“In photography, the landscape is never just a backdrop, it’s a living, breathing subject.”

That guiding principle propelled me deep into the heart of Capitol Reef National Park, where every curve of red sandstone, every whisper of Fremont petroglyph, and every golden sunset spoke volumes. Over the course of my journey, Capitol Reef revealed itself not as a passive subject, but an active collaborator, challenging me to frame its vastness, texture, and secrets through my camera lens.

A few years ago I got serious with my waterfowl photography. I initially made a number of mistakes, read hundreds of articles on how to photograph waterfowl, practiced what they preached, discovered the good, discarded the bad and what follows is my approach to waterfowl photography. Hopefully you can avoid making the same mistakes and go right to the rewards.

You can classify a favorite location in many ways. It may be close to your home for frequent visits, or there is an abundance of wildlife allowing for great opportunities for taking photos or it was the special place where you captured that once in a lifetime photo. You know the one that took your breath away.

For me that location is the Mass Audubon's Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary located in Norfolk, MA. It checks all the boxes for a favorite location that keeps me returning time after time.