Celebrate the use of photography as a tool for environmental conservation and sustainable solutions - grab your camera, grab a friend, and head outside!
The North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) has designated June 15th as Nature Photography Day (http://www.nanpa.org/nature_photography_day.php) to recognize and promote the use of photography for nature appreciation and conservation. 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! As always, be sure to practice Leave No Trace principles (http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles.php) and consider picking up trash along the way. Happy Nature Photography Day! Molly Molly Gail Mehling, M.En. Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate Miami University Zoology Department Oxford, Ohio 45056 http://www.users.muohio.edu/mehlinmg http://www.mollymehling.com
