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work with highly-skilled and innovative engineers* to develop cameras and effective ways* of taking photographs* in the wild.
Later, in a session with David Whitmore, director of the magazines Layout Department. gut's*ts* learned how National Geographic organizes* its* photograph** with text in interesting layouts.
At a bunet lunch in the urtguud Geographic building, Editonin C'hiet Chns Johns* welcomed the students* and told them what they could expect in the several days that National Geographic photographers* would be working with them- both in Washington and in Rappahannock
After learning how professional photographers approach their work in Africa, the students continued their “safari" at the National Zoo, using Nikon "Cool Pix" digital cameras donated by Circuit City. Their assignment was to photograph animals up close with visits to those ureas that house elephants, great apes, small mammals, and great cats. A particularly popular photo shoot was of a “Slender* Tidied MeerkaCthose very small mammals that screech loudly to warn their families of approaching danger.
The photographs taken by the students will he developed and professionally tin ished at National Geo* graphic. Spark! believes that the students' work will reflect
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