Robert Smith
Robert is a wildlife biologist and outdoor photographer who began carrying a camera in the field over 35 years ago. He currently lives in coastal Mississippi and is the Coastal Program Coordinator for Wildlife Mississippi where he works with private landowners. He has worked with and photographed a broad variety of southeastern flora and fauna. The pictures he initially started taking for documentation and personal enjoyment grew into seminars, magazine articles, fine artwork, commissioned shoots, and photography workshops.
You can see some of Robert’s work at www.photobiologist.com and you can contact him at rsmith@wildlifemiss.org.
Donna Bush
Donna Bush is an accomplished photographer, writer, animal and nature-lover, yoga instructor and computer programmer. She has gone from protecting our country’s cyber-data to becoming an award-winning photographer and writer.
Donna grew up in rural Laurel, Mississippi in the 1960’s and graduated from University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S in Computer Science. Eventually her work career brought her from Texas back to Mississippi, then to Louisiana and USDA-NFC-Michoud. It was there in the early 1990’s that her passion for photography was born. Photography provided a break from computers and gave her alone time outdoors with wildlife, nature, and her camera. Donna has pursued her passions of photography, nature and writing and is a contributing writer and photographer for Slidell Magazine.
Donna’s work in Slidell Magazine (and beyond) has won numerous prestigious awards from SEOPA (Southeastern Outdoor Press Association), LOWA (Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association) and photography shows across the region. She was the 2019 Press Club of New Orleans (PCNO) winner for BEST CONTINUING COVERAGE and the 2020 PCNO winner for BEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE REPORTING. She was also the 2020 PCNO winner for BEST MULTI-FEATURE PHOTO. You can visit her on Facebook at Donna Bush Photography, Natural Reflections Yoga, LLC, or contact her by email at donna.bush@yahoo.com.
