Welcome to the web presence for the Everglades Photographic Society (EPS). We are a community of photographers from Southeastern Florida that met each other on the Wakodahatchee or Green Cay boardwalks. We share a passion for photography and wanted to find a way to improve our skills, share techniques, and most of all help promote awareness of environmental concerns.

Up to now most web sites about nature photography have centered on two things, either showcasing a single photographer’s work, or the critique forum. This site aims to be different in that we would like to establish a community of fellow nature photographers to share images, ideas, and techniques. We hope that EPS will be the place for you to share and learn about nature photography and the environment.

This site is not a critique forum. Over the years we have come to realize that many photographers just starting out with nature photography are discouraged when their work is critiqued by veterans in the field. Discouragement potentially leads many to stop participating, or in the worst case, to stop taking pictures. Although there is a wealth of information that one can benefit from in critique forums, we realize that it does not work for everyone. So this site is for the rest of you. We want to encourage you to get out there, take more pictures, and fall in love with nature; because that is the best way for everyone to see why it is worth saving.

Over the coming months, we will be producing a series of lessons and videos to help you get started with photographing the natural world. In turn we invite you to join our flickr group and share your images or start a discussion. Drop us a note and tell us what it is you would like to learn more about, so we can tailor the content of this site for you, the reader. — Jay Paredes