Dave Taylor

I’m very proud to announce that my 2012 Wild Lands & Wild Life Print Catalog has been completed. This 164-page catalog features 133 of my best photographs. For the first time ever, they are being made available as custom fine-art prints.  Multiple size options for nearly every image. Each print is available in 4 incredible display options Acrylic Display – a beautiful, nearly self-luminescent, ready-to-be-hung/no framing needed, display option. Canvas Wrap – the image is printed on a lovely artists canvas and is stretched over a wooden subframe. Display ready, this print option needs no further framing. Glossy or Watercolor Print – looking for a way to purchase a ‘bare’ print that you can have your own framer design a...

Here are a few more photos from my recent adventure on St. George Island, in Alaska’s Pribilof Island Group. I have been working on editing the nearly 3,000 photos created over those 3 days. The “Selects” have been narrowed to a much more manageable group of around 30 images.  That is 1 “Select” image out of every 100 clicks of the shutter. There is an old-ish saying that I first heard from Galen Rowell, “The difference between a professional and an amateur photographer is that a professional takes more bad photographs.” Over the past few years, I’ve been focusing more on my landscape photography. St. George Island gave me a very unique opportunity to shift my main focus to the incredible wildlife, albeit with a few...

To quote Jodie Foster’s portrayal of Dr. Ellie Arroway in Robert Zemeckis’ “Contact”: No words to describe it. Poetry! They should’ve sent a poet. Alaska has been kind to me. I’ve visited locations most photographers dream of & seen things most will never witness. But Alaska is always full of surprises. I spent the past 4 days at a location that I’ve been dreaming of visiting for several years. St. George Island sits just 45 miles to the east of the Continental Shelf. In this region, everything about the Earth’s crust is precipitous. If you were able to stand atop the ‘cliffs’ above the Continental Shelf, you’d already be in nearly 600 feet of water. But vanishing into the blackness below would...

Hartney Bay has a lot to offer, photographically, and I visit it often whenever I am in Cordova. In early May, hundreds of thousands of birds use the bay as a resting ground as they migrate north to the Arctic Slope. During June (while guiding my tour), it is not uncommon to find moose wandering the Slough side, amongst tall grasses and wading through the shallow stream. Eagles circle overhead, and bear scat can be found without too much searching. Who can blame the animals for spending time in the area? It’s incredibly beautiful; with the Orca Inlet  across the bay, and Hartney Slough leading to Heney Ridge further inland. At high tide, the salt water of the eastern Prince William Sound invades the fresh water coursing down from the mountain, and the...

If you are a subscriber to my twice-monthly newsletter, you may already know that I announced my newest Print of the Month Collector’s piece, today. This new image, created a few weeks ago while cruising the incredible waters of Kenai Fjords National Park, is the 4th image in this new series. If you are not already subscribed, you can read the newsletter here. Be sure to click the link at the top left of the page to check out the archived newsletters, or sign up! Stay tuned… Want to be kept up to date about all of my Photo Workshops & AdvenTours, tips & tricks, and news? Only Newsletter subscribers receive special discounts on Print of the Month Collectors Prints! Click here to sign up for the free Newsletter. Looking for a way to experience wild

I am a finally settling back into a ‘normal’ rhythm after returning from my Wild Lands & Wild Life: Cordova Photo Tour, this past Saturday. After over a full week on the road, with many late nights, a few very early rises and a mid-tour hard hitting virus, this tour was a tour de force. And soooooo worth it! The clients had an excellent time. One of the clients even cried. “Wait. I thought you said you had an ‘excellent time’, Dave?” My client (who shall go un-identified) was seated next to me during one of our aerial photography sessions. I turned towards them mid-flight and caught the glint of a tear rolling down their cheek. I asked if everything was ok. The reply was so poignant. “It’s...