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Bears, Birds, and Bucket Lists with Dawn Wilson

Bears, Birds, and Bucket Lists with Dawn Wilson

Photographers know all about bucket-list items. We use our cameras like a passport into the world, driving us to achieve that rare and unique capture of a landscape, animal or night sky. Even with all I have already witnessed, I still have many on my own, very lengthy bucket list. Photograph polar bears in Svalbard, get down low in the sand with penguins in Antarctica, play in snowy conditions with muskox in Alaska, admire the beauty of giraffes in Africa, document the misty scenes of rutting elk in a rainforest, and capture the spring beauty of the Palouse are just...

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Think Tank Pro Team Feature: Ami Vitale

Think Tank Pro Team Feature: Ami Vitale

We're honored to collaborate with so many talented photographers on our Pro Team, and right at the top of the list has to be the incomparable, Ami Vitale. A Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic photographer, Ami has covered conflict zones and wildlife and environmental stories in more than 100 countries over the course of her career.  Story — National Geographic: Pandas Gone Wild   Story — National Geographic: The Last Goodbye   Story — National Geographic: Women of Impact   Recently, Ami founded the nonprofit, Vital Impacts, with visual journalist, Eileen Mignoni. This women-led non-profit provides financial assistance and amplifies...

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We are now a year into the worst health crisis in modern history - Ronald C Modra

We are now a year into the worst health crisis in modern history - Ronald C Modra

SCOTLAND CANCELLED… PATAGONIA CANCELLED.. MONUMENT VALLEY CANCELLED.. BIG SUR CANCELLED.. FRANCE CANCELLED…We are now a year into the worst health crisis in modern history. Like many, my friend and workshop partner, Don Smith, and I have not been able to conduct any of our photographic workshops and it has us left restless, irritable and longing for something to do. There has never been a time in my career I have been this inactive. I spent 25 years as a staff and contract photographer on the run for Sports Illustrated which was a never ending merry go round, baseball to football,...

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