Ron Hayes

Award winning photographer, writer and videographer Ron Hayes is the owner operator of Western Wildlife Images created in 2009 in his home state of Wyoming. Ron, through his wildlife biology degree and lifetime in the field, specializes in documenting animal behavior and environmental portraiture.

In 2017 Ron, wildlife filmmaker Michael Mauro and Canadian Photographer Mark Raycroft started Wild and Exposed Podcast which quickly became one of the internets most popular wildlife and adventure photography podcasts. The podcast opened the door for travel worldwide. It allowed Ron to begin filming for nature productions and developed in him new set of goals; photographing wildlife on every continent and giving others the skills and opportunity to do the same. Join Ron and Wildside as they achieve those together!!