Wildlife photography is a core passion. I hope to encourage people to connect with wildlife in their immediate vicinity. Across the United States, particularly in the West, we have incredible access to (relatively) intact ecosystems through our system of public lands and private conservation efforts. In these lands, we maintain a tremendous amount of wildlife, and these areas can be in close proximity to where we live.

My focus in photography has primarily been on carnivores, both mammalian and avian. Though I am happy to photograph all wildlife. My current aim is to document mountain lions in the foothills of Boulder County and map their territories. The mountain lion below is smelling a “scrape.” Scrapes are widely used by lions to mark territories and communicate, and finding fresh scrapes is a great way to know that a lion has recently been through. My ultimate goal is to take high-quality, in-person photographs of a local lion. To accomplish this, I am using camera traps to learn their regular haunts, tracking and trailing, and learning everything I can about their habits and whereabouts. Apparently, mountain lions are really sneaky and hard to photograph—a pursuit of a lifetime.