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Soft rays of sun surge via the evergreen boughs, and just a look is enough to thrill photographer Tom Jacquemin and for him every picture is a memory, it is a time capsule of history, place and emotion. Sixty-nine year old Tom has been tinkering with different cameras for the past fifty five years. His love with film begun in the year 1957 at the Leland Jr. High in Bethesda when Jacquemin took a darkroom photography class. Film as well as other equipments were very expensive, but Tom’s father gave him a new camera anyway, helping his son’s new love. His hobby evolved further when he turned into a photographer for hisnewspaper and yearbook of high school.

But tom did not selected photography as his career. Instead, tom took an elementary education degree as well as taught in southern Oregon for 9 long years. Eventually, he turned to counseling that he practiced for twenty one years in Sherwood elementary as well as middle schools.

That time photography took a backseat, but Tom never let go of his camera. When tom retired in the late 1990s, he started selling his photography work at the farmers markets. Tom told that when someone would come look at his snaps photos, he would ask them if they really wanted to listen to the story why he took it. This allowed him to share some of his story and for them to tell him part of theirs, if they wanted.

Oh yes, you are right, It is BWPA time once again. It suggests that this is really an ideal time to excuse yourself from your busy work schedule and go out with with your camera to hold some magnificent moments of the natural world in the United Kingdom – starting from fields to forests to skies and seas.

British Wildlife Photography Awards of this year started on 1st February, and this is not just a scope to win a prestigious photography title, but also a 1st prize of £ 5000 cash as well as among other prizes on offer. Commended entrants and winners will also have their pictures showcased in a touring exhibit and later in the year a stunning book will also be released.

The BWPA event is open to all shoutterbugs practising in the United Kingdom, professional or amateur. This year there are twelve categories, including two new: one is ‘Botanical Britain’ that specifically focusing on algae, trees, plants, fungi and flowers; and the other one is ‘Natural Details’ that is all about feting nature’s beauty up close.

Specific awards will also be given to young photographers, and again there is a video section too. And the WWF is also happy to be one of the sponsors of the British Wildlife Photography Awards again this year.

Full details about all categories, how to enter, the prizes, be found on the British Wildlife Photography Awards website. 4th May is the closing date for entries.

Rhona Anderson, an amateur wildlife photographer, will help aspiring photographers in a wildlife photography workshop that will take place at the Kailzie Gardens, Peebles on 2nd December on Sunday.

The beginners’ program is actually a part of KLAWED project that targets to boost people to relish the regions’ wildlife, as well as raising their engagement with flora and fauna with photography and film at the same time.

Rachel McAleese, the project officer told that a lot of people would love wildlife photography, but they are scared about the fact that it would be technical and expensive. KLAWED program look to make this more affordable and accusable for everyone. The focus of the whole project would be on photography.

Sunday’s program will look at staging field craft, composition, shots as well as cheap ways to click better pictures; whereas the 2nd program – Wildlife Photography for DSLR’s and Improvers, on 8th December on Saturday – will have a more technical approach. The 2nd program will be led by Steve Sloane, an award winning photographer.

A photographer form Waseca recently told that her inspiration for photography was her dad. When she was just 9 years old, her dad would take snaps and develop those pictures in the dark room. Since that point of time she always wanted to take pictures like her dad. Her dad’s favorite was flowers whereas her favorite was sunsets. After her dad paseed away, her mother gave her all her dad’s photography albums.

Comox Valley’s well known conservationist and photographer Steve Williamson is the featured artist of this year’s Charles Dickens Christmas Craft Faire. He appends a whole lot of time working at the BC coast. When he gets time, he also works with the eco-tourism industry as well as the conservation charities.

Working with these establishments has served him to see numerous beautiful sites as well as wildlife demonstrated in his snaps. It has also let him to know several things about the beautiful scenery and amazing wildlife he was watching, while being able to offer back something to the environment and also the region he was working.

Steve is also a bear viewing guide and had guided several tours to see and capture wildlife. Today, photographing region’s wildlife and working for the betterment of the region has turned into his passion.
In October, Steve has became the winner for BC-SPCA Wild ARC 2012 Wildlife in Focus photography contest’s ‘Wild Settings’ category’s winner for his snap ‘Out Fishing’ that shows a grizzly bear coming after salmon.

Recently, he was launched from a trip working in the bush where he got numerous scopes to capture a wide variety of wildlife including birds, bears and wolves as well as dolphin, orca and whales.

In mid 2011, he unveiled his book called ‘Encounters!: The Wonders of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest’. It is a hundred page book featuring some great pictures he took along the BC coast. The book can be ordered online at stevewphotography.ca.