout his career as a studio and outdoor photographer he has taught nature photography. He founded the New York City Audubon Society’s photo committee, its annual photo contest, and the Nature Photography course, which he taught until he moved to Florida in 1998. He currently works out of his studio in Orlando, and teaches photography and Photoshop courses at the Crealdé School of Art, in Winter Park, Florida. He is also the Digital Photo Academy’s instructor for the Central Florida region. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Orange Audubon Society and is involved with running their Chertok Photo Contest.

Milton has written seven books and numerous articles on photography. The most recent is The Essentials of Nature Photography, Tern Book Company—a complete handbook of nature photography. He is a frequent presenter and lecturer on wildlife photography, special effects, and general photography. Tens of thousands of his images have been published worldwide. For more information and images, visit his web site at: www.miltonheiberg.com