June 13, 2013 Program- Nature’s Gifts with Russ Burden

Description:
Russ Burden will present “Nature’s Gifts.” The show is a mixture of scenic and wildlife photos from his travels. Wildlife and landscape images are interspersed and vary in subject matter from macro shots of butterflies to grand scenics along the Oregon coast. Included are panoramas, large mammals, birds, landscapes from the South West along with many other of Russ’s favorites. The show is a twenty minute escape into the visual world of nature.

Bio:
Russ is the owner of Russ Burden Nature Photo Tours and runs workshops around the country to the best locations at the times they appear in their utmost glory. His stock work is sold through Getty Images and often shows up in magazines and advertisements around the world.
Russ writes The Tip of the Week for the Outdoor Photographer website. He also writes a weekly Photo Tip and a monthly Photoshop column for Take Great Pictures.com. Russ teaches classes of all levels for the Digital Photo Academy in addition to writing all the curriculums for the national program. Russ has been published numerous times in Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, and Petersen’s PHOTOgraphic. He has two books to his credit. Russ is a multiple time winner of the prestigious Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Award in the Art In Nature category in addition to the Backyard Habitat category. He also won Highly Commended honors in a number of other categories. As a result, his images have appeared in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.