Have you ever heard that saying, “chance favors the prepared mind?” I think you would be hard pressed to come up with a better maxim for wildlife photography. In so many ways, wildlife photography is […]
Tag Archives: wildlife photography
Questions and Actions: Digging Deeper
Questions & Actions You talk a lot in emails and issues of the Journal of how important it is to understand the biology and ecology of animals if you want to be a successful wildlife […]
Searching for Pegasus
Along the border of Montana and Wyoming lives a herd of wild horses unlike any other in North America. Their’s is a world that towers above the surrounding landscape high amongst the clouds. Known as […]
What’s More Important Than Your Subject?
Photographing birds in flight is more than just technical settings and knowing which auto focus area modes work best for the situation. There are techniques such as AF bumping and strategies for how and when […]
Wild Florida Video | the Photographers Journal
Wildlife photography along the Gulf Coast of Florida is an excersise in superlatives. This is a landscape of deep beauty and mystery. Ancient live oaks drip with Spanish moss amidst sable and cabbage palms. There […]
Searching for Bighorns in Wyoming
Last November I spent a month in Wyoming’s Wind River range photographing wildlife. The prime directive of this trip was bighorn sheep. With an especially warm autumn, the sheep were late to the party. However, […]
Photographing the World’s Largest Black Bears
In this episode, I head to the swamps of North Carolina and to a place known as the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula. This may be one of the coolest wildlife photography destinations you have never heard of. […]
Gear Head: Really Right Stuff’s Fluid Gimbal Review
In today’s world of digital photography, the line between still photography and video is becoming increasingly blurred. Every DSLR camera in production since 2012 comes equipped with video capability, making it all the more […]
North for Elk
Each year, I travel north in search of elk. Given that I live part of the year in Montana, home to some 50,000 elk, this may seem odd. With Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton […]
Coastal Wolves
For three mornings in a row, we had wolves come down to hunt salmon with the bears. Though I may call these creatures coastal wolves, as of yet, there is no proof that the species […]
Nimbus, Daughter of Cloud
This past week I found myself camped out around 9,000 feet up in the Pryor Mountains of Montana photographing wild horses. This is one of my favorite places to steal away to for a few […]
Chasing Patterns of Light
High up in the Canadian Rocky Mountains of Alberta, I found myself one morning on the hunt for moose. The moose here somehow are eclipsed by the fame of the elk rut. But coming […]
Crocodiles of the Cuero y Salado Honduras
Floating down the Rio Saluda in a small native boat in Honduras, I found myself searching for crocodiles at high noon. This wasn’t exactly the time of day one expects to do any serious wildlife […]
Brown Bear Reflections
The biggest problem one faces when photographing brown bears along the banks of Cook Inlet in Alaska, is that they keep getting too damn close. Now, I should admit that I was being stubborn this […]
Bears of the Smoky Mountains
After I finished up with my responsibilities at WNC Fotofest in Montreat North Carolina this weekend, I just could not help but notice how close I was to the Smoky Mountains. Great Smoky Mountains National […]
So You Want to be a Better Wildlife Photographer?
So you want to be a better wildlife photographer? No problem. Learn your camera and get a big lens. Did that already? Still don’t understand what your missing? Yeah, its a bit more complex than […]