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Jennifer Leigh Warner is an award winning wildlife, landscape and conservation photographer living in Central Texas and specializes in creating meaningful images that conveys a message of hope for the natural world.

Her passion for wildlife photography began at a very young age and with a degree in Communications and Photography from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University she began pursuing a full time career in nature photography directly out of college.

Jennifer was elected to the North America Nature Photography Association Board of Directors in 2023 and has been serving as the Chair of the Ethics Committee since 2018. She is also a certified Texas Master Naturalist, a Ambassador for Nature First and a mentor for the non-profit Girls Who Click, which encourages young girls to consider a career in conservation photography.

She is a Nikon Professional and her fine art images have been on display in art festivals, galleries and museums throughout the United States. Her images have also appeared in the Namibia Expo 2020 Dubai and at the Climate Change Summit in Morocco in 2016.

Jennifer’s images and writing have been published in Outdoor California Magazine, Gizmodo, the NANPA Expressions Magazine, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, WIRED, The New Yorker, National Geographic Online and Wild Planet Photo Magazine among others.

In addition to Jennifer’s photography she is a public speaker, who has presented for Professional Photographers of America, NANPA and was the 2022 Keynote speaker for the Winter Wings Festival. When she is not speaking in person she also runs an online workshop community.

Jennifer is deeply passionate about sharing the natural world with others and thoroughly enjoys teaching photographers how to create images that they can be proud to hang on their wall.

You can learn more about Jennifer and the conservation work that she does by visiting her website at www.experiencewildlife.com.

Awards & Recognition

Jennifer Leigh Warner has been the recipient of many awards over her more than 18 years in the photography industry.

Philip Hyde conservation grant recipient 2024

Jennifer Leigh Warner is the 2024 grant recipient for this conservation grant, which is awarded annually by the NANPA Foundation to an individual NANPA member who is actively pursuing completion of a peer-reviewed environmental project that is consistent with the missions of NANPA and the NANPA Foundation. The grant will support the Marine Disturbance Initiative project.

NANPA mission award 2023

Jennifer Leigh Warner has been leading NANPA’s work on ethical nature photography, is a mentor in the Summit College Photography Scholarship Program, and a most deserving recipient of NANPA’s Mission Award.

NANPA Showcase 2020 Judges Choice Conservation Category

Grizzly 399 attempts to cross the road with a crowd of photographers.

NANPA Showcase 2021 Top 100 Conservation Category

A newborn California Sea Lion pup tries to escape the tourists attempting to pet the freighted pup.

2020 NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION SHOWCASE TOP 250 WINNER

A snowy scene in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

NANPA Showcase 2019 Top 250 Altered Reality Category

Super Blue Blood Lunar Eclipse Composite

Professional Photographers of America 2017 Merit Image

California Sea Lion and Pup in La Jolla Cove, CA

Lifetouch Preschool Portraits 2016 chairman’s award finalist

Top ten portfolio for the Chairman’s Award

Outdoor photographer 2016 fall assignment winner

A bull moose in Grand Teton National Park, WY stands among the fall leaves.

AUDUBON SOCIETY OF GREATER DENVER - 2016

California Sea Lion and Pup in La Jolla Cove, CA

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