Rudy Crawford
Rudy Crawford has been following in the footsteps his older brother, Wildside leader, Glenn Crawford, since he was about 9 years old. Glenn’s passion for birds, as well as his birding skills, have certainly rubbed off on Rudy and now, 30 years later he has joined the Wildside Family! While studying ecology and conservation, Rudy…
Read MoreRussell Graves
Raised in rural Texas, Russell is the product of a modest, blue-collar upbringing, a stalwart work ethic, and a family who put no bounds on his imagination and creativity. When Russell was a junior in high school, he wrote a research paper for his end-of-year English project. The research paper (which he still has today),…
Read MoreKyle Moon
Kyle Moon is a self-taught, wildlife photographer based out of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. With a bachelor’s in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation he has worked many conservation jobs ranging from Florida to Guyana, to Alaska and Montana. Currently, Kyle is a wildlife guide based out of Jackson, Wyoming where he takes clients into Yellowstone and…
Read MoreChris McGinnis
Chris McGinnis is a field macro photographer and OM SYSTEM Ambassador from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He grew up at the Jersey Shore and spent a good deal of his childhood searching for creepy crawlers and drawing in sketchbooks. His relationship with photography began at Moravian College while taking film photography courses en route to a degree…
Read MoreRafael Rueda Hernández
Rafael is an ornithologist that has been studying birds for almost 20 years. He was raised in the small town of Xalapa, right in the world’s largest fall migratory pathway. After receiving his Master’s in Biology, Rafael took off to the US and Costa Rica to lead bird banding projects to assess avian productivity and winter…
Read MoreDawn Wilson
I have been taking photographs and have been around animals ever since I was a kid. A move to Colorado in 2002 from New Jersey, however, is what really inspired me to focus my work on photographing the beautiful wildlife and scenery of the Rocky Mountains. A full-time photographer and writer, I specialize in photographing…
Read MoreJennifer Leigh Warner
Jennifer Leigh Warner is an award winning wildlife, landscape and conservation photographer living in Central Texas and specializes in creating meaningful images that conveys a message of hope for the natural world. Her passion for wildlife photography began at a very young age and with a degree in Communications and Photography from the Edward R.…
Read MoreAlyce Bender
Alyce Bender is a nature photographer, writer, educator, and adventurer. Camera in hand since childhood, her fascination for photography developed into a career after serving in the U.S. Air Force. Her passion for wildlife and the natural environment compels her to connect others with nature through sharing both visual art and in-field experiences that promote…
Read MoreLee Hoy
Lee Hoy is a wildlife, landscape, macro, and night sky photographer based out of the Davis Mountains in west Texas. Lee serves as a photography workshop instructor for Wildside Nature Tours and is an adventure photography workshop instructor for Precision Camera & Video in Austin and Houston, Texas. He loves to teach workshop participants how…
Read MoreJames Adams
In 1998, biologist and naturalist James Adams moved from his home in eastern Pennsylvania to the tropical rain forests of Honduras, where for over almost two decades he’s worked as assistant manager, head naturalist, and nature guide at The Lodge at Pico Bonito. James describes his life’s mission statement as promoting conservation of the natural…
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