JZ Photography

JZ Photography I want to be a photographer when I grow up… I started doing photography after covid hit in 2020. It's way too expensive and way too complicated. What else?

It's a hobby that is both frustrating and fulfilling at the same time. I still have a lot to learn but I get to spend time in nature and I enjoy being creative. I don't have 'top of the line' gear but I buy the best stuff I can afford and try to produce the best image possible. I also don't know how, nor do I have any ambition to learn Photoshop. Oh yeah, I also don't know how to photograph people... yet.

I have a hard time passing by a scene with one strong tree and layered mountains behind it. The fog over the water gave ...
07/24/2026

I have a hard time passing by a scene with one strong tree and layered mountains behind it. The fog over the water gave this one that quiet, early-day mood I always hope sticks around long enough for a frame.

Nature is beautiful right up until it reminds you it is also brutally honest. This coyote scene is a good example of tha...
07/23/2026

Nature is beautiful right up until it reminds you it is also brutally honest. This coyote scene is a good example of that — wild, real, and completely uninterested in softening itself for the camera.

07/22/2026

After six years, this is the FIRST time I have ever been able to film wolves in Yellowstone with my camera because they weren't a million miles away.

Two separate wolf encounters in one incredible week. Back in Yellowstone, July 2026 and the wildlife did not disappoint.

First sighting was in Lamar Valley — the classic spot, for good reason. Spotted a lone wolf working the ridge, doing what wolves do. Hard to describe that feeling when you finally see one through the lens.

Second one was completely unexpected — near Phantom Lake, a totally different setting. Quiet, moody, felt like I wasn't supposed to be there but the wolf didn't seem to mind. I know the video gets a little shaky, but I was getting eaten alive by mosquitos.

Two sightings in seven days. Yellowstone is something else.

📍 Yellowstone National Park
📅 July 2026
📷 Canon R6II - RF 200-800 Lens
🎬 Edited in CapCut

Not every photo needs a huge landscape or a big animal to matter. Sometimes one wildflower, a little color, and the righ...
07/22/2026

Not every photo needs a huge landscape or a big animal to matter. Sometimes one wildflower, a little color, and the right bit of light is enough to carry the whole frame.

Juvenile bald eagle perched on a lichen-covered boulder, staring out over the misty mountains like it's already planning...
07/22/2026

Juvenile bald eagle perched on a lichen-covered boulder, staring out over the misty mountains like it's already planning its route. They don't get the white head and tail until they're about four or five years old, so this one's still figuring things out — same awkward teenager vibe, just with better posture and sharper talons. Spent a good while watching it before it decided I wasn't interesting enough to stick around for.

Looking through a heavy iron grate into a stone shaft — the kind of place where the light has to fight to reach the bott...
07/22/2026

Looking through a heavy iron grate into a stone shaft — the kind of place where the light has to fight to reach the bottom… or the top- since this is looking upwards into the Roosevelt Arch at the north entrance of Yellowstone. Not the usual nature shot for this page, but there's a certain beauty in old, forgotten places too. The way the amber glow catches the rough stone walls, the geometry of the bars cutting across everything... sometimes the best subjects are the ones that have been sitting there for centuries waiting for someone to notice.

Snow falling over a half-frozen creek winding through a meadow, with the tree line fading into the haze beyond. There's ...
07/22/2026

Snow falling over a half-frozen creek winding through a meadow, with the tree line fading into the haze beyond. There's something about snowstorms that makes everything go quiet in a way that's hard to describe — the falling flakes soak up sound, and what's left is just this muffled stillness. Stand there long enough and you forget you're cold.

Bull moose standing alone in a frosted meadow, steam drifting from its breath in the cold quiet. That blue-grey winter l...
07/22/2026

Bull moose standing alone in a frosted meadow, steam drifting from its breath in the cold quiet. That blue-grey winter light turned the whole scene into something almost painterly — muted tones, the dark treeline keeping its distance, and one massive animal perfectly content to own the silence. I stood and watched until my fingers went numb. Can't say I regret a second of it.

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