By Tara Lohan To be a good wildlife photographer, you need an expertly trained eye. But good ears help, too. Melissa Groo learned that early on. Her unconventional path to become an award-winning wildlife photographer began with listening. Spurred by a deep curiosity about the way animals communicate, she left a job in Ohio focused […]
By Tara Lohan To be a good wildlife photographer, you need an expertly trained eye. But good ears help, too. Melissa Groo learned that early on. Her unconventional path to become an award-winning wildlife photographer began with listening. Spurred by a deep curiosity about the way animals communicate, she left a job in Ohio focused […]
Summer has officially come to an end. Luckily, EcoWatch is here to keep its memory alive by sharing the winners of our “Best of Summer” photo contest. For our third ever photo contest, we at EcoWatch broke the competition into two parts: one Judges’ Choice, selected by a talented team of activists, photographers, adventurers and […]
By Lisa Moore Imagine yourself, camera in hand, suddenly spotting a grazing elk, a hummingbird feeding its chicks, a grizzly charging a rival or a bumble bee gathering pollen. You want the shot, but how do you get it without disturbing the natural behavior of the beautiful animal you’re hoping to capture through your lens? […]
Human’s impact on planet Earth is huge. Thanks to the work of environmentalist and photographer, J Henry Fair, we can now get a bird’s-eye view of the world’s ever-increasing demand for energy, eating habits and rampant consumerism that are degrading our planet. Fair’s new book, Industrial Scars, The Hidden Costs of Consumption, shows the effects […]
By Clara Chaisson What on Earth have you photographed? This open-ended question, asked annually by the BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition, invites predictably diverse submissions: A leopard prowling around Mumbai’s Aarey Milk Colony, a Chilean volcano’s violent eruption, and the surprisingly peaceful relationship between a blackfish and a venomous Portuguese man o’ war, just to […]