Jon Anderson
I am Jon, a photographer living on California's Monterey Bay who loves photographing wildlife, above and below the water! Also a mechanical engineer, I love testing the latest gear while making images, sometimes even building my own gadgets in pursuit of a unique perspective.
Posts by Jon Anderson
Photographing Wildlife from a Kayak
Many of the most compelling wildlife images are taken from as close to the subject’s eye level as possible. For aquatic birds, small marine mammals, and other wildlife that live in and around the water achieving this can be challenging. I have found that photographing these animals from a kayak has…
Photographing the Brown Bears of Brooks Falls
Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska is widely considered one of the best places in the world to observe and photograph brown bears fishing for salmon. In 1988, renowned wildlife photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen took an unprecedented image of a salmon leaping right into the mouth of a brown…