November 24th 2008
Concours International de la Photo Animalière et de de Nature 2008
Over the past years I have heard a lot about a special nature photography festival in France. It is held in the end of November, at the arrival of thousands of Cranes at the Lac du Der nearby the festival in the village of Montier-en-Der. During the festival you see and hear cranes flying over the village of Montier-en-Der, giving the festival a very special atmosphere. This is the biggest nature photography festival in the world with 83 photo exhibitions and more than 35.000 people visiting in 2008.
This year was the first year for me to visit the festival and to participate in the prestious international photo competition that is organised anually. And to my surprise this first year I was awarded with the first price in the bird category.
For more information about the annual festival, take a look at:
www.festiphoto-montier.org
October 1st 2008
Argus 2008
After becoming overall winner of the Argus Photographer of the Year competition in 2007, expectations for this year's competition are high. Fortunately Argus just announced that two of my submissions reached the finals and therefore I am still in the running for becoming this year's Argus Photographer of the Year. All finalists can be viewed at their website:
www.Argusmilieu.be
Winners will be announced december 12th during the International festival for nature photography in Bornem (Belgium)
September 17th 2008
ICF Pro-Tour results
ICF fosters conservation of wildlife through sustainable development, using the power of photography to integrate art, education, and natural history. ICF hosts the Pro-Tour, the world's richest nature photography tournament, featuring international nature photographers randomly teamed with regional landowners. The 2008 Pro-Tour of Nature Photography: Coastal Bend of Texas took place during the month of April, 2008.
Last month ICF proudly announced the winning Landowner / Photographer teams from the 2008 Pro-Tour. And I'm happy to announce that the JHA-ranch/Doest-Photography team was among the winners. Ten of my photographs were among the best 100 competition images and the overal portfolio reached a fifth place.
More information can be found at: www.imagesforconservation.org
May 1st 2008
ICF Pro-Tour 2008
The ICF Pro-Tour of Nature Photography (Pro-Tour) is a conservation event created to communicate the great diversity and majesty of wildlife living on the private lands of North America.
The primary purpose of the Pro-Tour is to plan, develop and promote the Private Lands Nature Photo Tourism Industry. The development of a thriving industry of nature photography will provide economic incentives for private landowners to conserve habitat.
The Pro-Tour has selected 20 landowners from the Coastal Bend of Texas. The ranches were randomly matched with 20 international professional nature photographers (including Jasper Doest) for an intensive world-class tournament that took place from April 1st until April 30th, 2008.
The intent of the competition is to produce the finest photographs that convey the value of nature, the importance of habitat conservation and the creation of regional biological inventories. Through these images, people everywhere can visually partake in the exciting, enchanting and spiritual world of nature.
More information can be found at: www.imagesforconservation.org
