As the global travel market remains at a standstill amidst the seemingly unending spread of COVID-19, many of us remain at home, dreaming of exotic destinations and a break from the monotony. And though it will largely remain up to the individual as to when it feels appropriate to begin traveling again, this may be the perfect time to surround yourself with natural beauty in another way, by adorning your home or business with images of wildlife and wild places taken from the world.
Since March of this year 2020, my work guiding and traveling has ground to a halt. Like many others in the travel and guiding industries, I feel like a refugee in my own country, unable to return to my Costa Rican home due to travel bans. A time of forced rebuilding has been thrust upon me and many others during a time of great uncertainty. But, one cannot wait forever, and with that in mind, I am putting one step forward at a time, anticipating that the big break will come eventually.
And it is in this spirit that I have begun expanding my personal business to include online sales of photographic prints of my work. if you know my work, you know that it spans from the northern ranges of Alaska, the great National Parks of the lower 48 U.S. states, the jungles and cloud forests of Costa Rica, all the way to the grasslands of Uganda.
Rothschild’s Giraffe - Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
If traveling has been a big part of your life in the past, or if it is something you hope to pursue later, it is with the expert knowledge and warm hospitality of naturalist guides that some of your greatest adventure dreams can be realized. But in this time of COVID, many of us must look to new opportunities to continue to support ourselves. It is my hope that my business can be expanded to support myself in new ways so that when the day comes that borders open and travel is safe again, I am there and ready to take you into the wild to experience the true wonders of our natural world.
If wildlife is your game, then I encourage you to check out the Purchase Prints link on my website. This will take you to my Visual Society page where you can select the wildlife category on the navigation bar on the left. Or you can simply click here for wildlife shots. And you can click here for landscapes.
If you’re already an Etsy shopper, or just prefer to deal with me directly, you can visit my Etsy page here. I am still in the process of populating my Etsy page with prints, but for now some of my most popular landscape images are available there.
If a large print is on the expensive side, you can elect to purchase a printable download that you can have printed at the supplier of your choice.
I thank you for taking the time to check out this new facet of my work, and hope that you find something you wish to display on your walls at home or in your business. As each store is populated with new works, you may see an image on my website you would like printed that is not available yet on my stores. If this occurs, contact me by email and I will give you a quote for a direct sale. Thank you and stay safe!
Below you will find some examples of available prints currently up in my store. There are many more though, so for a full selection, click here.
Half Dome and the Elm Tree - Yosemite National Park, USA
Old Man of Storr - Isle of Skye, Scotland
Sample of a panoramic print of Grand Teton and the Snake River
Yosemite Valley Cloudscape
Thor’s Hammer in Bryce Canyon National Park - Utah, USA