Culpepper Photography

Nature Images by Lisa Culpepper

 

~ About the Photographer ~

I have had the wonderful opportunity of living and working in Yellowstone National Park since the summer of 2000.  While photography has always been a favorite hobby of mine, it wasn't until I came out West that the subject matter really began to grab my attention.  For the past several years, I have held the dream job of a photographer / interpretive guide out of the Old Faithful area, working for Xanterra Parks and Resorts.  This job has really pushed me to learn more and more about digital photography and every day is  a learning experience.

 

One of my favorite aspects about living in the park year round is being able to anticipate and look forward to seasonal changes nature brings to Yellowstone.   Yellowstone is a moving picture, where we as photographers, are able to capture that singular wondrous moment in time and preserve it forever.   I feel it is so important to gain as much knowledge as we can about a particular subject or landscape in order to fully appreciate its beauty and place in this world.

When I am out shooting in the field, I always practice strong conservative ethics when photographing wildlife.  After all, this is their land.    It is important to learn how to 'read' the wildlife and recognize certain behavior that is telling us we are intruding that animal's space.  Anytime our actions cause an animal to change its behavior, we have overstepped our boundaries.

 

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