Inspiration

This photograph is from my series “Secret Garden,” which aims to capture and showcase the magical world of Great Egrets in Florida's unique and diverse natural environment. It is one of the best among the thousands of frames I captured in 2020. read more.

This elephant was resting in the shade of a majestic tree, its branches fluttering around it in the breeze. The background was very bright, as the small hill covered in tall grass blazed with the sunlight from which the pachyderm was sheltering. It was a gentle, poetic, timeless moment... read more.

The image was taken on top of Mount Simien National Park, in Northern Ethiopia. It depicts a gelada baboon silhouette backlit at sunrise. In recent years I have conducted several trips to this region, to portray the endemic fauna that inhabits these mountains. Political instability unfortunately makes travel in this area increasingly complex and risky. read more.

The beauty of employing slow motion lies in its unpredictability. With each shot, there is an element of uncertainty; the outcome remains elusive until the moment the shutter is released. Despite the ability to preview results on the camera's screen and make adjustments, the subject often read more.

With morning fog predicted, I arose before dawn and drove a half hour to the causeway between the Inner Bay of Lake Erie and the Big Creek National Wildlife Area. Repeated visits over the past month led me to believe that hundreds of cranes would be foraging in the wetlands next to the road in the cold early morning. In addition to the visual gift of dense fog... read more.