Conferences
NANPA's Seventh Annual Summit
Odyssey 2001
Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday: January 17, 2001
8:00am - 3:00pm Pre-Summit Field Trip
Hoover Dam / Lake Mead
Alison Jones and Russ Kinne
(Separate registration required.)
Here's an opportunity for you to meet with an experienced
photo professional to review and discuss your portfolio. You will
be offered guidance and suggestions for your images as well as discussing
marketing options.
12:00pm - 4:00pm Pre-Summit Workshop
Loss! Damage! Unauthorized Use!
How to Handle the Really Tough Problems
Deborah Free and Jane Kinne
(Separate registration required.)
12:00pm - 4:00pm Pre-Summit Workshop
Discovering Abstracts and Patterns in Nature
Gary Braasch and Larry Michael
(Separate registration required.)
12:00pm - 8:00pm Bookstore / Silent Auction
4:30pm - 6:30pm Pro's Meeting
Joe McDonald, Moderator
Open discussion on access issues, update on airline policies, insurance
matters, some discussion on image safety on the web and other topics of
concern to practicing professionals
6:30pm - 7:30pm Opening Night Welcoming Reception
Thursday: January 18, 2001
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
7:00am - 7:00pm Bookstore/Silent Auction
8:00am - 8:30am Welcome
Bernard Friel, NANPA President
8:30am - 8:45am Invited Opening Message
Caring for the Earth
Corbin Harney
Corbin Harney is an elder spiritual leader and medicine man of the Western
Shoshone, a Native American tribe indigenous to Idaho, Utah, California
and Nevada. He was recently a keynote speaker at the Atomic and Hydrogen
Bomb Conference in Japan, and has helped to form an alliance with indigenous
peoples suffering from radiation sickness in Kazakhstan. Harney is the
author of The Way It Is: One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth.
8:45am - 9:00am Summit Opening
Darrell Gulin, Master of Ceremonies
A photographer for more than 16 years, Darrell Gulin has had his work
published in many national publications including Audubon, Outdoor Photogra-pher,
Outdoor & Nature Photography, Newsweek and National Geographic. In the
past eight years as a full-time nature photographer, he has given speeches
and presentations and taught workshops in many places throughout the United
States and in South Africa.
9:00am - 10:00am Keynote Address
2001 - A Space Photographer's Odyssey
Roger Ressmeyer
Explore our universe through the eyes of master magazine photographer
Roger Ressmeyer, tagged the "Mathew Brady
of the Space Age" by Discover magazine. His award-winning images of natural
phenomena run the gamut from solar eclipses to volcanic eruptions and
exploding extragalactic supernovae. This presentation promises to take
you on a delightfully entertaining journey full of photography secrets
gleaned from 20 years on the road.
Roger Ressmeyer's award-winning assignment photographs have appeared
in National Geographic, Time, Life, Geo, Newsweek and The New York Times
Magazine, to name a few. Roger has trained NASA astronauts and produced
several mass-market books and CD-ROMs including Orbit - NASA Astronauts
Photograph the Earth, Space Places, and Volcanoes - Life on the Edge.
He founded Starlight Photo Agency in 1982. Today he's vice president of
Getty Images, the world's largest photo agency.
10:15am - 11:45am Breakout Sessions
Choose One
Breakout 1 - The Challenges and Rewards of Medium Format Nature Photography
Jim Zuckerman
Jim Zuckerman will project his 6x7cm glass-mounted transparencies and
discuss how he has overcome the
difficulties inherent in shooting wildlife with a 6x7
camera. He will also talk about very difficult exposure situations and
how he has learned to read light without a meter. Jim specializes in wildlife
and nature photography as well as travel photography and digital effects.
He is contributing editor to Petersen's Photographic and is the author
of seven photo books.
Breakout 2 - Capturing a Sense of Place
Jim Clark
After understanding the technical aspects of photography, the next step
is to develop an ability to "see" a landscape - to convey on film and
in words a true sense of place. This session explores approaches for both
long-term and short-term projects that can help create a portfolio of
images and writing that transports the reader on an intimate, seasonal
journey through the landscape. A nature photographer, writer, wildlife
biologist, and workshop instructor, Jim Clark is the author and photographer
of West Virginia: The Allegheny Highlands. His articles and photographs
have appeared in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer, Nature's Best Photography,
Birder's World and Wonderful West Virginia.
