Field Trip Leader / Portfolio Reviewer: NANPA Summit 2025
Kathy Adams Clark has been a professional nature photographer since 1995. She enjoys talking to photographers who are trying to find marketing opportunities for their work.
Kathy’s photos have been published in hundreds of places including Family Fun,, Nature’s Best, New York Times, Birder’s World, and Ranger Rick. AAA Journey, Texas Parks & Wildlife and Texas Highways magazines have used Kathy’s photos on their cover. Her photos have also appeared in a numerous books and calendars including the Barnes & Noble Ireland Countryside Calendar, the cover of the Arbor Foundation Rainforest Calendar, and the Sierra Engagement Calendar. Kathy’s photos of Houston were compiled into a calendar offered in Costco.
Her photos appear every week in the “Nature” column in the Houston Chronicle written by her husband, Gary Clark. Kathy and Gary have worked with national publishing houses to produce ten books that combine their photography and writing skills. Their latest books are Book of Texas Birds published by Texas A&M University Press and Backroads of Texas published by Voyageur Press.
Kathy’s photography is featured in Portrait of Houston published by Farcountry Press. Photographing Big Bend National Park, published by Texas A&M Press, is written by Kathy and uses her photography throughout.
Kathy is Past-president of the North American Nature Photography Association. She teaches photography and is a popular speaker at local and national events. She leads photo tours through Strabo Tours to countries including Costa Rica, Brazil, Spain, Africa, Italy, Peru, Morocco, and Norway.
Portfolio Reviews
Thursday, May 15 / 3:00pm – 6:30pm / Portfolio Review Room
Saturday, May 17 / 8:00am – 9:30am / Portfolio Review Room
Saturday, May 17 / 1:00pm – 4:00pm / Portfolio Review Room
Field Trip: Bird Photography Around the Hotel / Sponsored by Strabo Tours
Friday, May 16 / 6:15am / Meet in Hotel Lobby
Join Kathy Adams Clark for a morning bird walk around the ground of the La Paloma Resort. Target birds are great horned owl, Costa’s hummingbird, vermilion flycatcher, ash-throated flycatcher and more. The hotel grounds were landscaped with the help of the experts from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. The mature landscaping and water features attract a wide variety of birds plus butterflies, lizards, and rabbits. Bring a lens in the 100-500mm, 80-400mm, or 160-600mm range. A tele-extender is helpful. No long walks are planned.


