Nancy Camel retired as the director of a non-profit organization to "follow her bliss" and become a full-time professional nature photographer and writer in 1999. She studied with top nature photographers through the Rocky Mountain School of Photography and with Art Morris of Birds As Art.
She has photographed across north America, Germany, Ireland and spent four months working and photographing at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
Nancy has written a book with photographs entitled "The Nature of Things at Lake Martin" about a nature preserve in south Louisiana. The book is about the birds, the environment and the people of this special place that at one time featured one of the most impressive and accessible wading bird rookeries in all of North America. The book was the result of six years of observation, interviews and photography.
In the spring of 2006 the colorful wading birds suddenly abandoned the rookery over a three-day period. It is believed the departure was the result of lack of food due to hurricanes below Lake Martin, low water and human harassment. Some of the birds returned during the spring of 2007.
In addition Nancy's work has been published in "Birds and Bloom" magazine, "National Wildlife Magazine," "Outdoor Photographer," "Louisiana Life" magazine and Audubon calendars.
Specialties include action shots of wading and marsh bird behavior in natural settings, including courtship displays, breeding, nest-building, feeding, social interaction, raising young, fledging, flying. South Louisiana scenics, waterscapes and wildflowers. Small/large mammals. Dramatic and extracted landscapes, patterns in nature and geological formations.
Equipment includes Canon 30D/20D cameras and 28 - 135mmIS, 100-400mmIS and 500mm f.4IS lenses.
