{"id":35,"date":"2022-03-06T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T07:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/2022-3-6-what-is-it-with-man-and-nature\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T21:41:50","slug":"what-is-it-with-man-and-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/en\/news-items\/2022\/03\/06\/what-is-it-with-man-and-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"What is it with Man and Nature?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-107f8c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"107f8c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64ee997\" data-id=\"64ee997\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1436ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"1436ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-acffbc0 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/en\/news-items\/2022\/03\/06\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>March 6, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acab588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acab588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">I&#8217;m a nature photographer. Whenever I take my camera out I do it with open eyes, an open mind, and an open heart. I connect, I engage, I interact, and receive so much back.<\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Nature photographers come in many different shapes and sizes. We use photography in a documentary way to preserve what we have seen as accurately as possible. We see photography as an expressive art to convey our most personal and intimate feelings. We create abstractions of colour and shape designed to please the eye and trigger the imagination of our audience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6d3c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6d3c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest-1024x819.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1328\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest-1024x819.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest-500x400.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest-768x614.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest-1536x1229.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest-15x12.jpg.webp 15w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Winterforest.jpg.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Winter Forest \u00a9 Astrid Preisz 2022. All Rights Reserved.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93fb50a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93fb50a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">In whatever way we want to express ourselves as nature photographers, we have one thing in common: there is something out there that fascinates us, intrigues us, and moves us. If that wasn&#8217;t the case, wouldn&#8217;t we just go and take photos of something else?<\/p><p class=\"\">So, with this inherent fascination with whatever nature can be &#8211; the beauty, the ugliness, the ferocity &#8211; isn&#8217;t it the most natural thing in the world to preserve the central motivation for our work? One would think so.<\/p><p class=\"\">\u00a0And then we hear or read stories about &#8220;nature photographers&#8221; who trample flower fields, disturb breeding sites, bait animals &#8211; just to get the &#8220;perfect shot&#8221;.<\/p><p class=\"\">\u00a0What is it with man and nature? Why do we so light-heartedly and short-sightedly destroy what we ought to protect? How can we make photos of something we obviously find unique and beautiful and exciting enough to interact with, and at the same time have so little respect for it that we don&#8217;t hesitate to harm or destroy it?<\/p><p class=\"\">\u00a0Is it the money? Is it the fame? Is it the thousands of likes on Instagram?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88653b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88653b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1329\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek-1024x768.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek-500x375.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek-768x576.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek-1536x1152.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek-16x12.jpg.webp 16w, https:\/\/naturefirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Creek.jpg.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Creek \u00a9 Astrid Preisz 2022. All Rights Reserved. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9767587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9767587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">For me, being out in nature does not necessarily mean visiting epic places of obvious beauty. For me being out in nature mostly means discovering the anonymous and hidden treasures &#8211; a little stream, water jumping over rocks, ice on a puddle, a withered leaf, the pattern of lichen on a tree trunk.<\/p><p class=\"\">Whenever I engage with nature, I get my reward &#8211; not in the form of money for the perfect shot but in the form of healing, happiness, and peace. What is a photo worth if the experience behind it hasn&#8217;t touched my mind and soul? To preserve this world for all its inhabitants, including humankind, we can never be nature&#8217;s masters but must be its servants, its steward, and protectors.<\/p><p class=\"\">\u00a0<strong><em>I&#8217;m a nature photographer and for me nature will always come first.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a nature photographer. Whenever I take my camera out I do it with open eyes, an open mind, and an open heart. I connect, I engage, I interact, and receive so much back. Nature photographers come in many different shapes and sizes. 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