#34 - Inspire Me - Congrats Steve

[Jonathan Huyer]

Great topic -- and great examples above. I get immense inspiration from wildlife photographers who get out there and invest the time and energy to find the animals that they love to photograph the most. I've been very fortunate to experience some unique encounters over the past few years, including the two below. The first one is my entry: A wild black wolf in Banff National Park. Many people will never see a wild wolf in their entire lives... it takes a fair bit of work (and a lot of luck) to have such an encounter. The second is a 'Spirit Bear', a rare white variant of a black bear that can be found on a couple of remote islands on the British Columbia coast. It is not an albino, since it still has black eyes and a black nose.

Both these encounters have changed me as a photographer, and continue to drive me in my work. Hope you find them inspiring too!

[bgood]

@Jonathan Huyer I just took a quick run through your gallery. Wow. You do great work and live in an incredible place. You and my uncle would get along well, although he primarily has been focusing on birds lately. His photostream is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25467848@N08/