Ron Hayes is a fourth generation Wyoming Native who grew up in the wide-open spaces that he calls home to this day. Ron has a bachelor’s degree in biology and began his professional career on the biological side of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department prior to moving into a career in Law Enforcement. It was during his time working as a biologist and Warden that Ron fell in love with photography as a medium for sharing the behaviors and scenes that he was blessed to have observed in the natural world. While his photographic journey began as a simple means of storytelling, it quickly became his passion. Ron’s work has been featured in monthly periodicals, newspapers, used in advertising and he has been a featured artist for multiple galleries and events in and around his home State.

Ron’s technical photographic knowledge and his experience in the western prairie ecosystems provide his workshop participants with a unique opportunity to leave with great images and an increased knowledge base. Ron writes for several on-line and printed photography forums and was a co-host for the Wild Photo Adventure television show. As a technical photographer, his goal is always to produce artistic imagery; he uses the camera as a tool to manipulate the natural light, producing images that captivate the viewers eye and draws their very soul into the moment in which they were captured.

Ron has a heart for the natural world. It is his hope that each of his images bring a society that has, in many ways, abandoned its place in the natural order back to its roots on a macro scale. His desire is that each story recorded provide its viewers with an opportunity to educate themselves about the simple and complex subtleties of wildlife behavior and their contributions to the ecosystems in which they are found.

www.westernwildlifeimages.com

Jason Loftus’ award-winning images have sold as print and cover images for multiple periodicals. With hundreds of published images to his credit, Jason’s reputation as an exceptional photographer continues to grow rapidly in the fine art and conservation photography communities

www.untamedimagesbyjl.com

A career wildlife photographer, Mark has cherished venturing into the wild professionally, for more than 25 years. His pursuit of images that reveal the hidden world and behaviours of the charismatic megafauna that share this amazing planet with us is what keeps him exploring over the next ridge or mountainside.

Mark frequently reflects on the mesmerizing beauty of this planet , from the smallest details to the grandest!

Mark’s work has been featured around the globe in a multitude of publications. Information about his award-winning books and his exceptionally well reviewed photo tours is available on his website:

www.markraycroft.com