Alyce Bender |Nature Photographer

An in-depth article on my latest trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park covering the challenges and highlights of the trip.

Lets start with the numbers: five states (four that I actually photographed in during the trip), 12 days, and roughly 55 hours behind the wh

...as the cranes leave, a vast influx of migrants start returning from a winter in Central and South America. Returning shorebird migrants i

This month saw me putting in a lot of miles, both in the car and on the trail, with few actual images to show for it. But that brings up an

Having settled into our new place outside San Antonio, my next goal was to hit the road in search of the rarest crane on the planet.

As I prepare to move to Texas, I wanted to share with you the multitude of photographic opportunities that I have found along the central Ca

Autumn. Fall. A time when a nippy chill in the air returns and leaves of deciduous trees all over the northern hemisphere put on a brilliant

August always seems to be THE time for large photographic trips. So many photographers I know either run or attend workshops and/or tours in

July 2020 saw many of us staying close to home and trying to figure out what to photograph in our own back yards for the fifth month in a ro

This month has been one of many highs and a few lows. As the new normal continues to level out and we move our lives even more so online,...

Summers have typically been my slow season for photography as it is, but this year I had plans to explore parts of Canada for wildlife...

Because I was in Japan for so many weeks and I bounced around as the weather dictated, I am going to share the images based on subject rathe

The majority of my shooting came from my childhood town of Gainesville, Florida. Home to the University of Florida, I grew up roaming the pi

Over the last five weeks I have been bouncing around the Pacific Coast states and the Southwestern US. Such a mix of environments at this ti

Ah September! The month where autumn starts, cool evenings appear and the northern areas of North America are starting to get their first sn

Due to the giant submarine canyon and the various marine environments found around Monterey Bay, this area is a hotbed for marine and coasta

July was filled with highs and lows. Bouncing between Monterey and Las Vegas has taken much of my time this past month, leading to days...

I would like to introduce you to some locations in Southern Nevada that are excellent for wildlife and landscape photography. Here are my to

May, like so many other months was filled with activities. However, there were only a handful of photography adventures that netted images t

Hometown adventures were the name of the game since I spent the entire month in Las Vegas, dealing with business administration type duties,