Expedition Guiding has turned into a passion, it is environmental education through storytelling about the places we visit with guests. Pointing out how flowers in the NZ SubAntarctics grow bigger to absorb more UV, but also their leaves are a micro-climate so pollinators are more likely to hang out there. A few little facts can give people a different perspective on how incredible these Mega Herb plants are. Daisies that grow the size of teacup saucers.
Guiding in remote areas around the world for the last 7 years has given me a deep-seated hope for our planet. I have been able to visit many wild parts of our Earth where humans have had minimal impact and seeing the wildlife thrive when humans give it room to do so. The way ecosystems balance themselves and find natural order. All of it makes me in awe of this precious beautiful planet Earth that we all call home.
Over time I have developed a passion to share nature and wildlife around our planet with others through guiding and story telling and now through images. My camera has been a sturdy companion as I witnessed Polar Bears walk up to our vessel in the Arctic, Grizzlies munching on Salmon before hibernating in Alaska, or 1 million pairs of Adelie Penguins in the Ross Sea of Antarctica.
My camera has allowed me to capture these incredible experiences, and my passion for conserving our natural world is one of the reasons I’ve decided to share these images as prints.
My hope is that I can inspire others that our beautiful planet is worth conserving and protecting. The species we share this Earth with need us to take action and make the right decisions for the future. I hope that the stories and these images entering your world will bring a little of that inspiration to stand up for our planet into your living room or office.
It’s a project of love and passion sharing my wildlife and nature images online as prints to hang on your walls and I hope I can use my photographs to share and raise funds for various conservation projects around the planet.
Thanks for checking out my portfolio and my shop.
If there are any images in my portfolio that you love and would like to have a print of just connect with me and I can organise it to be put in the Shop!
Thanks for sharing these two websites with anyone you think might be interested.
https://jamievanjones.myportfolio.com/
All the best,
xx
Jamie Van Jones