ADULT PROGRAMS

PROGRAM DETAILS


Twisted Trivia: Spooky Secrets of the Animal Kingdom

Bat wrapped up and hanging upside down

Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Location: Zoomazium
Age: 21+
Cost: $36.00 per person; $200 for a table of 6 people

What’s the most terrifying thing you know about animals? Do you know so many you can’t decide? Well, do we have an event for you! Put together a team (or let us team you up) and come show off your knowledge in a friendly trivia competition for adults 21 and over about gory, creepy, horrifying, and absolutely unfriendly animal facts!


Unfortunately, this program has been CANCELLED 

 

Focus on Fauna: Framing City Wildlife Through Your Lens

Calling all budding city wildlife photographers!


Photo of butterfly using phone

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Instructor: Marcus Donner (see below for bio)
Location: Education Center building  
Age: 18+
Cost: $130.00 per person*
*Participants of our Fun and Fundamentals class receive $35.00 OFF this course.

Note: We will have DSLR cameras to borrow if you do not have your own. Please bring your own SD card.


REGISTER


We have a plethora of wildlife in our own city parks and backyards, and we invite you to come learn with us here at the zoo, the basics of photographing our urban wildlife!

Participants will learn:

  • Camera settings and functions for both DSLR cameras and phone cameras
  • Tips and tricks for great urban wildlife photos
  • How to deal with different light situations
  • How to frame the shot with feathered, furry, and fuzzy urban wildlife neighbors
  • An opportunity to try newfound skills with guided practice on Zoo grounds and in Woodland Park

We hope participants will leave feeling more confident about taking the perfect urban wildlife picture and ways that they can use their skills to influence conservation!

This course is appropriate for beginner to intermediate photographers



Focus on Fauna: Fun and Fundamentals of Zoo Photography

Adult Photographers at the Glass

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Instructor: Marcus Donner (see below for bio)
Location: Education Center building
Age: 18+
Cost: $130.00 per person*
*Participants of this program receive $35.00 OFF our Framing City Wildlife class.

Note: We will have DSLR cameras to borrow if you do not have your own. Please bring your own SD card.

NOTICE: This program is now FULL.
We invite you to register online for our program waitlist. If space becomes available, our waitlist system will automatically send out an offer and you will have a limited time to accept or decline your program spot.

REGISTER FOR THE WAITLIST


Come learn about the connections between animal photography and conservation while getting hands on instruction and guided practice on zoo grounds with photography basics and techniques for taking fantastic zoo animal photos!

Participants will learn:

  • Camera settings and functions for both DSLR cameras and phone cameras
  • Tips and tricks for great zoo photos
  • How to deal with different light situations
  • How to frame the shot with large and small, furry, feathered, and potentially scaly zoo animal friends
  • What camera settings to use with mesh, glass, and open fronted exhibit spaces

This course is appropriate for beginner to intermediate photographers

 


Meet the Instructor: Marcus Donner

Marcus Donner is a visual storyteller with 35 years of experience as a professional photographer, photo editor, and photography instructor. He has photographed everything from presidents to fire breathers to great horned owls. His success as a teacher centers on the belief that everyone—no matter what their skill level—can take better photos.
Marcus is the author of City Critters: Wildlife Photography In Your Own Backyard, Travel Photography for Everyone: Iceland, and Noodle Taco: A Taiwanese-Mexican-American Culinary Adventure.
He has received numerous awards including two national feature photography awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. When he’s not taking pictures, Marcus volunteers with the Seattle Urban Carnivore Project, serves on the board of the Friends of Discovery Park, and enjoys wildlife spotting with his wife Peg. He earned his Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri.

Follow Marcus @marcusdonner on IG and visit him at marcusdonner.com.

Our Mission

Woodland Park Zoo saves wildlife and inspires everyone to make conservation a priority in their lives.

Land Acknowledgment

Woodland Park Zoo recognizes that these are the lands of the Tribal signatories of the Treaty of Point Elliott. We acknowledge their stewardship of this place continues to this day and that it is our responsibility to join them to restore the relationship with the living world around us.

Association of Zoos & Aquariums
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Humane Certification


5500 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103   |  206.548.2500  |   zooinfo@zoo.org