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Using your smartphone to capture nature’s beauty? This movement is for you, too!

Nature First is a global movement that wants to bring in nature photographers of all stripes. And that includes, specifically, all of you who capture nature’s beauty primarily through a smartphone camera. Read on to see how Nature First and our principles apply to you — and then go take the pledge today!

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Sarah Marino in On Landscape: “7 Principles to Reduce the Individual & Collective Impact of Nature Photography on Wild Places”

Nature First founding member Sarah Marino just published a new story in the online landscape photography magazine “On Landscape” — and we wanted to share it with all of you. “On Landscape’s Issue 180 features an intimate meditation from Joe Cornish on environmentalism, photography, and responsibility. Joe’s article ends with a request for readers to share

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Nature First – An Introduction

This area six miles back from the trailhead had been trampled by far too many feet. But why had they been to this remote location? How did they even know about it? It then dawned on me, causing me to feel almost ill: I had published numerous photos of this area, shared the location online, and then told everyone who asked where this area could be found. The flowers were gone because of me. Unwittingly I had helped to destroy one of the most beautiful fields of flowers to be found in Rocky Mountain National Park.

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