For immediate release:
All amateur photographers are invited to submit photos they have taken at Crex Meadows in a contest to be judged at a Nature Photography Weekend August 2nd and 3rd, 2008. There will be 4 categories; Birds, Other Wildlife, Wildflowers/Plants (Flora), and Landscapes (with or without people in the scene) and each category will be divided into Youth (17 and under) and Adults. The photos must be submitted no later than July 1. The photos will be displayed for voting at a Nature Photography Weekend August 2nd. See our website for contest rules and submission guidelines.
The Nature Photography Seminar will take place August 2nd and 3rd, 2008 at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitor Center in Grantsburg , Wisconsin . Bring your digital cameras and learn how to best use them to take photos of wildlife and wildflowers. Experts will give presentations on basic digital camera skills and settings, photographing wildlife, and photographing wildflowers. Wisconsin DNR Wildlife Educator Chris Cold will be on hand with some owls and hawks to photograph, and time will be allotted for one-on-one hands-on learning. A free youth seminar will take place Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., led by Unity High School Biology teacher and avid photographer Brian Collins. The Saturday evening keynote address will be given by Dudley Edmondson, a freelance nature photographer based out of Duluth , MN . Reservations are required for this seminar, and a small fee will be charged. Please see the Crex Meadows website or call for more information.
We would also like to invite professional photographers and amateur videographers to submit their photos and 10-minute videos to us to display during the Nature Photography Weekend.
Contact Crex Meadows at 715-463-2739 or see our website at www.crexmeadows.org.
If you have any questions, please email or call. We would be glad to do interviews for human interest/outdoor news articles as well. I will re-send information about the Photography Seminar later in the summer as an upcoming event for community calendars.
Thanks!
Kim Dauer
Friends of Crex
Crex Meadows Wildlife Area
102 E Crex Ave
Grantsburg, WI 54840
715-463-2739
www.crexmeadows.org
information@crexmeadows.org.
