Avian Beauty - North America's Best Bird Photography

A book by Scott Bourne, Arthur Morris, David Middleton, Brian E. Small, Greg Downing and Wayne Lynch. Four-color coffee table picture book featuring photographs by America's foremost wildlife and bird photographers. All the images will be made of birds that are native to North America.

Avian Beauty will be printed in full color on the highest quality paper using the highest quality printing processes available. Our initial press run will be 2,000 copies (Standard for a photo book.) The project will be printed as an 8.5? by 11? perfect-bound book and accompanied by a supporting web site. The book will be available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble (both online and in their brick and mortar bookstores) and at other national book chains, photography stores and bird stores.  

We are looking for falconers in Washington state who can provide us with good birds of all types to photograph on perches and/or in flight. The birds will need to be photographed outdoors in good lighting which usually means within two hours of sunrise or sunset.

We will provide free copies of the book to anyone who helps us along with prints which the falconers can use any way they see fit. We'll also pay any expenses involved in the shoot and are willing to provide fine art prints to the falconers which they could sell. We'd also give credit to the falconers in the back of the book and include their contact info and/or websites if they like.

A portion of the proceeds of the book's sale will be donated to avian preservation.  

We need to make all photos for the book no later than August 1, 2006.  
Thanks!  

Scott Bourne
253-851-6004
P.O. Box 1114
Gig Harbor, WA 98335