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PAGE UPDATED: March 2, 2010
ABOUT ME
Hi! My name is Ruth Hoyt and I am a naturalist and full-time photographer who spends as much time outdoors and as little time at the computer as possible. I say this, but I do spend a great deal of time indoors, at the computer. Some of the time is spent on this website but more of it is working with photos (some mine, some clients'), performing research, writing class handouts, magazine articles and much more.
I love to travel for photography, adventure and fun but prefer living in South Texas ranch country where I photograph, lead workshops and tours, and teach nature photography both in classes and private instruction.
I have taught photography since 1990 and have led tours and workshops for various companies such as Kodak and agencies such as the National Parks system.
Exhibits
My work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute, Missouri Botanical Garden, Powder Valley Nature Center, Shaw Nature Reserve and St. Louis Artists' Guild, and is on permanent display in two locations in Alton, Illinois, one in McAllen, Texas, and another in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Photo Credits
Credits include National Geographic Books, The Nature Conservancy, Birder's World, The Valley Land Fund (Texas), Coastal Bend Focus on Wildlife (Texas), Missouri Wildlife, Missouri Magazine, AAA's Home and Away, Michigan Living, Texas Monthly, Rio Grande Valley Nature, North American Birding Association's Birding, Vision Magazine and more.
My work appears in the books St. Louis - For the Record, Last Stand of the Tall Grass Prairie (companion to the acclaimed PBS documentary), Focus on the Wild, Texas Wild and Beautiful, Wildlife in Focus, Wilderness and others. I am one of three photographers whose work is compiled in the book Missouri, Simply Beautiful.
Photo Competitions
I have been involved with major photo competitions the past ten years. I competed in the Valley Land Fund's wildlife photo contest in 2000 and won tenth place overall for my portfolio, out of a field of more than 150 photographers. I was recruited then to run the contest for several years. I was a grand prize winner in the Coastal Bend's wildlife photo contest based in the Corpus Christi, Texas, area in 2001 and won First Grand Prize in the same contest in 2007, with my partner and teammate John Pickles.
I work with private students who are interested in competition and have a very high success rate. Some recent students' wins and photos are displayed on my website's home page.
Organizations
Below is the status of memberships with the following organizations:
Member of Canon Professional Services (CPS)
Member of Frontera Audubon Society
Founder of Missouri Nature & Environmental Photographers (MoNEP) in 1996, President & Chairman of the Board for five years
Member of National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
Charter member of North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) - member of the Education Committee for seven
years and Scholarship Student Program Coordinator for two years; workshop leader; involved with the College Scholarship
Student Program five years
Member of Rio Grande Wilderness Society
Founder of Texas Nature & Environmental Photographers (TexNEP) in 2001, President & Chairman of the Board since inception
Member of Valley Nature Center
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