About the Author

FLORIAN SCHULZ is a professional wildlife and landscape photographer from Germany whose striking images have garnered international recognition. His photographs have won awards in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, the Nature’s Best International Photography Awards, the Banff International Mountain Photography Competition, and the European Nature Photographer of the Year competition. He is the 2008 recipient of the North American Nature Photography Association’s Vision Award. Sponsored by the Blue Earth Alliance, his book Freedom to Roamâ„¢: Yellowstone to Yukon (Braided River, 2005) received an Independent Publisher Award as one of the “Top Ten Outstanding Books of the Year,” singled out as “Most Likely to Save the Planet.”

Schulz spends eight to ten months every year in the field, focusing on long-term conservation photography projects. As the youngest founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, he uses his photography to instill in viewers a greater interest in both the natural and cultural diversity of the planet. For more information on Schulz and his photography, visit www.visionsofthewild.com. To check out his blog, visit http://www.visionsofthewild.com/blog/.

Passionate about composition, lighting and drama to create stunning images, getting the prefect photo is not all that counts. Florian hopes to instill in viewers a greater interest in both the natural and cultural diversity of the planet.