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HMore than 800 photographers, from amateur to top level professionals participated in the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) 12th Annual Summit and Tradeshow held in Denver, Colorado, in early February this year.

NANPA is the first and only association in North America committed solely to serving the field of nature photography. Hewlett-Packard participated with a variety of photo printers and supplies for nature photographers: HP Photosmart 8750, HP Vivera Inks and the HP Designjet 130 Printer Series. Famous photographer Daniel J. Cox encouraged the use of HP’s printers.

Around 350 people attended Cox’s Key Note presentation on Saturday, February 11th, where he explained his experience in photographing the gray owl. When Dan Cox moved to Montana he heard stories about enormous owls spotted in the Bridger Mountains where he lived. Several years after, in 1996, he began to look at the possibility of documenting their life history. In the end, he approached National Geographic with his idea and in 2003 his images appeared as a cover history in the magazine. According to some of the attendees to the speech, “Daniel J. Cox’s imagery was far the best of the summit”.

At HP’s booth, Cox signed about 200 HP Photosmart 8750 prints -11x17 inches size- of one of these fascinating birds. He had conversations with 40 people per day, where he would firmly recommended HP printers. In his own words, “almost everyone expressed a desire to print larger and I encouraged those thoughts by explaining how large mega pixel cameras are completely unnecessary without using images in a large way […] and how HP Designjet 130 was the solution to a reasonably priced large format printer”. HP also heartened attendees to fill in an application form in order to win an HP PS 8750.

Daniel J. Cox

Daniel Cox has been photographing nature for more than 20 years. His photography has been featured in galleries such as Nikon House in New York and the Natural History Museum in London. He is also a regular contributor to natural history publications worldwide, such as National Geographic, Audubon, National Wildlife, Sierra, Wildlife Conservation and Terre Sauvage, and sole photographer to nine books. His main collection of photos is represented by Natural Exposures, Inc. In 1990 and 1997 Dan was awarded with 1st runner-up in the animal portrait division in the prestigious British Broadcasting “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” competition.