 Profile
THE FILE 250,000+ 35mm, 500,000+ digital images.
OVERVIEW National/international nature, wildlife and natural history. Wide variety of native and exotic flora and fauna of Africa, Amazon, Andes, Appalachians and mid-Atlantic. Travel files of Central and South America, Africa as well as national and provincial public lands. Extensive coverage of NPs and NWRs, including Hawaii’s Volcanoes, Haleakalah, Waimea Canyon, Kilauea Point NWR and many others.
NATURAL HISTORY Birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects. Wildflowers (common and Latin names), ferns, trees, wildlife gardens, cultivated varieties. Mushrooms. Scenics, biomes and habitats. Geology, geography. Tropical ecosystems, flora, fauna, habitats, scenics.
GENERAL STOCK Ecotourism, adventure travel. Birdwatching, boating, fishing, hunting. Families, kids' baseball, soccer. Nontraditional women's activities. Environmental pollution and testing, landfills, recycling. Agriculture, horticulture. Photomicrography. Travel files of Central and South America, Africa; national and provincial public lands, including indigenous people, scenics. Environmental education, ecotourism and ecological habitats.
SPECIALTIES Shenandoah NP-all angles, seasons, landscapes, tourism and wildlife. Similar coverage of mid-Atlantic and southeastern states, Appalachia, national and state parks, refuges and preserves, especially Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, Chincoteague, Eastern Shore, Okefenokee, Outer Banks. Wildflowers, birds (especially songbirds and warblers), neotropical migrants, small mammals, mushrooms, reptiles and amphibians, insects, fish. Ecosystems, geology, habitats, nature study, birdwatching, tourism. Large detailed files on most major national parks. Thorough Kenya and Tanzania files.
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS U.S.: Alabama, southern Appalachians, Arizona, Back Bay, Blackwater, Bombay Hook, Chesapeake Bay, Chincoteague and Okefenokee NWR, Colorado, Delaware, Dolly Sods, Eastern Shore, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, mid-Atlantic coast, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. Canada: Newfoundland, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Quebec. National Parks/Refuges: Acadia, Arches, Assateague, Badlands, Bryce, Chincoteague, Death Valley, Dinosaur, Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Great Smoky, Haleakalah, Jewel Cave, Kilauea Point, King’s Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Santa Ana, Sequoia, Shenandoah, Volcanoes, Waimea Canyon, Waterton, Wind Cave, Wright Brothers, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Carolinas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii (Big Island, Kauai, Maui), Maryland, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming. Latin America: Baja, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Galápagos Islands, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela. Africa: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania.
RECENT COVERAGE During the past two years we have written and photographed for eight new books for Falcon Press, Farcountry Press and Nature Pod. All were national parks books about baby animals, travel or general natural history. While writing these books and teaching photography for Canon, we had the opportunity to live within many of our national parks. We have extensive new material from Acadia, Arches, Badlands, Bryce, Death Valley, Dinosaur, Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Jewel Cave, King’s Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Sequoia, Shenandoah, Waterton Lakes, Wind Cave, Yellowstone, Yosemite and associated tourist areas. Coverage includes major habitats, flora, fauna, geology, park activities and ecotourism. We photographed many typical as well as rare and endangered species. Also we recently took nature photography students on trips to Assateague and Chincoteague NWR, Shenandoah National Park and to many parks in Belize. Rob grew up in southern Ontario and worked as a park naturalist at Rondeau Provincial Park. It was exciting to spend peak migration time in May photographing this phenomenon at Rondeau and Point Pelee NP. Of the many species which we photographed our most exciting photos had to be a very obliging Kirtland’s Warbler.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS During the summer, we will be traveling in our national parks working on more book projects. Parks will include Blue Ridge Parkway, Death Valley, Great Smoky Mountain, Joshua Tree, Shenandoah, and the parks of the Pacific Northwest. We were privileged to be the founding professional photographers for Canon’s Photography in the Parks program. This summer some of our former students will be working in this great program so we urge you to check the American Park Network and/or Canon’s website to find more specifics. Canon supplies its best cameras and lenses (including the big stuff you see at the Super Bowl) for use by the participants free of charge. Pro photographers teach the small groups professional outdoor and nature photo techniques in a spectacular national park environment, all for free. Class participants are encouraged to enter the Canon/American Park Network photo contest which includes some fantastic prizes, including trips and equipment. We met many great friends through this program and hope to see some of you on our national parks adventures. In a few days we head for Death Valley and Joshua Tree for what appears to be a decent desert wildflower bloom. This year we will finish a book on Wildflowers of Shenandoah.
