Greek Mountain Man

09/11/2026

Do you ever wonder if you’ll get back to doing the things you love, instead of just getting through the day?

When you’ve been struggling for a long time, it can be hard to picture that. You miss doing the things that used to make you feel like yourself.

I spent years recovering after getting sick from mold. I could barely walk. Work was about all I could manage. Now I’m back outside in Grand Teton with my camera, doing something I love again.

I share that because you might be going through something right now that’s kept you from the things you love.

Please don’t give up on yourself. Needing more time or help doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You don’t have to get your whole life back in one day.

Maybe there’s a place you’ve been wanting to return to or something you miss doing. Keep a little room for that, even if you’re not ready yet.

We’ve reached 13,000 followers across Facebook and Instagram. Thank you for being here, for your comments, and for taking time out of your day to enjoy these animals with me.

Whether you’ve been here for years or just found this page, I hope the photos give you something to smile about. Especially on the days when you can’t get outside yourself.

And I hope you get more chances to do whatever makes you feel the way being outside with these animals makes me feel.
You deserve that, too.

09/11/2026

Another day with the King.

09/09/2026

You can photograph the king. You don’t get to move him.

My first walk through the corridor gave me one mule deer.

The second gave me Hoback, three people standing far too close, and a photographer who appeared to keep stepping into the bull’s path to get the face-on shot.

Every time Hoback chose a direction, the photographer moved ahead of him. Then Hoback changed direction again.

This story is about the line between witnessing wildlife and controlling it.

The map can help us find the story.

The animal still gets to write it.

A second walk through a Grand Teton moose corridor found Hoback, a crowd, and a lesson about photographers who interfere with wildlife movement.

09/07/2026

I happened to find these guys shedding this morning. It was just a couple of us. It was a wonderful time. I love this type of behavior and I got excellent pictures that I can't wait to share soon. Stay tuned.

09/05/2026

Just found the king.

09/05/2026

**Someone called a ranger on us. The ranger moved them instead.**

We had spent hours in the grass photographing Hoback, the King of the Tetons, from roughly 50 yards away.

Above us, a crowd stood along the edge of a small hill. From their angle, we looked closer. In reality, the slope had fooled them. Some of the people on top were much closer to Hoback than we were.

The ranger arrived, read the actual ground, and told the people on the hill to move back.

Then, just when I thought the evening was over, Hoback crossed the road and walked into an open field with the Tetons rising behind him.

Sometimes you wait all night for one photograph.

Sometimes the whole ridiculous story is what makes the photograph worth taking.

New story is up.

https://wherethewildbeastsroam.com/tips-guides/photographing-hoback-grand-teton-distance/

09/02/2026

At noon, a moose can be standing exactly where you hoped, and the photograph can still be dead.

Finding the animal is only half the work.

This post explains why morning, evening, and cloudy days can give you better wildlife photographs, what habitat to watch without being handed exact locations, and which basic camera controls help when an animal suddenly moves.

You do not need a secret spot to improve most of your wildlife photographs.

You need to understand the hour.

Learn why morning, evening, and cloudy days produce better wildlife photographs in Yellowstone and Grand Teton, plus practical camera and habitat tips.

09/02/2026

I wasn’t going to post this yet.

It feels a little early to open the vault, but I promised and moose season is almost here.

These two were still sizing each other up.

Soon the velvet will be gone, the air will turn cold, and the kings of the Tetons will start settling things for real.

Are you ready to watch them go at it?

08/30/2026

We went looking for the king. The storm gave us the sky.

We hiked into Gros Ventre hoping to show a family member Hoback, the King of the Tetons, still carrying velvet beside the river.

We found him.

Then he bedded down, the rain arrived, and we had to make a run for the car with thousands of dollars in camera gear.

I thought the day was over.

Then the storm broke, another moose appeared, and a rainbow rose over the Sleeping Indian in the exact place I had waited years to see it.

Sometimes the photograph you planned is only the road to the one you were supposed to take.

New story is up.

A hike into Gros Ventre to photograph Hoback became a race through heavy rain and ended with a rainbow over the Sleeping Indian.

08/29/2026

The vault is finally opening.

This is the first of thousands of moose photographs I’ve been holding onto from the past 5 years.

And the best time of year is almost here.

Cold mornings. Golden willows. River mist. Giant bulls stepping out like kings.

Moose season is right around the corner.