Breakout 3 - Photographing Reptiles and Amphibians
Joe McDonald
Reptiles and amphibians, the herpetiles, are much maligned but fascinating
photography subjects. Joe McDonald will explain the myriad ways he films
these creatures, both in the field and in the studio. Electronic flash,
Shutterbeams and natural light techniques will be covered, as well as
safety, legal and ethical concerns. Joe began selling nature photographs
when he was 15. A full-time professional since 1984, he has written seven
books and is a frequent contributor to most major nature publications.
Breakout 4 - Challenging Nature Photography: Access Issues for People
with Disabilities
Angelo Sciulli
Angelo Sciulli shares the lessons learned in pursuing his
photography while living with a physical challenge. He
continues to travel across North America using his images
to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly called
Lou Gehrig's disease) and to promote nature access for people with physical
challenges. Angelo
is a nature photographer concentrating on North American natural history.
Breakout 5 - Publishing Book Ideas Your Way
Michael H. Francis and Ted Nelson
Michael Francis will give his personal take on book
publishing via traditional publishers. He will discuss how
he proposes new projects and will then take you step-by-
step through the process, including contract negotiations. Ted Nelson
will discuss pros and cons of self-publication as another option for photographers.
Michael, a Montana-based photographer, has been a working pro for the
past 20 years. Since 1990 he has been the primary photographer for more
than 15 natural history book titles. Inspired by a breakout session at
the 1998 NANPA Summit, Ted and his wife Nancy self-published The Nature
of Kensington in April 1999.
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch
12:00pm - 12:30pm Live Auction (during lunch)
Mary Ann McDonald, Auctioneer
Members will have the opportunity to bid on an hour of
time with one of these key NANPA professionals - Deborah Free, Steve Freligh,
Darrell Gulin, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, John Nuhn,
Roger Ressmeyer and Art Wolfe. All funds will go to the NANPA Infinity
Foundation.
12:00pm - 4:00pm Exhibit Hall / Exhibitor Demonstations
4:00pm - 5:30pm Breakout Sessions Repeated
(See 10:15am - 11:45am Session listings.)
5:30pm - 7:00pm Free time
7:00pm - 9:00pm Members' Slide Show
Returning for its third year, this popular Summit event is a chance for
50 members to project their images for an audience of editors, agents
and other photographers. Come share in the networking and fun!
Group 1 - moderated by Bob Rozinski and Wendy Shattil
Group 2 - moderated by George Lepp
(See instructions on how to participate.)
Friday: January 19, 2001
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
7:00am - 9:00pm Bookstore / Silent Auction
9:00am - 10:00am Keynote Address
The Living Wild
Art Wolfe
This slide-illustrated presentation takes us on location with acclaimed
photographer Art Wolfe during three years of
photographing for his most ambitious book project to date, The Living
Wild. Through lavish photographs it looks at the present and future status
of the earth's wildlife and habitats.
Art Wolfe's photographs are recognized throughout the world
for their mastery of color, composition and perspective. This past April,
Art
was awarded a coveted Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award. In
1998, he was named Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year by NANPA.
10:15am - 11:45am Breakout Sessions
Choose One
Breakout 6 - Composition and Light
John and Barbara Gerlach
This instructional slide program will demonstrate how great light is
so critical for making wonderful images. Many good light/bad light pairs
of photos will be used to show the role that quality, color, direction
and contrast play in creating enchanting images. Guidelines for making
stronger compositions will be emphasized. John and Barbara Gerlach are
full-time nature photographers with more than 40 years of professional
experience between them.
Breakout 7 - An Odyssey Among Wild Wings - Techniques of Bird Photography
Bobby Harrison
This is a techniques program geared toward photographers of all levels
of experience seeking to improve some aspect of their bird photography.
Topics will cover equipment and accessories, camera meter calibration,
exposure techniques, composition, behavior and flight photography, getting
close to your subject, creative use of natural light, and fill and tele-flash
techniques. Bobby Harrison earned a B.F.A. in Photography and a M.S. in
Media Technology and is currently Associate Professor and Director of
the Art Program at Oakwood College in Alabama. His work has been ublished
in all major birding magazines, as well as calendars and other publications.
