Four years ago, the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) designated June 15th as Nature Photography Day to recognize and promote the use of photography for nature appreciation and conservation.
I love photography. I love nature. It seems obvious that I would love the combination of the two. In fact, I almost exclusively take photos of landscapes and wildlife. So in honor of Nature Photography Day, I would like so share a bit of my own photography:
Some suggestions from NANPA:
- Select a subject in nature that is small or common and thus easily overlooked. Then photograph it in a way to make the ordinary seem extraordinary.
- Take your kids and grandkids on a nature trek and give them a single-use camera to use. Then print some of their photos and present them, in a mat or frame, to those young photographers.
- Pick something that you’ve never photographed before, and then make plans to photograph that subject or scene every June 15.
- Look for and photograph something that detracts from the beauty in nature – images that show how human beings sometimes adversely affect our environment.
- Finally, ask yourself how your images can help to bring positive changes to your world!
