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I'm a rabid photography nut and a very proud co-founder of the best photography workshop company in California.














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Despite my profile pic, I am not really a cheetah. In truth I am a photographer living in Santa Cruz, California. I grew up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and completely took that amazing opportunity for granted. For example, I lived about 2 hours away from Yosemite and visited the park maybe 5 times in 15 years. Yeah, I know.

When I moved to LA to study engineering I realized just what I had been missing out on by not spending more time in the woods.

Ever since then I've been getting out and exploring as many neat places as I can, from the high sierra, to New Zealand, to Mongolia.

My studies in engineering ultimately led to a job designing autonomy and fault protection systems in communications satellites for Boeing. While it was a good job, it didn't really give me the freedom I needed to pursue the life I wanted to live.

In 2008 I made a drastic change: I left my job at Boeing and started my own nature photography business. Since then I've met countless people, shared lots of stories, traveled to places near and far, and even sold a few photos.

The one thing I've found really amazing is the personal connections with people my photographs bring about. People tell me all about the yearly backpacking trips they would take past Cathedral Peak, or through the Little Lakes Valley; they talk to me about their African safaris; or they tell me about the places they dream of going. It's really neat to see all these wonderful moments in my life reflected in the lives of the folks who view my work.

Since 2008 I've expanded my business a little bit to include some editorial work, and my favorite pet project: The Dog Photog, where I run around taking spontaneous, candid portraits of peoples' animals.

Both the editorial and the pet photography are lots of fun, but more importantly, they keep me working with my camera, giving me the freedom to live the life I want.

A quick note about contacts: I am flattered if you add me as a contact. But I apologize in advance if I don't add you as a contact back. I can't keep up with my current contacts as it is so I'm very hesitant to add more. If you add me, I will do my best to check out your work, but I have a backlog of 500+ contact addees to go through so please bear with me.

View more of my work at my website: www.joshuacripps.com

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All images are copyright Joshua Cripps 2006-2010. Use of any images without my express written permission is illegal and punishable by law.

If you wish to use an image for any reason, please contact me. In general I am ok with non-commercial uses as long as attribution is given. However. as with all copyrighted works, commercial use of my photos requires a commercial license. Please contact me for a quote.