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The Art of Concealment
Understanding the camouflage and behavioral strategies of predators like owls, bobcats, and tigers can dramatically improve a photographer’s ability to get closer to wildlife without detection.
Metadata and the Machines
AI tools such as ChatGPT and Pixify are revolutionizing the process of keywording and organizing images, saving wildlife photographers countless hours of tedious work.
Multi-Flash Hummingbirds
From the technical setup to the creative process behind capturing high-speed, studio-quality images of hummingbirds in flight using multi-flash lighting systems.
Vanishing Vistas
A poignant look at Canada’s disappearing prairie ecosystems and how wildlife photographers can help document and advocate for these overlooked landscapes.

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The Art of Wildlife Photography
Go beyond creating documentary photographs of animals in the wild and discover how to be a better artist through composition, creativity, exploiting the nuances of light, and learning how to see the possibilities of a scene.
As photographers, we are limited only by the depths of our own imagination.
The Tools and Techniques of Wildlife Photography
The extraordinary photographs of wildlife you see in the world rarely come about by simply driving around a national park. Learn the tools and techniques employed by working photographers so you can take your own wildlife photography to the next level.
The Science of Wildlife Photography
From understanding the ecology and behavior of the subjects we photograph to mastering autofocus systems and the color science in our cameras, learn the science of it all to become a better wildlife photographer.
Above the mirror of a boreal wetland, a red-necked grebe ferries its chick across still water—tucked between its wings, hidden in down. This isn’t just parenting; it’s evolution in motion. Vulnerable and newly hatched, grebe chicks ride for warmth, protection, and survival in a landscape shaped by cold and predators. From the eye-level stillness of a floating blind, this intimate behavior comes into view—quiet, fleeting, and impossible to witness from shore. In these flooded forests, where most life goes unseen, the blind becomes a portal to the subtle brilliance of adaptation.