CREDITS Magazines: Adirondack Life, American Horticulturist, Audubon, Birder's World, Chevron Odyssey, Country Living, Defenders of Wildlife, Destinations, Duncraft, Equinox, Forbes, Harrowsmith, Islands, Living Bird, National Geographic, National Geographic KIDS, National Geographic Traveler, National Parks, National Wildlife, Natural History, Nature Conservancy, Ranger Rick, Season, Virginia Wildlife, Women in the Outdoors. Books: American Geographic, Audubon Guides, Camden House, Capstone Press, Chanticleer, Childrens Press, Chronicle, Grolier, Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin, Human Kinetics, KC Publications, Macmillan, Orange Tree Production, Rodale, Sierra Press, Stokes Nature Co., Wadsworth, Wiley, World. Author/Photographer: Pocket Guide to Yosemite National Park (Falcon Press, 2009); Pocket Guide to Yellowstone National Park (Falcon Press, 2009); Pocket Guide to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Falcon Press, 2009); Pocket Guide to Grand Teton National Park (Falcon Press, 2009); Shenandoah National Park IPod Nature Guide (Nature Pod, 2009); Born Wild in the Smokies (Farcountry Press, 2007); Shenandoah Simply Beautiful (Farcountry Press, 2007); Born Wild in Shenandoah (Farcountry Press, 2007); Birds of Shenandoah (Shenandoah Natural History Association, 1997); cover and major contributor to Birds of North America (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1996). Many scientific and lay articles on natural history subjects. Calendars: Audubon, Donihe Graphics, Dream Garden, Ducks Unlimited, Falcon, Impact, Landmark, Teldon. Other: Smithsonian website, advertising displays, CD-ROMs, murals, postcards, posters, prints, puzzles; selected for Roger Tory Peterson Institute Gallery show and tour.
RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS Husband and wife team; both college biology professors, teachers and writers. Extensive classroom and field teaching experience in photography, ecology and biology courses. National and international photo travel guides. Extensive international travel leading nature/photo tours. Ann and Rob were contest judges along with Lewis Kemper and Adam Jones for Canon's Photography in the Parks Photo Contest. The now famous Wimberley Head was conceived in our living room. One day David Wimberley was over and I made some unkind remarks when a 600mm lens crushed my fingers when it slammed forward on a ball head. David said I can make you something better than that. The rest is history. His partner and son, Clay, was one of my Nature Photography students and has gone on several trips with us. Clay, now an engineer, has forgiven his dad for disassembling his skate board to assemble the first Wimberley Head, is the inventor of the Sidekick www.tripodhead.com . If you are in any of our classes or trips you will get to use the various Wimberley inventions. The equipment they make is simply the tops in its class.
COMMENTS Prompt, full-time staff. Computerized submissions with scientific identifications and Latin names. Can do photomicrography for textbooks. Have done diverse assignment photography including major advertising campaigns. The Simpsons' professional background in wildlife and biology gives a thoroughness to their photography. They specialize in the rare, secretive and hard to photograph life on earth. We have written and done the photography for many books and articles on a wide variety of subjects.
NONEDITORIAL SERVICES If you are interested on going on one of natural history photo tours please email. We do not advertise them and they always fill up fast, just by word of mouth. If you would like to be put on an email notification list please email AnnRobSimpson@snphotos.com. Some of the international Natural History Photo Trips are offered as classes for college credit. Ann is head of the science department and in charge of the International Natural History Photography courses asimpson@lfcc.edu and Rob is head of the Outdoor and Nature Photography certificate program rsimpson@lfcc.edu. We are available for professional, enlightening and entertaining power point presentations on a wide variety of subjects. Our favorites are How to Shoot Like a Pro Nature Photographer and of course our National Parks but we can give very specific programs on anything from birds to the Fascinating world of fungi.
|
Ann & Rob Simpson
1932 E Refuge Church Rd. Stephens City VA 22655-9607 Phone: 540 869-2051 Fax: 540 869-2051 Email: annrobsimpson@snphotos.com Website: www.snphotos.com Contact: Ann & Rob Simpson
» Photographer's Bio |
