ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Among the many unsolicited lessons that COVID decided to impart, the inability to plan for the unexpected ranks high on the list. You can do your best to map things out for your travels, but there will always be something out of your control.
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Early sunrises in Wyoming in July mean very early alarms and frigid mornings in the dark. There are plenty of applications to forecast a variety of conditions, but there’s nothing that can help you stumble upon a tree that decided to grow on its own in an open field in front of a perfectly placed gap in the forest behind it. The morning mist added a natural separation and the soft light put the finishing touches on a scene that I don’t think I would encounter again, even if I returned to this spot a thousand times. So much preparation can go into a photo only for Mother Nature to remind you who sets the stage.
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For that quiet morning, the ideal conditions, the solitude of that lone tree still standing tall, and for capturing what the COVID era felt like to me, this image will always resonate with me, and it will immediately transport me back to that quiet morning.

AUTHOR
Eric's interest in photography began when his parents gave him an old film camera to use for his course in high school. While the class initially served as an escape from his rigorous biology and chemistry courses, it would eventually become the catalyst for each of his interests and passions melding into one. The film process revealed the "magic" of how science and technology could immortalize a scene in front of him. With this, his creative side would soon be unlocked.

Eric earned a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Wake Forest University. He enjoyed his courses in physiology, molecular biology, and genetics, but it was ecology that grabbed his attention. The idea that life, across species and geographies, is intertwined resonated with him long after his classes concluded.

This concept has driven much of Eric's travel and work to date. He seeks to explore new cultures, new areas of the world, and unique wildlife with the hope that his images can deliver that same empowering idea to others that he felt in his studies — that we can all share some connection and hold interest in other people and living things, even when the link might not be apparent.

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