Nature photography has been fascinating us since we had realized how beautiful, unique and fragile the world around us was. Photography was the only way to capture some magic moments created by nature and views impossible to see any more because of rapid changes in Polish countryside. As naturalists we try to take pictures of different, sometimes rare and endangered, species of plants and animals.

We know a great deal about ecology and biology of photographed objects but each encounter with an animal or closer look at a given plant specimen is unrepeatable and brings new impressions and emotions. Being so close to nature helps you to feel as a component of a wonderful system of life on the Earth and makes you an advocate of nature conservation. Beauty and charm of every living creature, even the most inconspicuous, is amazing.

Renata is currently a head of the scientific unit of the Bialowieza National Park.
Marek is a freelance nature photographer, nature photography workshop organiser and leader.

Renata Krzysciak-Kosinska - education and skills

2001 - PhD in animal ecology at the Institute of Nature Conservations at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow. Thesis: Distribution and Density of Anurans in the Nida Valley

1999 - University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English

1998 - Certified Tour Guide

1995 - MSc degree in biology at The Jagiellonian University, Krakow. Thesis: Human Attitude Towards Big Carnivores.

Marek Kosinski - education and skills

1998 - PhD in plant ecology at the Institute of Botany of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. Thesis: Scree vegetation of the Tatra National Park

1996-2003 — President of the Krakow District of the Union of Polish Wildlife Photographers

1993-2004 — academic in the Institute of Botany of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland

1998 - Certified Tour Guide

1997 - University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English

1991 - MSc degree in biology at The Jagiellonian University, Krakow. Thesis: Vascular flora of rocks, xerothermic grasslands and scrub of the Bedkowska Valley