The sense of peace and oneness with nature that envelops me when I am photographing is hypnotizing. Mother Nature's richness and enchantment abounds beyond imagination. Visualize the Earth's kaleidoscope of colors as beams of light bring to life one remarkable mosaic after another...This is what our natural world offers as it stimulates our senses through it's tapestry of flora and fauna. I hope my passion for capturing the spirit of our magnificent yet fragile land and wildlife kingdom will resonate within you as you journey through my windows of nature.

Windows of Nature by Dee Ann offering the photographic community, art collectors, nature and animal lovers alike, exciting and exotic venues to explore by photo-artist, Dee Ann Pederson. Dee Ann is a native of Houston, Texas. Her awareness and respect for nature began at a young age during family vacations to visit our national parks and natural wonders, and at the age of seventeen, Dee Ann began to cultivated her love for photography while working as a photographers assistant. Her abundant energy and "wanderlust" have led her to Costa Rica, Fiji, Hawaii, Kenya, Tanzania, Canada, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Yosemite National Park, South Texas and one of her favorite wilderness destinations, Alaska, including Denali National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Alaska Peninsula. Dee Ann’s special perspectives of our natural world, distilled into amazing "windows", have been captured by images garnered from her numerous adventure expeditions. She is a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association and is committed to habitat and wildlife conservation through her support of organizations like, The Cougar Fund – co-founders Tom Mangelsen and Cara Blessley Lowe, The Jane Goodall Institute and Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Program, Nature’s Best Foundation, National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Polar Bears International, Sierra Club, The East African Wildlife Society, Conservation International and has recently become active on the Houston Zoo Advisory Council.

• Hudson Bay, Canada summer home to the polar bear
• Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Alaska – "Valley of the Eagles", home of over 3,000 Bald Eagles in November and December each year
• Tanzania, Africa with its diverse topography and teeming wildlife of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• And the Alaska Peninsula, an annual visit to "a place of legends…" to share time with the brown bear

Magnificent lands and wildlife adventures for 2004:

• Bald Eagles of Alaska’s Kachmack Bay
• India, home of the begal tiger including other unique birds and wildlife of India
• Newfoundland’s abundance of birds including the Atlantic Puffin
• And a return visit to the Last Frontier – Alaska’s Denali Nat’l Park & The Alaska Peninsula