Texas Master Naturalist - Guest Speaker
NEXT CHAPTER MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 11TH 7:00 PM
Photos Beyond the Selfie
Featuring Jennifer Leigh Warner – Experience Wildlife – Wildlife
Photographer
As naturalists, we should strive to leave no trace and do no harm. But, in the
quest for the perfect photo, many well-meaning photographers – both
amateurs and professionals alike – can cause more harm than good,
unintentionally endangering wildlife or their habitats. Join us for this
informative session as Jennifer Leigh Warner—Ethics Committee Chair for the
North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)—discusses
guidelines and best practices for ethical nature and wildlife photography,
sharing real-life examples and her own stories and images from the field.
Bio: Jennifer Leigh Warner is an award-winning wildlife, landscape and
conservation photographer living in Central Texas and specializes in creating
meaningful images that convey a message of hope for the natural world.
Her passion for wildlife photography began at a very young age and with a
degree in Communications and Photography from the Edward R. Murrow
School of Communication at Washington State University she began pursuing
a full-time career in nature photography directly out of college.
In 2018 she became Chair of the Ethics Committee for the North America
Nature Photography Association. She is also a certified Texas Master
Naturalist, an Ambassador for Nature First and a mentor for the non-profit
Girls Who Click, which encourages young girls to consider a career in
conservation photography.
She is a Nikon Professional and her fine art images have been on display in
art festivals, galleries and museums throughout the United States. Her
images have also appeared in the Namibia Expo 2020 Dubai and at the
Climate Change Summit in Morocco in 2016.
Jennifer’s images and writing have been published in Outdoor California
Magazine, Gizmodo, the NANPA Expressions Magazine, Outdoor
Photographer Magazine, WIRED, The New Yorker, National Geographic Online
and Wild Planet Photo Magazine among others.
In addition to Jennifer’s photography, she is a public speaker, who has
presented for Professional Photographers of America, NANPA and was the
2022 Keynote speaker for the Winter Wings Festival. When she is not
speaking in person, she also runs an online workshop community.
Jennifer is deeply passionate about sharing the natural world with others and
thoroughly enjoys teaching photographers how to create images that they
can be proud to hang on their wall.
You can learn more about Jennifer and the conservation work that she does
by visiting her website at www.experie ncewildlife.com