Ep35 - Mary Anne Karren: Having Empathy For The Subjects We Photograph | Wildlife Photography

Mary Anne is an American wildlife photographer, best known for her bird images photographed at the Great Salt lake. She shares why birds are of particular interest to her, how she immerses herself in the scene when creating her images, as well as how she has developed empathy for her subjects. Mary Anne is on a mission to use her photography to raise awareness about the importance of the lake for migrating birds and how the changing climate is very quickly decreasing it's water level.
Topics Covered
Journey into photography
Her love for wildlife photography
Enjoying activities in nature
Seeing ourselves in animals
Why she photographs birds particularly
Photographing what’s readily available to her
Photographing the Great Salt Lake
Noticing climate change within the lake
The importance of the Great Salt Lake for birds
Immersing herself in the lake to make her images
How therapeutic she finds it being at the lake
The adventure of wildlife photography
Taking students out to the lake
Nothing makes her stop and observe more than photography
How photography gives her a greater appreciation for nature
Her camera being being a tool to help her connect
Why she loves using a telephoto lens
Photographing birds personalities
Having empathy with her subjects
Why she wants to save the lake
Local action to raise awareness about the lake
Why she never gets bored of photographing the same place
The excitement of never knowing what you’ll see
Learning to create videos to complement her photos
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[@jdhawk1ns]

Great podcast. Just love 'being still and letting nature come past'! Something I have not done in years and must get back to. Thanks for sharing this.

[@daniellegrandpa]

What a great podcast, Mary Anne is very interesting, I love her excitement of what she does. I just looked at her gallery on her site, and her photo's are beautiful, and amazing.

[@PhotographicConnections]

Her photos certainly are beautiful! Thank you for watching :)

[@dennispenton2052]

My time enjoyably spent listening to you both.

[@barryhiggott9458]

Wow this one has really hit home with the loss of habitat and the effects on wildlife. On a similar note I was out on the coast last week and I took a little time to photograph a Curlew, another photographer asked why I was bothering photographing such a common bird. Sadly he had no idea that it was on the RSPB’s red list for endangered species, once they’re gone that’s it there’s no coming back.