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Adventures, Travel, Tips & Tricks, Gear Reviews, Hiking, Backpacking and Exploring all through the lens of a camera. Looking for Tips & Tricks or the best locations for Landscape, or Wildlife photography. Look no further, sometimes getting those great shots may require some hiking or back country backpacking to get them. Our goal at Shutter Bison is to provide you with as much information or details to improve your photography skills or to just have more fun in the great outdoors.
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Pasadena Audubon Society (PAS)
The Pasadena Audubon Society (PAS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1904 with the aim of promoting the conservation of birds


Don't be a Trail Idiot: You Get to Decide
It's hard to decide who truly is the Trail Idiot here. The people who break the rules or the ones who should be enforcing the rules.


Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
A sanctuary dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, education, research, and quality animal care
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NEW Adventure Camera Gear for 2023
This Camera Gear setup is what I use for long multi-day trips that require multi day backpacking or travel


Birdwatching Photography in the Pacific Northwest
Discover the captivating world of birdwatching photography in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest.


Don't be a Trail Idiot: You Get to Decide
It's hard to decide who truly is the Trail Idiot here. The people who break the rules or the ones who should be enforcing the rules.


Tracking a Puma; Fresh Kill
The kill site was somewhat recent, the blood was still damp and just starting to get sticky.


Insects are Amazing: The Ironclad Beetle
The amazing Ironclad beetle could be the toughest insect on the planet. Its outer exoskeleton has been studied for years by scientists


Insects through the Macro Lens
Insects make up over 80% of all wildlife and exist in every environment on every continent, even Antarctica.


Tracking a Puma; Tracks, Bones and Blood
Mountian lions can maintain a territory of about 100 square miles


Insects are Amazing: Tarantula Hawk
The Tarantula Hawk stinger can be 1/3 of an inch long and is said to be one of the most painful stings in the world.


Insects of North America: A Collection of Stunning Photos
There are over 91,000 different species of insects and other arthropods known to occur in North America


Tracking Animals for Photography: Final Results - Reptiles
As summer came many lizards sunned themselves in the early morning including newly born Horned Lizards


Charging Bear: Stand Your Ground
Bear is charging you and your inner prey urges you to run, but you must fight that urge and stay put.


Tracking Animals for Photography: Final Results - Birds
The birds of prey were more active in the mornings and early evenings when the rabbits and squirrels were out and about.


Tracking Animals for Photography: Final Results - Mammals
It's been a year since I started this project last September of 2021 which included four seasons.


Tracking Animals for Photography: Final Results - Insects
Out of all the wildlife, insects are my favorite to take pictures of, for a few reasons. 1. you are more likely to come across a bug rather


Colorado Grasslands
When you think of Colorado for most people endless mountain ranges come to mind. But a quarter of Colorado is actually grasslands.


Point Lobos Natural Reserve
Point Lobos is located on the California coast just north of Big Sur and at the southern tip of Carmel Bay


The Last Frontier Alaskan Photography Adventure Part 2
This year's Photography adventure was a nine-day trip in mid-June to The Last Frontier, Alaska.


The Last Frontier Alaskan Photography Adventure
This year's Photography adventure was a nine-day trip in mid-June to The Last Frontier, Alaska.


In Search of the Alaskan Brown Bear
Alaska is the largest state in the United States. Its surrounded by 3 seas and contains over 3,000 rivers, 3 million lakes.


I'm Not Dead: Capturing a Turkey Vulture Encounter
I rolled over on my back and noticed it was a large Turkey Vulture circling me. I mumbled to myself "I'm not dead"


Tracking Animals for Photography: Monitor
The best time to explore for animals and signs of animals is after a good rain. The soft soil and mud make for great tracks.


In Search for the seldom-seen River Otters in Puget Sound
When you think of otters, for most people the cute and cuddly sea otter comes to mind. Sea otters are adapted to living in the ocean


Tracking Animals for Photography: Research
Some great books and reference material on Animals of North America and how to track them.


Tracking Animals for Photography: Location
Wildlife tend to have daily routines and patterns that will revolve around the time of day, water, and food sources.
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