Over the years I have compiled hours of archive footage and a large collection of still images of sockeye salmon runs in Bristol Bay watersheds. I also maintain a small but growing selection of salmon runs from the Pacific Northwest. If you have a project that could use visuals of salmon and their environments, from a website photo to natural history production, I would be happy to see how I can help. Feel free to get in touch to request access to archive images and watermarked reels.

Working in the scientific community I’ve learned that although there is an enormous amount of impactful and interesting research going on, there can be a disconnection between the research and communicating the ideas, work, and results with the public. If you have a conservation message, research to share, or a story to tell I would be happy to assist in communicating your work with visual media. Whether it’s a handful of photographs to complement a presentation or accompany messages via social media, or a video piece to share your research topic let me know what you have in mind.

As an independent photographer and filmmaker, I’ve developed an understanding that to tell a complete visual story there needs to be a range of bases covered. Over the years I’ve gathered equipment and experience that keeps me prepared for underwater snorkel work, aerial drone, and topside work from long lens captures to interviews. I try to tailor my kit with an emphasis on what is manageable as a solo operator but also yields professional results. 

• Drone/unmanned aerial systems since 2014, maintaining FAA commercial certification since 2017
• Underwater photography in shallow water environments via snorkeling since 2013 in freshwater systems

• Our Planet II – Netflix series featuring animal migrations – Cinematography
• School of Fish – Featuring Bristol Bay and the fight against Pebble Mine, presented by Trout Unlimited and Orvis – Wildlife Cinematograpy
• BBC: The Mating Game – Freshwater: Timing is Everything – Drone operator, additional footage, consult, field guide
• BBC: Eden: Untamed Planet – Alaska: The Last American Frontier – Additional footage
• BBC: A Wild Year on Earth – A Time of Migration July-August – Additional footage
• Night on Earth – A Netflix series revealing the hidden nighttime world of animals – Additional footage
• Pebble Redux – The Bears of Amakdedori – Film highlighting bear habitat at risk from the proposed Pebble Mine – Additional footage
• America’s Wild Seasons – 4 part documentary highlighting the American Wilderness – Additional footage
• The Wild – Film depicting the continued battle to keep a copper mine out of Bristol Bay, Alaska – Aerial and underwater cinematography (Trailer)
• Salmon: The Journey Upriver – Short video about salmon migration filmed for Rotating Planet Productions – Director of Photography
• Ram Outdoorsman – Season 6, Episode 6 “Saving Salmon.” With the Wild Salmon Center; an outdoor fishing episode highlighting salmon and trout fishing and discussion surrounding the protection local fisheries
• CNN: The Wonder List with Bill Weir – Episode 4 Season 4 Alaska: Buried Treasure – Additional footage
• CNN: Bristol Bay : This is the most valuable wild salmon fishery in the world – Salmon footage
• BBC: Wild Alaska Live – BBC program covering wildlife of Alaska – Archive
• CHROME – A Conservation Media production following steelhead anglers – Additional footage

• Mosaic – Educational documentary illustrating the importance of habitat diversity of Bristol Bay (cinematography and editing)
• Net Stripping Tutorial – Short tutorial video on preparing your gillnet for recycling created for NetYourProblem
• We Are Still Here: A Story from Native Alaska – An Al Jazeera online film about the communities of Iliamna and Newhalen, in Bristol Bay, Alaska
• Long Live the Kings video – Highlighting the efforts of Long Live the Kings and Salish Sea Marine Survival Project collaborators, to understand factors affecting salmon and steelhead survival in the Salish Sea
• Salmon: The Journey Upriver – Short video about salmon migration filmed for Rotating Planet Productions – Director of Photography
• Scientific research conducted with Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust – Protecting the Rare Iliamna Lake Seals

• AFS Alaska 2018 Film Festival – In Southwest Alaska
• Official selections in the Wild and Scenic Film Festival 2017: Above Iliamna and In Southwest Alaska
• Yale Environment 360: Runner-Up
• National Geographic Photo Contest 2012: Honorable Mention

• FlyLordsMag – “How to Stay Safe Fly Fishing in Bear Country” article
• WildArk – “Stories from Bristol Bay” interview
• FlyLordsMag – “Spawning Sockeye” article
• Underwater Photographer Guide – photographer feature “Jason Ching: Remote Photography in Remote Alaska.” Camera trap and remote underwater photography
• Adventure Journal – for “ABOVE ILIAMNA” and research
• Mother Nature Network – for “ABOVE ILIAMNA” and salmon photography
• My Modern Met – for “ABOVE ILIAMNA” and salmon photography
• Backpackers.com – for “ABOVE ILIAMNA” and salmon photography

• Wild Salmon Center 
• The Nature Conservancy
• NRDC
• Alaska Venture Fund 
• The Washington Post – EPA to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, blocking major gold mine – Article photographs
• The Narwhal – The lessons for British Columbia in Alaska’s epic Bristol Bay sockeye run – Article photographs
• University of Washington – Early lives of Alaska sockeye salmon accelerating with climate change – Article photgraphs
• University of Washington – Hot spots in rivers that nurture young salmon ‘flicker on and off’ in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region – Article photographs
• Transactions of the American Fisheries Society – Volume 149, Issue 3 – Cover Photograph
• Science Magazine – “How a salmon scientist got hooked into a battle over the world’s largest gold mine” – Article photographs
• Outlaw Magazine – “The Last Frontier” – Article photograph
• Popular Science – “The secret to saving salmon is lodged in their ears” – Article photographs
• Hakai Magazine – “Can wild salmon and the Pebble Mine coexist?” – Article photographs
• CBC News – “‘Elusive’ freshwater Alaska seas one of a kind, says study” – Article photographs
• State of Alaska’s Salmon and People – Website photographs
• World Fish Migration Day – Website photographs and publications (From Sea to Source, Connecting Fish, Rivers and People)
• Wild Salmon Center – Website photographs and publications
• Alaska’s Salmon And People: Establishing Baseline Data – Article photograph
• Trout Unlimited – Informative article on redband trout in Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon 
• Salmon Safe – Website photographs
• University of Alaska Fairbanks – Article photograph (Collective movement studies may enhance salmon management)
• Nature Conservancy – Article photographs (Binge ‘Til You Burst: Feast & Famine on Alaskan Salmon Rivers)
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation – Article photograph (Alaskan fish alter breeding habits due to climate change)
• NRDC: A Force for Nature in 2014 – Victories summary video