Long Island is the perfect backdrop for wildlife photography. Come prepared and do your due research to make the most of your trip.
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There are pros and cons to the surge in interest around wildlife photography that has been sweeping Instagram over the past few years. On one hand, that need to get as close to the subject as possible “for the gram” can cause serious stress to the subject - affecting every aspect of their life from hunting to raising their young. On the other side of the trend is the amazing platform it creates for raising awareness around important issues like local conservation and species awareness. Those who take it up as a hobby can find grounding in being outdoors in close proximity to the wide array of species that we share Long Island with. This becomes particularly important in a day-and-age where we are constantly overstimulated by too much screen time and often miss out on the beauty in these intimate moments.
It’s important that we as a community try to steer people towards the latter and do our best to welcome and educate photographers interested in wildlife as their subject. For that reason, I wanted to talk to some of my favorite Long Island-based wildlife photographers about what makes it such a special hobby (or profession) and how we can all be responsible in our approach.
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After surviving four months of deep freeze on Long Island, it’s hard not to feel hopeful when the first hints of green emerge in the spring. I think that feeling is especially potent this year, as more and more people are getting vaccinated and a glimmer of hope that a clearing of the pandemic fog we’ve all endured for over a year may be coming, slowly but surely.
It’s an honor to be working with my friend, Kelly Teleglow, on a piece that speaks to the signs of life that inspire hope each April/May. When we worked on our first article together last year, April Showers Bring May Flowers, Kelly was quickly becoming one of my favorite local photographers, particularly when it comes to shooting flowers. In the time since, she’s really established herself as an artist and taught herself animation skills to further expand the ways in which she presents her work. Luckily, she was still willing to collaborate with me for this!
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