HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM NANPA!

Welcome to the third issue of NANPA's Summit Email Newsletter. NANPA wants to take this opportunity to wish everyone happy holidays. We hope this is a special season for you and your family. It truly is a season to celebrate and appreciate many things. NANPA would like to thank its members for their support.

SUMMIT REGISTRATION REMINDER!

The Early Bird Deadline has been extended to 5pm MST on Monday, December 27th.  Please send your registration in as soon as possible to receive your $100 discount!

 

SUMMIT SPOTLIGHT CORNER:


 Attending the Summit on a Budget 

Do you want to go to the Summit, but think you can't afford it? Because NANPA does not want anyone to miss this spectacular event, we have ways for you to cut costs.

  • The discounted room rate for the Annual Summit at the Westin is $104 single/double (that's more that $100 off their standard room rate)
  • Let us help you arrange to have a roommate and it will only cost you $52 a night! Contact the NANPA office for a list of others looking for roommates.
  • Save $100 dollars by registering for the Summit by Friday, December 27. After that the registration fee for members goes from $395 to $495.
  • Holiday bills got you down? Can't pay for your entire registration fee at once? NANPA offers you a payment plan for the registration fees.
  • Become a member! You will save on registration, field trips, and workshop fees. Plus, you get all the great benefits of being a NANPA member.


Breakout Session 15 - Critique Panel
Deadline extended! Get your images submitted by Monday, December 20, for inclusion in this Summit session.

Submit your images, two maximum per member, for consideration to be critiqued. The images must be in JPEG (RGB) format at a maximum resolution of 1024x768 and 96dpi. Image file size may not be greater than 256KB, so adjust your "quality" setting accordingly when producing the images for submission.

Go to http://www.nanpa.org/conferences/Summit2005/critique-photos.php to upload your photos.

REGISTRATION NEWS

SOLD OUT EVENTS:
Members' Slide Show Participants - Registration Closed
Members' Showcase - Registration Closed
Backyard Birds - Wed (6:30am-2:30pm)
Backyard Birds - Wed (11:00am-7:00pm)

Sold Out Reviewers:
Gary Braasch - Portfolio and Editorial
Danita Delimont - Portfolio
Robert Folz - Portfolio
Kris Hanneman - Portfolio and Editorial
Jain Lemos - Portfolio
John Nuhn - Editorial
David Ross - Portfolio
Susan Soroko - Portfolio
Bonnie Stutski - Editorial

Portfolio and Editorial Reviews
Additional reviewers have been added.  See the website for their bios and schedules.

Hotel Information:
Have you made your hotel reservations at the Westin? The deadline to receive the discounted rate is December 24. You can now make your reservations online through the NANPA website and still receive the discounted rates. Make your reservations now!

MEET Keynote Speaker
Tim Laman

Tim Laman is a field biologist and wildlife photographer with a special interest in exploring the diversity of life in the tropics.  He received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1994 for research on strangler fig trees and their associated wildlife in the rain forest canopy in Borneo.  This research gave him opportunities for climbing big trees and exploring and photographing life at the top.  Since publishing his first article about Borneo's canopy in National Geographic in 1997, Tim has become a regular contributor to the magazine.  He is also a lifelong diver who almost became a marine biologist.  Half of Tim's assignments now focus on tropical coral reefs where he finds the diversity of life equally as fascinating as the rain forest.

Canopy to Coral Reef: Exploring Tropical Diversity with a Camera
How do you tackle an assignment to photograph a place as diverse as a rain forest or coral reef?  Tim Laman will share with us some of his favorite images and stories from more than ten National Geographic assignments to tropical regions of the world.  Tim tries to match the diversity of life in the tropics with a diversity of photographic approaches.  He shoots everything from insects at three times life size to birds and primates, and he uses everything from remote cameras on game trails to blinds in the canopy.  He enjoys the challenges of near-impossible assignments such as photographing gliding animals, mostly at night.  And whether he is in the rain forest on a coral reef or in northern Japan in winter, Tim tries to push his photography beyond pure documentation into the artistic realm.  Documentation is important, especially of threatened and disappearing species, but to motivate people to care for our planet, photography has to do more than just inform.  It also must inspire, and Tim will share his thoughts on the important role of nature photography in this process.

Question:
Will audio recordings of the presentations be available for purchase? 
Answer:
Yes, many of the Summit sessions are being recorded. Audio recordings may be ordered in cassette and CD format from the NANPA Audio Recording Sales Desk or pick up an order form at the NANPA Registration Desk from Tuesday through Sunday. Orders placed at the Summit do receive a discounted price. All other audio or video recording is prohibited.  Continue learning by taking home some of these valuable presentations!

Question:
Is there a dress code for the Summit and the Awards Banquet?
Answer:
The dress code for the Summit is casual to business casual. If attending any field trips, you will want to dress appropriately as indicated in the trips' descriptions. Although there is not a formal dress code for the Awards Banquet, those attending usually dress up.

 

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