Colorado Photographer / Author / Outdoorsman | Steven W. Krull
Renowned outdoor photographer and author advocating for our wild living legacy
Perhaps I can find a way to inspire others to hit the trail or the track. Perhaps my wealth of knowledge of the outdoors and sports gear will help someone to adopt an active lifestyle. So watch for my posts to take a new direction with more emphasis on the outdoor activities aspect of my adventures!
As I sat in my chair with the doggies and drank my morning coffee, I checked the weather and decided to go out and shoot a video on a subject I've been kicking around. And that subject is shooting monochrome pictures with a mirrorless digital camera.
My renewed interest in film photography has revealed an interesting paradox.
Go with S.W. Krull Imaging on a snowshoe hike through the Colorado high country during a cold Rocky Mountain snowstorm, including a new YouTube video to stimulate your senses.
One of my goals for 2025 is to provide a monthly newsletter to communicate important developments at both S.W. Krull Imaging, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the U.S. Parks service. Programs that I will be watching closely this year include, the Colorado wolf reintroduction program, species protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the important news affecting our national and state parks.
After a stressful day of nursing along a doggy with pancreatitis I needed some fresh air and a couple miles on the trail. I hoped I would find some deer or elk to photograph during the golden hour, but it was completely by accident that I found my favorite mule deer bucks, The Three Amigos!
Even though I knew it was going to be too cold, I decided to check on our bald eagle nesting pair anyway. When I arrived I was glad to find them both near the nest, guarding over their home for the next few months.
Just as a new batch of wolves are set to be released into the Colorado Rocky Mountain wilderness, the ranchers launch a new bid to kill the wolf project. The headline on a CBS news article reads, "Efforts underway to stop wolf reintroduction in Colorado with popular vote". Please do not sign their petitions to get their new initiative on the ballot.
Finally after years of uncertainty and consternation, the Explore Act was signed into law this week. The Act is a wide ranging set of new laws which will provide for the construction of new campgrounds, shooting ranges, trails and much more. Most important to me and many photographers and videographers, is the inclusion of the Film Act within the text of the bill. The Act eliminates the requirement for for purchasing an expensive permit to film in national parks and forests with the intent to make a profit, even though you might not have known at the time that you were shooting for profit. This of course affected basically all Youtubers, who have had to live in fear of huge fines for their activities, which were legal at the time they created the film. with onerous application requirements and an uncertain outcome
A new year of photography is off to a great start with the birds of Eleven Mile Canyon in Southern Colorado. The bald eagles are back in the canyon, red-winged blackbirds are migrating, and I saw a northern shrike hunting in the meadow.
Colorado Photographer / Author / Outdoorsman | Steven W. Krull 