Program: “Hold the Phone! Tips for Photographing Native Plants and Wildlife with Your Smartphone” by Lauren Simpson

LOCATION: ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER
DATE:  JANUARY 5, 2023
TIME:  7 pm – 9 pm
SOCIAL & REFRESHMENTS: 6:30 pm

Coastal Prairie Chapter programs are free and open to the public.  This program will be held in-person at the Rosenberg Civic Center.  Please plan to arrive at 6:30 pm for refreshments and social time.   

Our January program will inspire us all to get out into nature and photograph what we see.  In the age of smartphones, our phones often double as our primary cameras—especially while doing activities for which carrying a camera is inconvenient. In this presentation, Lauren Simpson shares tips for using a smartphone to take clear, beautiful, and impactful photos of native plants and their wildlife visitors.

Since early 2015, Lauren Simpson has transformed her home gardens into a wildlife-friendly habitat, currently a Certified Wildlife Habitat, Monarch Waystation, and Certified Butterfly Garden. She promotes insect conservation and habitat gardening through presentations, events, interviews, and articles, as well as through a website and Instagram and Facebook communities under the appellation “St. Julian’s Crossing Wildlife Habitat”—the name adopted for her family’s Monarch Waystation. Ms. Simpson is a member of local chapters of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Native Prairies Association of Texas, and North American Butterfly Association. She has also received Level 1 and Level 2 certifications through the NPSOT Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP), has attended the “Monarch Conservation Workshop: Train the Trainer” training, and chairs the NPSOT subcommittee for the NLCP Advocacy companion class.

Lauren Simpson is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching Lawyering Skills and Strategies. She is a spring 2016 recipient of the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award (Instructor/Clinical category); one of three 2018 AALS Teachers of the Year selected by the Law Center; and the 2017, 2018, 2019 (co-recipient), 2021, and 2022 Student Bar Association Professor of the Year for Law Center faculty teaching in the part-time program.

Chapter members and the public may also attend by Zoom.  Advance registration is required for attendance by Zoom through this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodumhpz0rEt31eFCJb_acRFA1qKTS72mj

The Texas Master Naturalist program is sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.