2025 in Review: Sharing My Clients’ Photos

It was a great winter for red fox action in Yellowstone. Steve used foreground snow to capture this isolated portrait.

During the same trip (in fact, it may have been the same fox), Jenny captured this spectacular mousing shot.

During my second winter tour, we saw loads of bison. Nicki was all in on one of my favorite subjects: black and white bison in the snow!

Steve proved again that he’s a pretty good bird-in-flight photographer, with this frame of a tiny Northern Pygmy-owl taking off during the winter Yellowstone tour.

One of the highlights of the winter trip was seeing coyotes interact with river otters. Jenny took advantage of a great angle as the two rivals cautiously kept an eye on each other.

Nicki shot right to the end. This raven said goodbye to us as the final wildlife subject of the winter trip.

We spent a good portion of the early part of my puma tour focused on a guanaco carcass that was attracting several different pumas. At one point we were fortunate to see this mother bring her young cub in, which would take to feeding on its own and even sharing the meal with larger adult pumas.

Late on our first afternoon, Mei-An captured a portrait of this lovely female puma in fading light.

One of the highlights from Patagonia occurred when a pair of Magellanic Woodpeckers interrupted our lunch. We spent over an hour watching and following them, and Aska did a tremendous job capturing the moment when the male pulled a large grub out of a beech tree.

A puma mother and two cubs hosted us for a puma walk toward the end of the Patagonia tour. Tom was able to capture them in one of the rare instances they were all lined up.

This Austral Pygmy-owl greeted us at eye level as we departed our hotel in Torres del Paine.

In June I traveled to Alaska to explore a new part of Lake Clark National Park. The scenery in this remote spot was fantastic, as evidenced in Glenn’s panorama.

Our primary goal was bears, of course, and the visit was highlighted by a rambunctious pair of spring cubs. Rick was really into capturing some of the cheekier moments on the trip…

…as you can tell.

Sometime the bears seemed to appreciate the surroundings as much as we did, as evidenced by April’s environmental portrait.

It wasn’t just about bears. There were several birds flitting about near our lodge. Gene captured this fine portrait of a male Pine Grosbeak.

Visiting the nearby Horned Puffin colony was a highlight. Glenn really nailed this interaction.

Naturally, it all eventually came back to the bears. The opportunity to pair them with some spectacular mountains was one Gene couldn’t pass up!

Jaguars were a big goal on the three-week Brazil journey, and we were fortunate to find a courting couple early in the trip. Shaun did an outstanding job capturing the moment when the female was issuing a warning to the male.

Sunbitterns can be a fun but frustrating subject. They don’t show off that amazing plumage all the time, and Shaun did a fantastic job capturing it in his first attempt.

We saw several kingfishers in South Africa, including my favorite: the Pied Kingfisher. This species is an aerial dynamo, capable of hovering in place for some time before diving to snatch a meal from the water below. Julie presented this outstanding minimalist composition of the Pied in action.

Maggie shows us how this pair of cheetah brothers was making sure everyone knew whose territory this was in South Africa.

While stationed in the Lagoon Hide at Zimanga, Peggy photographed this African Fish Eagle with an amazing catch!

Maggie also captured perhaps our most dynamic zebra moment of the trip.

Peggy photographed this moody scene featuring a bull elephant foraging at a broken tree.

On one of our final mornings at MalaMala, we encountered a male leopard patrolling outside of his territory. Julie took advantage of the fantastic morning light to create this portrait.

Another owl from Steve. We had great views of this rainforest species during the Borneo trip.

Following a trek up 700 stairs at the Gonmatong Caves, we got to witness millions of bats emerging into the evening light. We weren’t the only ones waiting for them. Kevin captured a Rufous-bellied Eagle with a bat in its talons!

A young proboscis monkey finds a moment of peace near the Kinabatangan River in Borneo.

One of the big surprises in Borneo was our encounter with smooth-coated otters. April was ready when this one decided to check us out!