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News & Views
News & Views will serve as my conduit to share with you my experiences exploring some of my favorite places around the country. In addition to updating you on the latest happenings in my world, each section will explore, provide, or offer tips, techniques, or stories that I hope you find enjoyable, thought-provoking or useful. Each section below will offer up what I have learned as a father, photographer, naturalist and kid growing up in the southern Appalachians.
Lessons for the Heart
Through my 35 plus years as a nature photographer and wildlife ecologist, I have learned that what I’ve experienced from peering through the viewfinder parallels many of life’s lessons my mother taught me over the years. In this section I will share some of these lessons for life with you.
Mountain Memories
There has been no better place for me to learn about nature, photography, and life than during my days living in and exploring my home state of West Virginia. In this section, I will share stories of my life living here and celebrating all that is wonderful about Almost Heaven.
Notes from the Field
One of the most enjoyable aspects of nature photography is that it gets me into this wonderful world of nature. A surprise or two will also be discovered around each corner of the trail or bend in the road. This section will offer up the latest experiences I’ve had exploring nature.
The Nature of Nature Photography
The more you know about nature, the better you become as a nature photographer. As a wildlife ecologist, I am more interested in what is happening in nature than what I am actually photographing. This section provides tidbits of natural history and ecology that I hope you will find helpful.
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Chincoteague Waterfowl Weekend October 19th, 2011
I'll be doing two programs at the annual Waterfowl Weekend event held at Chincoteague National Wildlfie Refuge from November 25 - 27. On Friday, November 25, I'll be presenting my program: "Spirit of Place: Portraits of Life at the refuge's Bateman Educational Center. The program... [Read More] | | | Spring News from Jim Clark Photo May 9th, 2011
I've added a new gallery of images to the website: Eastern Shore Spring 2011. I had a great week of photographing a variety of shorebirds and beach scenes this past May.
The big news this spring is that Carson and I finally finished our second book in the Adventures of Buddy... [Read More] | | | Lessons from the Marsh - Part II
One of my heroes in the conservation field is Harvard professor E.O. Wilson. He just seems to have it right each time he writes about our connection and relationship to the natural world. And he’s very eloquent about it, too.
One of my favorite Wilson quotes is “When you have... [Read More] | | | December News for Jim Clark Photo December 13th, 2010
The autumn workshops season ended a few weeks ago and I'm now busy editing images and preparing my schedule for the 2011 season. The workshops were fun and memorable and I must say, it was just as energizing and inspirational for me as I hope it was for the participants. I have posted... [Read More] | | | Lessons from the Marsh December 9th, 2010
Lessons from the Marsh – Part I: Going beyond f stops & shutter speeds
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One of my favorite quotations comes from a dear friend and colleague of mine, nature photographer Karen Hollingsworth: "There is no place like springtime in the marsh. I like to just sit back... [Read More] | | | Summer News
I just posted my first article in the Nature of Nature Photography under my News & Views. It will also appear in Rob Sheppard's blog "nature and photography.com. " Rob is former senior editor for Outdoor Photographer Magazine and is the author/photographer of more than 30 books. Rob... [Read More] |  | | Understanding Nature July 26th, 2010
Anyone who has attended my nature photography workshops knows that I’m a naturalist first and photographer second. This stems from my childhood days using a pair of binoculars and the Peterson field guides to explore and roam the mountains surrounding my home in southern West... [Read More] | | | July 26th, 2010
| | | My Child in the Woods – Part I
Each summer my son Carson and I take off on a week-long journey in June to explore some of our favorite places in West Virginia. This is a time for father and son to take it easy, discover new things, eat what we want, and spend time as best buddies.
This past June we visited the usual... [Read More] |  | | My Child in the Woods – Part II
In 2006, I was invited to be the close-out speaker at a conference at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The conference theme – Reconnecting People to Nature - was focused on why there has been a rapid decline in people’s interest and... [Read More] |  | | My Child in the Woods - Part III
There has not been a time in my life where I wasn’t in love with nature. From my pre-school days playing with toy animals and those 100 piece farm sets complete with farm animals and a metal barn, to my first set of binoculars and my very first copy of Roger Tory Peterson’s Field... [Read More] |  | | My Child in the Woods – Part IV
From the moment he was born, our son Carson has been witness to the amazing world of nature. From bird banding, to hiking in West Virginia, to crawling into an abandoned wolf’s den in Yellowstone, and now, helping me with my nature and photography programs, Carson has had lots of fun. Sure,... [Read More] |  | | My Child in the Woods – Part V
One of the most enjoyable aspects of nature photography is that it gets me out into this wonderful world. A surprise or two will also be discovered around each corner of the trail or bend in the road. Mountain Memories will serve as my conduit to share with you my experiences exploring some of my... [Read More] |  | | Life's Lesson Through the Viewfinder
Through my 30 plus years as a nature photographer, I have learned that what I’ve experienced from peering through the viewfinder parallels many of life’s lessons my mother taught me over the years. I would like to share with you just a couple of tidbits of photography wisdom that I... [Read More] |  | | Through a Child's Eye
Growing up in the remote region of southern West Virginia was never a challenge for me. I never complained about the lack of anything to do. Instead, the mountains surrounding home became my mentors, beckoning me to explore their ridgelines, to hike their valleys, and to unravel as many of their... [Read More] |  | | The Story of the Mason Jar
The Mason jar is as much a symbol of West Virginia as the dulcimer, a jar of apple butter, or a fog-draped August morning. There’s nothing fancy about them, but in these mountains, the Mason jar never outlives its usefulness.
Mason jars are still used for canning beans, beets,... [Read More] |  |
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