Introduction

I love the way the camera sees the world, it can be so unique, so different than what is actually there when I take the photograph. My goal is to take photographs that show the world the way I see it,  using the unique photographic abilities that I have, the technical abilities of my camera, and my digital darkroom skills to output the best photograph "equivalent" that I can; a photograph that is wholly representative of my vision in photography and art.  I am not a documentarian or a photo journalist, I edit, delete, and change as needed.  My goal is photographic art and there is no "right" or "wrong" involved in that.

I've traveled to Yellowstone National Park, and this has generally included a day or two in Teton National Park for the most part, for the last several years, starting in 2015.  My first trip was with Russ Burden Photography, then with Max Waugh Photography Workshops, and then with Trent Sizemore Photography Workshops, and after that with another tour operator or on my own. I've made 11 trips there to date, including this year at the end of May and the start of June (and this number pales when compared to other photographers I've talked to, including one this year who has made 66 trips to date).  Yellowstone is a magical place to be and it's always an incredible experience, no matter the season. It truly is the "Serengeti" of America and also offers up some fabulous landscape opportunities, although I visit mainly for the wildlife. The majority of these images are from Yellowstone but a few are from Teton National Park.
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This panoramic image was taken on the West Loop Road heading south to Norris and points beyond.  These geysers form the Norris Geyser Basin.  

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While I mainly photograph wildlife these days I will usually also take several landscape shots of where I am photographing when the opportunity arises.  The snow that you see in these shots was gone when we returned in a day or two.  The snowmelt happens fast in Yellowstone and this can sometimes, as in 2022 when the park suffered mass destruction of roads and landscape due to massive flooding, be catastrophic  (only a week after our group had left the park!). I really loved the way the trees with snow-covered water and the trees reflected turned out. This particular image was shot on Sylvan Pass: it actually reminds me of one of my favorite Ansel Adams images, "Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sequoia National Park," I hope I was "channeling" him when I took the shot!

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Part of what makes Yellowstone so special is all of the wildlife that lives in the park area, an expanse that covers over 3,470 miles.  In 1872 Yellowstone was the first national park signed into law and its known world-wide for the wild animals.  This year, like all the other years I've photographed there, the wildlife was in abundance, but it must be looked for carefully.  It takes driving around various areas of the park for many days to get lucky enough to see grizzlies, weasels, badgers, birds, and other small mammals.  Anyone can see Bison while visiting the park but the young bison are most active in the early morning hours when they feel frisky and run and play.  The grizzly bear pictured in the first nine images are of Beryl and her two sub-adult cubs.  

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