After 220 days of travel in 2024, I slowed my pace in 2025 and found something unexpected. Returning to familiar places, working with smaller groups, and choosing experience over accumulation reshaped how I photograph and how I teach. This year became a reminder that photography is not about doing more, but about seeing more, learning deeply, and showing up with intention.

Winter reveals nature at its most honest—stripped down to movement, behavior, and instinct. As photographers, our role isn’t to alter that story but to witness it with care. By understanding seasonal behavior, respecting thin margins, and showing up with patience, we create images that honor wildlife and let the wild remain wild.

There’s a unique rhythm to photographing nature’s extremes—the frost on a leaf and the caribou crossing a ridge. In this guide, I share how I plan a single trip to capture both ends of that spectrum, from macro to mammals, using a lightweight two-lens setup, location strategy, and ethical field practices that let nature lead the story.

Each autumn, Caddo Lake transforms into a living canvas of copper cypress and golden moss. Join me in exploring the artistry of light, reflection, and seasonal change in one of the largest flooded cypress forests in the U.S.—where photography becomes as much about immersion and inspiration as it is about the images we bring home.

What began as a long-anticipated photo safari in Botswana’s Okavango Delta and Chobe River became a deeper creative and personal journey. In this reflection, I explore how setting aside expectations and embracing a slower, more intentional approach to photography allowed for more authentic storytelling—focusing not just on dramatic moments, but on the quiet, often-overlooked connections that reveal the true spirit of place.

There’s no better way to experience the changing of seasons than through the lens of nature photography. This year, I let winter’s chill and spring’s awakening guide my travels, camera in hand. From the snowy stillness of Hokkaido to the surreal beauty of the Azores, and finally the vibrant life of Florida’s wetlands and beaches, each destination offered a new perspective and fresh challenges. Here’s a look at three unforgettable stops in my nature photography journey so far

Photographing the endangered whooping crane is challenging but not as difficult as you might think with the information shared in this artic

Looking back over all this last year has thrown at me and the things I voluntarily took on, here are my top lessons from the field.

Many photographers overlook a powerful tool: the histogram. This post explains the connections between histograms, exposure, better images.

Photographing the Azores throughout the seasons has given me a bit of insight into the changes these islands experience seasonally and what