In 1997, Bobby won the Nature's Best Photography competition, Animal Antics
category, and in 1998, was one of the featured photographers in a National
Wildlife Federation television series titled "Nature's Best Photography."
Breakout 8 - Photographing Wildlife in the African Landscape
Daryl and Sharna Balfour
The presentation will cover the importance of showing wild animals as
components of their environment rather than in isolation. Daryl and Sharna
Balfour will discuss and show the need to vary lens focal lengths and
compositions in order to tell a more complete story. Daryl and Sharna
are leading African wildlife photographers who have spent more than a
decade photographing in some of Africa's most remote wilderness areas.
They have recently completed their 14th book and are represented by some
of the world's leading natural history stock agencies. Daryl also runs
a specialized photo safari business catering to serious amateur and
professional photographers.
Breakout 9 - Image Management - Organizing, Labeling, Searching and
Submitting
Richard McEnery
In today's marketplace, time is indeed money. You must know where your
images are, how they are doing and what they are being used for. Discover
the three things you must ALWAYS do when submitting images and the three
things you must NEVER do. Learn how to organize, track and submit your
images to maximize exposure and income. Richard McEnery is a photographer/writer
specializing in underwater, nature and sports subjects. His work has been
featured at the Long Beach Aquarium and in Sport Diver, Scuba Times, Dive
Travel and Tennis Times magazines. Richard has also been a software developer
for more than 25 years.
Breakout 10 - How to Sell in the Newspaper Market
David Murray
Just getting started on your career in photography? Having trouble getting
published? This session will feature how to sell to the newspaper market,
and how to use that market as a springboard in developing your career
as a photographer. Included are suggestions on developing text/photo packages
for this very different marketplace, and how and to whom to pitch your
ideas. David Murray is a nationally published photographer and outdoor
writer, specializing in wildlife. He is also the creator of the "Focus
on Wildlife" series, for which he has written more than 100 stories.
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch
12:00pm - 4:00pm Exhibit Hall / Exhibitor Demonstations
4:00pm - 5:00pm Keynote Address
Kamchatka - Eagles, Bears and Volcanoes
Klaus Nigge
This is the story of a nature photographer who went out to see the biggest,
the most impressive but nevertheless the most unknown eagle in the world
- the Steller's sea eagle, which lives only on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
and other lands around the Sea of Okhotsk. In search for this eagle he
met the other icons of Kamchatka: bears and volcanoes.
Using his background as a biologist, Klaus Nigge works as a professional
photographer and produces stories that focus on big birds and their world.
His stories have been published worldwide in magazines like GEO, National
Geographic, Terre Sauvage and Airone. His books include a volume about
Kamchatka and most recently Adlerleben, about the American bald eagle.
5:30pm - 7:00pm Breakout Sessions Repeated
(See 10:15am - 11:45am Session listings.)
7:00pm - 8:30pm Author Signing Reception
Various Authors and Photographers
This is your chance to meet the photographers and authors face to face
and have them personalize your books!
Saturday: January 20, 2001
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
7:00am - 6:00pm Bookstore
7:00am - 1:30pm Silent Auction
8:00am - 8:30am Members' Showcase - The Best of the Members' Slide Show
Presented by George Lepp, Bob Rozinski and Wendy Shattil. Selected images
by all 50 participants will be merged together by George Lepp into a digital
program set to music.
8:30am - 8:45am State of NANPA Report
(Business Meeting)
9:00am - 3:00pm Exhibit Hall/Exhibitor Demonstrations
9:00am - 10:30am Breakout Sessions
Choose One
Breakout 11 - Tips from the Field
Steve Gilroy
Aspiring pros and advanced amateurs often ask about specific topics to
improve their nature photography and this session addresses these. Topics
include manual and automatic exposure techniques, hyperfocal landscape
techniques, composition incorporating geometry in nature, shooting wildlife
and seeing color in black and white. Steve Gilroy is the director of Alaska
Photo Tours and the Denali Overlook Inn. His career has embraced international
adventure travel, commercial outdoor photography, self-publishing and
photography workshops.
