What you have to do is get into the heart. And how do you get into the heart? With stories. Jane Goodall

Do you have a story to tell? I’ve created a list of key ingredients that help build a visual story.  My interest is wildlife, but these points can be used for any subject. What’s your passion?

Wildlife photography competitions are more than showcases of artistic talent. They serve as powerful platforms for conservation storytelling. When images earn recognition and find a wider audience they amplify the message behind them: the urgent need to protect our planet's wildlife and wild places.

I’m thrilled and honoured to share that my image of a matriarch and her family has been selected as a Highly Honored Finalist in the Wildlife Category of Nature’s Best Photography International Awards. The image will be featured on the back cover of Nature’s Best’s Winter Special 30thAnniversary Edition available this December.

Life is best lived at a walking pace and best understood at a sprint. Zambian Proverb

“We should be kind to animals because it makes better humans of us all,” Jane Goodall.

“Want to meet our latest rescue?” Sophie asked. She cupped her hands, and a tiny striped face followed a by wriggling body slipped out of the folds in her shirt. A baby genet!

I love that my kids pick up my phone now and before they use it to play games and zone out, they are struck by the beauty of the Lion and are awed by nature! This somehow restores some balance for me.

Our natural world can be a resilient engine of regeneration. We just need to give her some space, so that she can show us what she can do. Enric Sala

Celebrating World Elephant Day Part 2

Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction – Rachel Carson

I’m travelling this week and away from my computer and image archive. Harold Kushner’s “A Prayer for the World” feels like an appropriate repost. Peace is possible when we choose kindness, respect, and generosity.

Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. Mr. Rogers

Feeling safe, being seen, loved and supported in early development is the best gift we can give a youngster. Elephants know all about this. Allomothers, or nannies abound in elephant society. They are the “other mothers” in a young calf’s life.

Meet the waterbuck. They wear their hearts on their nose. They also have a special superpower! Read this week’s story to to learn more.

If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise
If you go down in the woods today, you'd better go in disguise

For every bear that ever there was 

Will gather there for certain because 

Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic

‘There’s one!” I called out. “Good spotting!” said our guide Kyler, as he spun the boat around as confirming the humped black form at the edge of the shore was a black bear. The thrill of seeing a large mammal in its natural habitat never gets old for me.

I am thrilled to learn that four of my images have been accepted into the 2024 Canadian Association for Photographic Art Digital Salon Competition!

“I’m not a criminal,” said Paddington, hotly. “I’m a bear!”

Nature has a throng of four-legged and six- legged farmers planting, fertilizing, harvesting and rotating crops.

There is something special about close contact with one’s food source. Caring for the chickens and enjoying the delicious reward of farm fresh eggs is a very different experience from reaching into the cooler at the grocery store.

Still scenes aren’t silent. They speak of our near presence and momentary return.  Sam Abell

If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. — Bansky