Hummingbird Multi-Flash Workshop

The experience

A controlled multi-flash environment where Edward pre-installs and calibrates the entire rig: 3–4 strobes at 1/32 power, background gel, key/fill positioning, and camera settings dialled in before you arrive. Your role is to press the shutter as hummingbirds visit the pre-focused flower or feeder — the setup produces wing-frozen, magazine-quality portraits every session. Six lowland species regularly attend, with the Crowned Woodnymph and Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer as reliable stars. Ideal as a follow-up to the natural-light Hummingbird Garden session, or as a stand-alone workshop for photographers who want a technically perfect result without setting up their own strobes.

Target species

• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

  Amazilia tzacatl

• Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

  Chalybura urochrysia

• Crowned Woodnymph

  Thalurania colombica

• Long-billed Hermit

  Phaethornis longirostris

• Stripe-throated Hermit

  Phaethornis striigularis

• Black-crested Coquette (occasional)

  Lophornis helenae