Pattie Logan is passionate about discovering places that inspire magical, emotional, and spiritual connections to nature. She is an Emmy Award winning TV producer and writer whose work features interesting humans, inspiring landscapes, and animals.
Pattie wrote the films that are shown in the visitor centers of Rocky Mountain National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She has been a reporter for CNN and TBS, covering environmental issues and solutions.
Pattie has a Master of Arts in American Studies from the University of New Mexico where she studied the complex relationship between people and nature.
She grew up primarily in Arizona and Colorado, meandering through desert washes and hiking up mountainsides, falling in love with the natural world.
Visit http://www.PattieLogan.com for her blog about connecting with nature.
Cheryl Opperman is a nationally acclaimed nature photographer who has traveled to every continent in the world capturing spectacular images of nature, wildlife, and indigenous cultures.
Her aesthetic compositions, artistic use of light, and exquisite detail have been honored with several prestigious awards from The Earth Day Network, Nature’s Best Photography, the International Photography Awards, and the National Wildlife Federation. She was also recognized as a leading female nature photographer by Outdoor Photographer Magazine in 2010.
Cheryl is widely published with photographs appearing in print, on the web, on television, and in solo and group exhibits. Some of her clients and credits include American Humane Association, Overseas Adventure Travel, Denver Post, National Geographic Society, and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Cheryl uses the power of photography to inspire interest in the environment and other cultures. She has spoken at schools, camera clubs, and for the National Park Service, and the North American Nature Photography Association.
In 1992, Cheryl earned a Bachelor of Arts in industrial/scientific photography from Brooks Institute of Photography, graduating with honors.
To order fine art prints of her work, visit CherylOpperman.com.
