MAY MEETING – WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 – 7pm – SOCIAL TIME 6:30 pm – COLBY BROWN PRESENTER – BERGEN PARK FIRE STATION

Monthly Meeting

by ecc on May 7, 2009

Colby Brown is a professional photographer specializing in adventure, sports and travel photography. Throughout his work one can see that he combines his love of the natural world with his fascination of the world’s diverse cultures. Each of his photographs tells a story of life on this planet.

Born in California, he developed a love for both the ocean and the mountains at a young age. Whether he was exploring the Sierra Nevada Mountains around Lake Tahoe or sailing around San Francisco Bay, Colby’s thirst for adventure and the outdoors began to grow exponentially.

Colby has dedicated the last few years of his life combining his passion for photography with his love of travel and adventure. From diving the Great Barrier Reef to climbing peaks in the Himalayas. Surfing the breaks off the North Shore in Hawaii to ice climbing the glaciers of New Zealand. Through these experiences, he has learned the importance of compassion within this dynamic and complicated world we all live in. Lending a helping hand or even a smile can go a very long way. If you get a chance, please check out the “Get Involved” section of this website.

While specializing in adventure travel photography, Colby Brown, also does freelance photojournalism, portrait & engagement photography and donates his time to many Non Profit organizations while out in the field. He is a citizen of both the US and Canada, a certifited PADI Master Diver and Wilderness First Responder. He has done work with the Red Cross, Sierra Club and worked as a photography instructor for National Geographic Student Expeditions. You may see Colby’s articles in the San Antonio Express News, The Sierra Club Newsletters or Real Travel.com. You can view some of his work in the book, “Around the World with TPN”, which was produced by the Traveler Photographers Network.

A link to Colby Brown’s web site