Site Photography & Credits
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The following bios give you more information about the photographers whose work appears on the Natural Choices site. Following the individual bios is a chart depicting photo credits for specific images.
Please note that all photographs on the Natural Choices site are protected by U.S. Copyright law and may not be used or downloaded without the photographer's permission.
Marina Schauffler
Marina Schauffler, editor of the Natural Choices site, has enjoyed time behind a camera for decades--taking images in outdoor settings from the Western U.S. to Russia. Her images appear throughout the site, supplemented by the other photographers credited here.
Judy Berk
Judy Berk works as Communications Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Outside her job, she grows a spectacular garden, takes beautiful pictures and does lots of adventuring outdoors.
Cloe Chunn
Cloe Chunn is an avid naturalist and hiker active in the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition. She generously supplies many of the images that appear in the Seasonal Highlights section of this site.
Elizabeth Farnsworth
Elizabeth Farnsworth is a Senior Research Ecologist with the New England Wild Flower Society, botanical illustrator, artist, singer, teacher and gardener who takes a few photographs in her spare time.
Andrea Lani
Andrea Lani is a Maine writer who tries to recreate the flavors of the Southwest in her Maine backyard. Andrea maintains a blog on local hikes in Kennebec County and a blog on motherhood, in addition to publishing the zine Gemini.
| Page | Photo | Credit | Description/Location |
| home | bunchberry and red canoe | Cloe Chunn | |
| home | bikes | Portland Trails | |
| home | other images | Marina Schauffler | |
| recreational trails | canoe | Cloe Chunn | |
| green lodgings | Hawthorn Inn | Peg Shanahan | |
| August | beach run | Judy Berk | midcoast Maine |
| August | peppers | Andrea Lani | central Maine |
| August | purple loosestrife | Elizabeth Farnsworth | |
| November | tree silhouettes & Winterberry | Cloe Chunn | midcoast Maine |
| November | Hoophouse | Judy Berk | midcoast Maine |
| December | tree silhouette | Cloe Chunn | midcoast Maine |
| January | snowy tree, birdwatcher, Beech trees, winter ducks | Cloe Chunn | midcoast Maine |
| February | snowy trees, farm, lichens | Cloe Chunn | midcoast Maine |
| March | brook, syruping, snowy apples | Cloe Chunn | midcoast Maine |
| April | brook, skunk cabbage, | Cloe Chunn | midcoast Maine |
| April | kayaking | Judy Berk | midcoast Maine |
| May | alewives by dam | Maine DMR | |
| May | painted trillium | Cloe Chunn | northern Maine |
| May | hoophouse | Judy Berk | midcoast Maine |
| Resources | fern image | Cloe Chunn | |
| Going Green | child with ice | Cloe Chunn | |
| July | fern | Elizabeth Farnsworth | |
| June | musicians | Judy Berk |
Natural Choices Website Credits
Database Design: Yellahoose, Portland, Maine
Site Design: Headwaters Writing & Design, Camden, Maine
