Avoiding insect bites in the field is not just about bug spray. Learn how photographers can use clothing, repellent strategy, and a few simple habits to reduce bites, protect gear, and stay focused on making images.

Better spring migration photography usually comes from understanding conditions rather than simply chasing sightings. By paying closer attention to weather, habitat, timing, light, and bird behavior, photographers can make more intentional images that feel grounded in both season and place.

The right photography workshop can shape how you see the world long after the trip ends. This article explores how teaching style, ethics, group size, safety, and communication influence not just the images you make, but the experience itself.

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.

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.

Step into the adventurous Year of the Dragon with a new perspective! Embrace creativity, explore new places, and chase your passions in 2024

Reviewing what I have learned over the last year, here are twelve of the lessons in Nature photography that I was reminded of...

Summer is an amazing time to visit the Faroe Islands, not just for the epic landscapes, but for the millions of nesting seabirds as well.

A few days before the summer solstice, there is enough light to photograph 24/7, making nature photography in Nome, Alaska, very rewarding.

With two weeks in Costa Rica, we explored several different environments and photographed a wide variety of wildlife of all shapes and size

Personal story of encountering a very believable National Geographic photography opportunity scam.

For most, the Rocky Mountains are a stretch of mountains in Colorado and when you talk about photographing the Rockies, this is what first..

Wild horses and the American West have been synonymous with each other for hundreds of years.

Even as months have passed now, the Alaskan landscape still looms large in my memory. Having arrived in Alaska early mid-August and staying

It can be quite hard to visualize how vast Alaska is if you have not been there before. And with the large numbers of photographers who go t

It happens to the best of us. Regardless of profession, passion, or preparation it happens. Slumps or ruts as they are frequently called.