To say that Botswana is beautiful is an understatement. The country is wild yet elegant; sublime and exalted; rugged and, well, beautiful. For years, I've been traveling here with guests and helping them discover the magic of all that Botswana offers. It's a mesmerizing elixir made up of our guests, the people of Botswana, the impressive wildlife sightings, the austere landscapes, and the well-appointed lodges we visit.

Within minutes of pushing off from the dock in Petersburg, Alaska, it felt like we were already in the wilderness. On a well-appointed luxury yacht (The Northern Song), six guests, a crew of three, and I launch into the beautiful waters of Southeast Alaska. Along the way out to Frederick Sound, a group of sea lions lay on top of a channel marking bouy as if to wish us safe passage as we pass.

While spring is usually the wettest season at Redlands Ranch, the rain usually comes from itinerant thunderstorms that appear in the afternoon and are gone in the evening. Once they are past, the ground dries until the next round of rain falls. This rain is unusually persistent. For the past two or three weeks, it’s been a slow and persistent rain. One that makes everything green and makes everything soggy.

It’s misty outside, but here we are in a place I’d never imagined I’d be: a Dutch brown bar in Delft’s city center. Inside here, our guests laugh with one another while we sip cappuccino and tell stories. We’ve been on the move all week during our nature photography workshop, so this pause is a welcome respite.

I'm a fan of trees. I've written before that they are the only organisms firmly rooted in the soil and grow into the heavens, yet they occupy the same space as we do. When you take the time to study trees, you'll notice that each individual is much different than even trees of the same species, and the variety of trees that exist on our planet is even more diverse and, frankly, mind-boggling. From the time a seed spouts, each drop of rain and each puff of wind influences h

It's quiet here in this mountain valley. Elk are strewn along a wooded creek at the foot of the valley. They are content, the people in this workshop are content, and all seems right.

This is the second time I've come out to Northwest Texas for the Night Skies of the Texas Outback nature photography workshop, and it's for

When I walk into the lobby, I'm a bit surprised that I'm not the first one here. In fact, except for one person, I am the next to the last

From the floor of Badwater Basin, I look to the east and see the colors over the mountains changing from a grey-blue to a familiar orange.

Soon, we're hopping off the boat and wading through the warm ocean waters up to the shore of the Corcovado National Park in one of the many

The burrowing owl bobbed and bobbed his head, trying to determine what we were up to.

As the sun came up, it was clear that something special was unfolding.

After being here two weeks prior, you'd think there wouldn't be anything new to see.

Caddo Lake doesn't look all that big from the banks since there is not a huge body of water before you.

Against the craggy walls of the opening, I struggled to figure out what to call this structure. I ask the others in the group: Is it a cave?

"It's not supposed to be this hot in mid-October," I tell myself while standing next to the blind window, waiting for the slightest breeze.

From the bottom of the hill, you might mistake the animals for a scattering of rocks strewn about the fall-cured grasses.

August 24 was the last day of the spring 2024 Hackberry Farm Day Camp Photography Workshops. We ended the season with a great group of folks

his past weekend was a big weekend here at Hackberry Farm. Friday night, we had our firefly workshop, and on Saturday, we hosted another gr

Rain's typically scant Rain's typically scant here, but a few hours before we arrived, nearly four inches of precipitation fell in a deluge