HOWIE GARBER is a professional landscape, wildlife and adventure sports photographer. He has lived in Salt Lake City, Utah for over 30 years. He has won national and international awards for his work. Howie’s interest in photography dates to 1969 when he took a “History of Photography” class while at the University of Rochester. He remained an amateur for many years. In 1990 he traveled to Nepal, his first trip outside the U.S. and shot 40 rolls of film while trekking for a month. This convinced him to spend more time with his cameras. While traveling in South America during 1991, his wanderlust was rewarded with an incredible stroke of luck. On his birthday, he was picked up while hitch-hiking by a Brazilian biologist who was doing jaguar research. Experiencing the wonder of observing wildlife in natural habitats was an incentive to improve his photography skills. Since then he has traveled and photographed extensively in places like Peru, Antarctica, Brazil, China, Kenya, England, Alaska, Australia and Switzerland. Howie’s images have been published as book, magazine, and video covers; and in calendars, screen savers and greeting cards. Some of his recent clients include Newsweek, National Geographic, Patagonia, Anheuser Busch, the Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Greenpeace, and ColdWater Creek. In 1997, he received a prestigious award from the British Broadcasting Corporation. Howie won the Wild Places (Landscape) category of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. That same year, his photo of two mountain goats won the Endangered Places photo contest sponsored by Outdoor Photographer Magazine, Mamiya and Lowepro. During the summer of 2000, his work was featured in Nikon World. His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum and the Museum of Natural History in London. In 2004, his image of a caiman won the Animals in their Environment Category of the BBC contest.His national photo awards have included Nature’s Best Magazine and National Wildlife Magazine. Since 1983, Garber has worked as an Emergency Physician at small and large hospitals all over Western U.S. and Alaska. I find that there are many similarities in my two professions. Every day as an outdoor photographer is different and often full of surprises. Your success depends on multiple factors-weather, planning, animal behavior and luck. In the hospital and in the field, you must accept that many factors are out of your control. In the same way that providing good health care is a team approach, my success as a photographer has likewise been dependent on a team of wildlife biologists, gifted athletes, pilots, river guides and others who have contributed to my success. One of the challenges that remains is how to use my photography as a tool for conservation. Artistically capturing pure beauty seems hedonistic and socially irresponsible at times. It is important to document what we are trying to save as well as what we are destroying at a fast pace. Howie shoots 35mm, medium format, panoramic film cameras and digital. He has 50,000 transparencies from 7 continents. This is available as stock photography. He is also available for assignment work and does slide shows. Howie enjoys teaching photography. Digital photography is all about instant feedback which accelerates the learning curve. An amateur photographer can have impact by taking photos that spread happiness among friends and family.

Howie is available for Photography instruction including private workshops and slideshow presentations.

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