Fall 2025 Meeting
The Fall meeting of the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest will take place on November 7-8, 2025. Friday sessions will include photo field trips and an informal social hour in the evening. The Saturday session will be held at Clark College Gaiser Hall Auditorium in Vancouver, WA. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and the program begins at 10:00 a.m. (This meeting will be a week later than usual, a step taken to avoid Halloween weekend.)
Our speaker for both the morning and afternoon sessions will be the outstanding ocean landscape photographer, Susan Dimock.
Susan Dimock is a Bandon, OR based photographer with a passion for photographing all things oceanic. A retired licensed clinical social worker, she describes her transition from therapist to nature photographer as an awakening that has brought healing, solace and joy. In the last decade-plus, Susan has published work digitally and presented many print exhibits. She has released her first book, Taking Refuge on the Oregon Coast, a photographic memoir that follows Susan’s discovery as a nature photographer and wildlife conservation advocate.
Susan’s Presentations
Morning Presentation: Oceanscapes, Large and Small
Susan shares how she’s learned to “dig deep” for unique and compelling images on her hometown beach of Bandon and surrounding areas. From icons to birds and tidal pools, Susan shares tips on learning to see beyond the obvious to build a diverse, exciting portfolio, uniquely yours. She shares her process of choosing when and how she shoots and her admittedly simple processing procedures.
Afternoon Presentation: Developing Your Visual Voice
Using her personal experience with her recently published book, “Taking Refuge on the Oregon Coast”, Susan gives tips on how to use images, eco-empathy and words to add depth and breadth to your visual stories, both large and small.
Conference Registration
Register Online – Use your credit card to register through our ticket agency, Brown Paper Tickets. Use the pull-down date menu to choose between Conference Only, Conference with the Field Trip, or Conference via Zoom.
Register by Mail – send us a check in the mail. Must be mailed by November 3, 2025. If registering for the Field Trip, you must register online.
Competitions
See the Competitions page for details on entering digital or print images.
Friday Field Trip
The Friday field trip will be to the Portland Japanese Garden. Click for more details. Note: you must be registered for the Saturday conference in order to register for the Friday field trip.
Hotel Reservations
The conference hotel will be the Columbia Riverfront Holiday Inn, just across the river from Vancouver.
909 N Hayden Island Dr,
Portland, Oregon, 97217
(503) 283-4466
Friday Night Gathering
All attendees are invited to attend a Friday night informal gathering between 5 and 6 p.m. in the Columbia Riverfront Holiday Inn lobby. Dinner options are also available in the hotel near the lobby.
Visit our Galleries to see images from previous competitions.
