Celebrate Nature Photography Day

Get your phones and cameras ready. Thursday, June 15, is Nature Photography Day, the day the North American Nature Photography Association and millions of photography lovers celebrate nature with photography.

The National Day Calendar website recommends you celebrate nature by:

• Taking a guided tour through a local preserve.

• Visiting a botanical garden.

• Going bird watching.

• Visiting a national park.

• Watching a sunset or sunrise.

• Visiting a lake, river, or the ocean.

Most of us have cell phones that take great pictures, so you don't need a fancy DSLR camera. Many of the photos below were taken with my iPhone.

If you are busy or unable to celebrate Nature Photography Day by taking pictures, enjoy some of my photos below or visit some of the sights I've provided of famous nature photographers. Arthur Morris, a photographer listed below, says one of the best ways to become a better photographer is to look at photos.

Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark has thousands of close-up photos of vanishing species. Sartore, a National Geographic Photographer and Speaker, founded the Photo Ark, a groundbreaking effort to document species before they disappear—and to get people to care while there’s still time.

Or click on some of these famous photographers (thanks to Richard Wong Photography for his list of the 10 most influential photographers of all time. I learned about nature photographers Phillip Hyde, Arthur Morris, and John Shaw on Wong's site.)

• Daniel Buckscott – based in Juneau, Alaska – landscapes and wildlife

• Clyde Butcher – black and white the Ansel Adams of today

• Phillip Hyde – Sierra Club photographer, Landscapes including black & white

• Robert Glenn Ketchum – landscapes

• Mangelsen – landscapes and wildlife

• Arthur Morris – birds as art

• John Shaw - landscapes and wildlife

Finally, here are a few of my nature photos. Unfortunately, I lost over 1/2 of my photos five years ago when my external hard drive crashed. Fortunately, many of them survived. Enjoy

Nature Photography - 2014 - Mother Otter & Baby, Northwest Passage, Alaska, Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Nature Photography - 2004 - Sunset over Ulurlu, Australia - Canon Power Shot 400

Nature Photography - 2007 - Brice Canyon National Park, Utah - Canon EOS Digital Rebel

"A hell of a place to lose a cow." Mormon pioneer Ebenezer Bryce

Nature Photography - 2015 - Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, Canada - Panasonic DSLR

Nature Photography - 2015 -Peacock, Cuba - Panasonic DSLR

Nature Photography - 2004 - Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand - Canon PowerShot 400

Nature Photography - 2004 - Ibis in Honolulu Hawaii - Canon Power Shot 400

Nature Photography - 2015 Bee on Allium in Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia - Panasonic DSLR

Nature Photography - 2010 - Badger - Madison, Wisconsin Zoo - Canon Power Shot SD850 IS

Nature Photography - 2007 - Bison, Bear Country, Rapid City, South Dakota - Canon Power Shot SD850 IS

Nature Photography-2015 - Siproeta stelenes (malachite) butterfly. Butterfly Museum, Niagara on the Lake.

Notice the resemblance of the butterfly to the leaf - iPhone 6plus

Nature Photography - 2014 - Bear with Salmon, Alaska Northwest Passage - Canon EOS Digital Rebel

Nature Photography-2023 - Naples, FL. Love how the turtle is tottering on the rock with her legs splayed out. - iPhone 13

Nature Photography - 2014 - Flight to Las Vegas - iPhone 4S