Wildlife Photo Chat

Rich returns to the show 5 years later and 5 years into his full-time wildlife photography career. We start the show talking about challenges and rewards of making photography your job. Rich also shares how he works hard to make all of his tours an experience in addition to teaching his guests how to get amazing photos. We wrap up the show talking about some of his favorite birds to spend time with and photograph, Dippers!
Follow Richard at:
Instagram: @mywildlifeimages
Website: www.richardcampionphotography.com

Richard is back for a 3rd time on the show and it's an amazing conversation as always! Richard shares about how this past year and the coming one has had a bunch of firsts for him including launching a leadership coaching business, putting together a signature trip for 2 of his mentorship students, and the upcoming launch of a documentary about critically endangered Blue Swallow which will be released on March 10, 2026! We of course talk about all sorts of other things as we always do, hope you enjoy!
Follow Richard at:
Instagram: @theflacksphotography

Aaron Todd joins me for a second time on the show to talk all things waterfowl! He shares about getting in the water in the winter and the challenges around it. Aaron shares about his love of using his floating hide along with fun stories around that and then we talk about what he hopes to do during his trip to Newfoundland this year. We wrap up the conversation talking about how he is working to donate towards conservation efforts on his own and with others.
Follow Aaron at:
Instagram: @aaronktodd
Show Mentions:
www.aarontodd.ca
Canadian Conservation
Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective

My guest Chiara Talia joins me to share the story of how she got into photography while going to school and how it helped her mental health. We also dive into her recent move back to Italy from Belgium where she started her wildlife photography. We wrap up the show talking about how she wants to combine her science background with more conservation photography.
Follow Chiara Talia at:
Instagram: @chiaratalia_birds

Maceo Susi joins me this week to discuss photographing seaducks along the Massachusetts coasline, learning his subjects deeply and spending a lot of time with them when possible, and he shares his reasons for photographing such diversity in his wildlife photography and how it helps him in the long term.
Follow Maceo at:
Instagram: @maceosusi
Show Mentions:
Story about Eider slow shutter shot
Tree Frog photo