Tag: NANPA Expressions

It’s Showtime!

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This photo of monarch butterflies was a Top 250 image in last year's Showcase. (It was also a winner in Nature's Best Backyards contest. ) Photo © Tom Haxby.
This photo of monarch butterflies was a Top 250 image in last year’s Showcase. (It was also a winner in Nature’s Best Backyards contest. ) Photo © Tom Haxby.

From the President: Tom Haxby

It is always amazing to look back through my collection of older NANPA Expressions magazines (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019) featuring the top 250 photos from the Showcase competition for that year. I may be missing a few years in my collection, but I am sure the photos in those years are incredible too. NANPA has a lot of really, really talented photographers and I am always in awe of the award-winning nature images our members capture. Occasionally, I have been fortunate to have an image place in the top 250 and I always enjoy seeing my photograph along with all of the other spectacular photos.

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Top Six Tips for Choosing Winning Images for Photo Contests

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Time to get your entries ready for NANPA's 2020 Showcase Competition.
Time to get your entries ready for NANPA’s 2020 Showcase Competition.

In a photo contest, everybody wants their entry to win. So, what can you do to maximize your chances of having one (or more) of your photos chosen for recognition in NANPA’s 2020 Showcase Photo Competition or, for that matter, any other photo competition?

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5 Photography Resolutions for the New Year

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Danae Wolfe shows how you can do "Macro on a Budget" in an upcoming NANPA webinar.

Danae Wolfe shows how you can do “Macro on a Budget” in an upcoming NANPA webinar.

Have you made your resolutions for 2019?  What will you be doing to grow as a photographer and improve the quality of your work?

We all can find ourselves in a rut.  Maybe you’re shooting the same subjects, in the same way, at the same places.  Maybe your inspiration or creativity feels tapped out.  Maybe you’ve hit a plateau and your photography isn’t improving like it used to.

January is a purely arbitrary time to reassess your photography, but it’s something we should all do every so often.  So, why not a set of New Year’s resolutions?

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Expressions 2018 Is Here!

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The North American Nature Photography Association produces an annual print/digital publication called Expressions.  The journal highlights the top 250 photographs from the NANPA Showcase competition held each year.  The 2018 edition of Expressions is now available.

The digital version is available free of charge to all current NANPA members.  Simply go to the NANPA website and log into the Members’ Area and click the “Expressions” link.  From this page, you can download the magazine for each year back to 2011.

A magazine-quality printed version of Expressions is available via the MagCloud link on the webpage.  The print version is a beautiful publication to add to your collection, and you can enjoy it without having to be online.

NANPA Expressions is among the highest-quality annuals devoted to nature photography.  We hope you’ll check it out soon!

David Lester

 

 

 

Pre-Order NANPA Expressions 2017

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2017showcasecollectionpromoComing soon…NANPA Expressions 2017

 NANPA Expressions 2017 highlights the top 250 photographs from the 2017 NANPA Showcase competition. This high-quality, printed, perfect-bound journal displays the very best photographs selected from thousands of submissions by a jury panel of industry professionals.

Images are arranged by submission categories: Mammals, Birds, Scapes, Macro/Micro, Altered Reality

Pre-order price: $25

After 1/6/17: $32

Pre-order your printed copy today.

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