Communication for nature photographers

This is a long one today, folks, because there is a lot to say about communication and how and why it fails. And I’m going to talk about it in the context of self preservation, or, if you prefer the term, nature conservation. Now, I know it’s not fashionable nowadays, but I try not to pontificate on things I have no experience of. This, as it happens though, is one that I do, although not always with great success. Fortunately, there are lessons to be learned from failure `and I’ve had a chance to learn a lot this way over the years.

If you’re wondering what all this has to do with photography, I’d say everything, really. Photography is the world’s universal language now, the most ubiquitous way of sharing ideas and experiences. So, I think it pays for you and me, as photographers to understand how to connect with the people we want to hear us and for you to learn from some of my mistakes.

Derek Jensen - perhaps your first exposure to a deep green activist? Proceed only if you have a strong stomach.

Neo-environmentalism in practice

Biodiversity loss

Damage caused by campers in Loch Lomond National Park, Scotland

The stages of grief

The concept of Zero

The Curse of Knowledge

Pushback against Net Zero

Rebranding conservation NGO’s

Rollback on Environmental Social Governance stance

Progressive indicator alternatives to GDP

Mission and local beliefs