Making A Personal Style Project at Yellowstone National Park

My Personal Style Project

John Muir once said, “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” John Muir was a great activist for the National Parks and worked with the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, to establish these beautiful, nature filled parks.

If I could work anywhere for anyone, I would love to be an advocate for the National Parks and help them with photography, social media, promotions, advertisements, etc. This is why, for my personal style project, I chose to visit Yellowstone National Park, capture around 35 fantastic images, beautifully edit them, and place prints of them for sale on my website for all to purchase and enjoy.

Not everyone has the opportunity to explore these parks. This is a way I can bring these nature havens to all and show The National Park Service what I can do.

The most beneficial thing I learned from this project, and from the class that taught me a lot of these skills, is that you have to follow your passion. For a long time, I thought I would be stuck having to capture portraits of others in order to make money. While I do greatly enjoy portrait photography, it’s never been my true passion. I love being outside in the wilderness, capturing images of wildlife and unique landscapes. These last few months have given me the tools to better pursue that dream and I believe I can be successful one day because of it.

Theodore Roosevelt said, “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” This path in nature and wildlife photography is one I want to pursue. It may be a career I try and fail at but if I never try, I will never know if I could have succeeded. Where ever this path takes me, I intend to walk it ’till the bitter end. Triumph or fail, I know it will make me better, stronger, and more than I could ever be standing still.

Personal Project Photos and Prints

Below are a few examples of the work I did on this personal project excursion to Yellowstone National Park. If you’d like to see more, please visit https://mlhnphotography.com/shop to view my prints and to support me as I pursue my dream!

Not all images I took are included in this blog post.

To view all Wildlife photos, click here!
To view all Hot Pool and Geyser photos, click here!
To view all Landscape and Plant Life photos, click here!