Breakout 12 - Can You Ask Them to Smile? Photographing Indigenous Cultures
Gerry Ellis
This seminar will explore how photographers can look past their preconceptions
when working with other cultures so that the imagery they create honors
the people with whom they are working. Gerry Ellis will also discuss cultural
obstacles and pitfalls photographers often face such essentials as communication
techniques and cross-cultural etiquette. In 1985, Gerry was selected by
the Aboriginal Cultural Founda-tion of Australia as the sole photographer
- and one of only four whites allowed - to document a rare Coroborree
Festival of 1,200 Aboriginal people. His photographs were a centerpiece
in the effort to awaken young Aborigines to the value of their culture.
Over the next decade and half, Gerry lived and worked on four other continents
and photographed many other cultures. His photographs and writing have
illustrated dozens of books, including America's Rainforest, The Outdoor
Traveler's Guide to Australia, Gorillas, Elephants and Penguins. His work
has appeared in major articles for international magazines including BBC
Wildlife, Natural History, Terre Sauvage, Audubon, GEO, Ranger Rick and
various National Geographic publications.
Breakout 13 - An Introduction to Photoshop 5.0 for Photographers
Charles Sleicher
Photographers and designers use Photoshop in different
ways. This seminar will focus on those Photoshop tools and procedures
that are of greatest interest to photographers. After an introduction
to Photoshop basics, three topics will
be discussed in more detail - color correction, making selections and
sharpening. Charles Sleicher's interest in natural
history and photography has led to publication in several books and magazines
since his retirement as a professor of engineering in 1991.
Breakout 14 - Stress Management / Ergonomics for Photographers
Dr. Eric Peper
Master stress and discomfort and mobilize your health. Discover how you
respond to stress, explore and learn strategies to mobilize health. Learn
quick procedures that can be done at work, home or "on the fly." Master
longer relaxation practices to regenerate body and mind. Professor and
Director of the Institute of Holistic Healing Studies at San Francisco
State University, Dr. Eric Peper is an international authority on stress
management and healthy work settings.
Breakout 15 - The Art & Science of Flash! Beyond Birthday Parties
Ralph Paonessa
Everything you wanted to know about flash for nature
photography - but were afraid to ask! You'll learn the
technical information you need, plus numerous nature
applications: multiple flash, high-speed flash for hummingbirds and stop-action,
fill flash and extenders, the outdoor studio, TTL, meters and the right
exposure every time. Ralph Paonessa is a professional nature photographer
with a scientific background and leads workshops and tours.
11:00am - 11:45am Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm Silent Auction's Closing Hour
Last chance to bid.
(Check results and collect your items at 1:30pm.)
1:30pm - 3:00pm Breakout Sessions Repeated
(See 9:00am - 10:30 am Session listings.)
3:00pm Exhibit Hall Closes
3:30pm - 4:30pm Keynote Address
A Lifetime of Photography -
A Conversation with Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
There are very few people to whom the term "Renaissance Man" could justifiably
be applied. Without question, Gordon Parks is one of them.
A native of Kansas, Parks is a photographer, author, poet, composer,
pianist and pioneer film director. His photojournalist images serve as
distinct markers in American history; among them are haunting images of
gang warfare in Harlem and turbulent Black Panther meetings. Yet he also
photographed fashion for Vogue and Glamour, and has made recent colorful
landscapes and still lifes that juxtapose color, light and shape. "I have
loved all of the various aspects of photography," Parks says. "They've
kept me alive and in pursuit of something special."
As Parks tells it, he took up photography in the late 1930s after he
found a magazine left behind by a passenger on a train. A portfolio inside
the magazine, documenting the terrible living conditions of migrant workers,
inspired him to buy his first camera, a Voightlander Brilliant, at a pawnshop
in Seattle. "I bought what was to become my weapon against poverty and
racism," he says.
In 1942, he became the first photographer to receive a
fellowship from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation and chose to work with
Roy Stryker at the photography section of the Farm Security Administration
(FSA), a government agency set up to call attention to the plight of the
needy during the Depression. It was there where Parks took his first professional
photograph, which he called "American Gothic." "I …asked Ella [Watson]
to stand before the American flag hanging from floor to ceiling, placed
the mop in her one hand, a broom in the other, then instructed her to
look into the lens." It became his signature image.
