Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: soft boxes

Photo: A group of young women and a young boy are softly lit by soft boxes outside of a house.

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A group of young women and a young boy are softly lit by soft boxes outside of a house.

Photo: A photographer prepares for a photo shoot at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

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A photographer prepares for a photo shoot at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

Photo: Joel photographs a juvenile, northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur, California.

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Joel photographs a juvenile, northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur, California.

A picture of an Australasian swamphen or pukeko (Porphyrio melanotus melanotus) in a shooting tent at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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An Australasian swamphen or pukeko (Porphyrio melanotus melanotus) in a shooting tent at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Picture of Staff members assisting with a photo shoot of Ikoto, the last male Sanford's lemur (Eulemur sanfordi) in captivity at the Lemur Conservation Foundation near Myakka City, FL

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Staff members assisting with a photo shoot of Ikoto, the last male Sanford’s lemur (Eulemur sanfordi) in captivity at the Lemur Conservation Foundation near Myakka City, FL. He was born April 22, 1991, so he’s nearly 24 years old.

Photo: A crowd gathers to watch the Photo Ark shoot inside the reptile house at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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A crowd gathers to watch the Photo Ark shoot inside the reptile house at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Picture of a staff member with a red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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A staff member with a red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Photo: Behind the scenes during a photo shoot at Pheasant Heaven, a private pheasant breeding center near Clinton, NC.

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Behind the scenes during a photo shoot at Pheasant Heaven, a private pheasant breeding center near Clinton, NC.

Staff member with a Siamese fireback pheasant (Lophura diardi) at Pheasant Heaven, a private pheasant breeding center near Clinton, NC.

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Staff member with a Siamese fireback pheasant (Lophura diardi) at Pheasant Heaven, a private pheasant breeding center near Clinton, NC.

Picture of a man with his Florida waterdogs (Necturus lodingi), a part of his private collection.

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A man with his Florida waterdogs (Necturus lodingi), a part of his private collection.

Picture of a zookeeper working with a critically endangered Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis) at the LA Zoo.

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Behind the scenes at the LA Zoo working with a critically endangered Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis).

Picture of a zookeeper working with a critically endangered Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis) at the LA Zoo.

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Behind the scenes at the LA Zoo working with a critically endangered Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis).

Saint Louis Zoo staff during a photo shoot of their critically endangered adult narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra chitra).

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Saint Louis Zoo staff during a photo shoot of their critically endangered adult narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra chitra).

Louie Psihoyos film crew documenting an endangered horned marsupial frog (Gastrotheca cornuta) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

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Louie Psihoyos film crew documenting an endangered horned marsupial frog (Gastrotheca cornuta) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

A zookeeper holds a blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A zookeeper holds a blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A zookeeper prepares a blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) for a photo shoot at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A zookeeper prepares a blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) for a photo shoot at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Louie Psihoyos and his crew film the Santa Cruz gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer pumilus) at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

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Louie Psihoyos and his crew film the Santa Cruz gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer pumilus) at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

Joel Sartore photographs a vulnerable Southeast Asiatic softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center in Vietnam.

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Joel Sartore photographs a vulnerable Southeast Asiatic softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center in Vietnam.

Photo: At day's end, Joel Sartore shows pheasant photos to the bird keepers at the Houston Zoo.

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At day’s end, Joel Sartore shows pheasant photos to the bird keepers at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: A containment box is used to photograph Edward's pheasants at the Sunset Zoo. This bird is so rare it's nearly extinct in the wild now.

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A containment box is used to photograph Edward’s pheasants at the Sunset Zoo. This bird is so rare it’s nearly extinct in the wild now.

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