Rules Committee
Wildlife in Focus is thankful for the volunteer service of all those who have helped develop the rules. Many people from many organizations provided input into the rules document to continue to improve our event to be attractive to an ever widening participation, honor photographer rights and landowners. Adjustments are made each event to adapt to changing technology and other changes including and the expansion of the contest to the entire state of Texas.
In order to help answer questions that require some clarification or interpretation of the rules we utilize a dedicated rules committee, one or more people that do not compete in the contest. For the 2025 Contest Brian Loflin is serving as the Wildlife In Focus rules committee Chair.
About Brian Loflin
Photographer, Author, Teacher, and Consultant
Brian Loflin is a highly respected photographer, author, teacher, and consultant. His seasoned professional career spans more than five decades in the advertising, aviation, bio-medical and publishing industry.
Brian is an adjunct faculty member at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He developed and currently teaches a curriculum in Wildlife Photography. Encompassing six, three-semester-hour classes, the curriculum provides a classroom, hands-on, laboratory, and outdoor photography experience using provided top-of-the-line professional equipment. Successful completion of the eighteen semester hours leads to a Minor in Wildlife Photography.
Brian Loflin
As a graduate cell biologist with an extensive background in marketing and communications, his early experience was as a medical photographer and a freelance photojournalist producing materials that served a variety of educational, technical and consumer publications. Later, he held senior marketing positions at several international aerospace firms, serving airlines and aviation organizations on five continents.
Brian’s photographs have been published in many international journals as well as books and other publications, including major news agencies of the world. His work has won numerous industry awards, but most importantly, his work has won the admiration and respect of his clients.
Brian is active in several professional industry organizations including Internal Society of Aviation Photographers, North American Nature Photography Association, and American Society of Media Photographers. He is a current member of Nikon Professional Services. He is past president of the Minnesota Nature Photographers and founder and current president of the Austin Shutterbug Club.
Brian is a highly regarded teacher whose passion is in passing his knowledge and vision along to others. He held similar teaching positions the University of Texas at Austin, University of California at Riverside and Riverside Community College. Brian actively teaches and conducts seminars and workshops in many areas of photography along with nature photography tours and workshops in various global destinations.
Brian has published numerous papers, articles and other features on wildlife and biological photography. Brian also authored, photographed, and designed Grasses of the Texas Hill Country and Texas Cacti, two photographic field guides published by Texas A&M University Press and available at most book sellers. Texas Wildflower Vistas and Hidden Treasures is now at the publisher. Brian’s other books, Advanced Macro Photography for Nature Scientists, Biomedical Photography & Digital Imaging are also available. A new work, Professional Wildlife and Conservation Photography is nearing completion.
To see a collection of Loflin’s work, please visit his blog at http://bkloflin.wordpress.com and web site www.thenatureconnection.com.