From 1949 until 1969, he worked as a Life photographer, producing 300
articles on a wide variety of subjects, including stories on social injustice,
gang violence, and poverty in the U.S., Brazil and Portugal. He was a
founder and editorial director of Essence magazine in the early 1970s.
His film career began in the 1960s with two documentaries, which he also
photographed for Life. In 1969 he produced, directed and wrote the screenplay
and the musical score for The Learning Tree, based on his early life in
Kansas. He then directed and wrote the classic score for Shaft, which
became a huge success in 1971. Many other films have followed, along with
sonatas, a symphony, a ballet and concertos. As an author and poet, he
has
published numerous books, many of them integrating his photography.
Among the many awards he has received, Parks is proudest of the NAACP's
highest award, the Spingarn Medal, and the Governor's Medal of Merit,
struck especially for him as Kansan of the Year in 1985. He has received
46 honorary degrees and schools and media centers have been named after
him. At age 88, he continues to photograph, write, compose, paint and
publish. A retrospective exhibition of his work is presently on tour in
the U.S., and a documentary of his life is scheduled to air in November
on HBO.
4:30pm - 6:00pm Free time
The evening's events include:
- Reception
- Student Presentation
- Banquet Address
- NANPA Foundation Presentations including:
Janie Moore Greene Scholarship Grant
Philip Hyde Grant
Russ Kinne Recognition Grant
- NANPA Award and Recognition Presentations
to the following:
- Corporate Members
- Fellows Award: Ralph Clevenger, Jeff Foott, Dan Krasemann, Frans Lanting,
David Metz and Gary Zahm
- Outstanding Service Award: Wendy Shattil
- Recognition Award: Stephen Maka
- Community Recognition Award:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Lifetime Achievement in Nature Photography Award: Freeman Patterson
- Outstanding Photographer of the Year Award:
Robert Glenn Ketchum
9:30pm - 10:30pm Banquet Address
What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: From Rock and Roll to Rocks and
Trees - The 60s to the Present
Robert Glenn Ketchum, Recipient of NANPA's Outstanding
Photographer of the Year Award
Ketchum's interest in photography began in college where he had the opportunity
to study with the very non-traditional photographer, Robert Heinecken.
Living in Los Angeles in 1966 was an exciting time and his first paying
jobs were photographing rock stars. In 1970, however, graduation and a
move to Idaho brought about an epiphany in his work. Throughout his entire
career, he has linked his work with environmental issues and successful
political action. This presentation will span the entire range of this
work, touching briefly on some of the imagery from the 60s, focusing in
greater detail on the larger and better known projects, and closing with
some recent examples of work done in China, where his imagery is being
used on silk and hand-embroided standing screens and wall hangings.
In the centennial edition of Audubon, the editors recognized 100 champions
of conservation "who shaped the environmental movement in the 20th century."
Included with such luminaries as John Muir, Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold
were three photographers - Ansel Adams, Roger Tory Peterson and Robert
Glenn Ketchum. Robert was also previously listed by American Photo magazine
as one of the 100 most important people in photography. His book, The
Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rain Forest, helped move the significant Tongass
timber reform legislation through Congress and for this he received the
United Nations Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award.
10:30pm Summit Closing
Darrell Gulin, Master of Ceremonies
Sunday: January 21, 2001
6:00am - 6:00pm Post-Summit Field Trip
Valley of Fire State Park / Lake Mead
Jim Clark, Steve Gilroy and Ruth Hoyt
(Separate registration required.)
8:00am, Jan. 21 - 6:00pm, Jan. 22 Post-Summit Field Trip
Death Valley
Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, Bob Rozinski and Wendy Shattil
(Separate registration required.)
9:00am - 12:00pm Post-Summit Workshops
Presented by NANPA and the Picture Agency Council of America (PACA)
A: The Business of Stock (simultaneous
workshops)
- Stock 101
David Brown, Cheryl Pickerell, Lonnie Schroeder
and Sonia Wasco
- Stock 102
Ben D'Andrea, Patrick Donehue, CoCo McCoy and Allen Russell
(Separate registration required.)
1:30pm - 5:00pm
B: The Future of Stock Photography
Jeff Burke, Jane Kinne, Eve Kloepper, Doug Segal, Sonia Wasco and Nancy
Wolff
(Separate registration required.)
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