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Images of Wilderness 2025 Wall Calendars Are Here!

The 2025 Edition of my annual wall calendar is now ready and shipping! These make great gifts for anyone on your list and can be shipped directly to them! Each calendar is printed on low-impact paper with soy-based inks and features twelve of my favorite images of the past year. A special collector’s edition is also available again!

Autumn 2024 gallery

Now that November has arrived and the temperatures are getting lower, I thought it a good time to share with all of your my latest Autumn images in one central gallery. As always, custom fine art prints are available in the size of your choice!

All New Ebook Now Available!

I have just released my latest eBook, “Reflecting on February.” It is available as a pre-release for a discounted price through 3/17/24 and becomes available for everyone on 3/25/24. For more information, check out my Books section!

Welcome Capital Region Home Show!

So nice to meet all of you on Saturday and Sunday at the Albany City Center! Most of what I showed can be seen here. If you cannot find the image you’re looking for, just reach out to me and I can send it to you. Thank you!

Up, Up, and Away!

Edition #1 and #2 are now available for viewing in the Recent Work section. If you are interested in a custom print, please just send me a note.

CraftWestport 2023

I will be returning to CraftWestport this November 4-5 in Westport, CT! The fair runs from 10-6 on Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday. This is a rain or shine event held at Staples High School in Westport. Come enjoy a truly amazing collection of artisans. On display will be a range of images as well as multiple new prints, I hope you get a chance to come by! If you cannot make it, but are interested, please reach out as I frequently do custom pieces.

DIRECT PRINTS ON ALUMINUM

I adore printing photographs as my home gallery attests. I’ve experimented with a range of different papers, acrylic, and dye sublimation metal prints. As of late I have been connecting more with direct printing on aluminum. It does not work for all my images, but for many it does. These prints have a more casual feel to them, but can be dressed up or unframed for a more contemporary look. They have an amazing surface texture with excellent color saturation. They are quite durable, humidity stable, and there is virtually no surface glare! Glare can be distracting, so by nearly eliminating it these prints can often be far more enjoyable. Clients often comment, “It looks like it’s lit from behind!” And that they, “…love the lack of glare.” when hung in their space.

james rodewald

nature's sake photography
 

At its core Nature’s Sake Photography is a socially-responsible nature photography studio that is committed to donating significant portions of its profits to help support conservation groups that work to protect the lands we photograph. No less than 10% of our profits from each fine art sale is paid forward to conservation. This is a principle we are immensely proud of and we stand by it with conviction! 

James Rodewald is a freelance nature photographer with decades of experience in many parts of the United States. His work primarily focuses upon the wild areas of the Northeast, with New York's Adirondack region being a frequent topic of study. He started his photographic journey back in the early 1980s with a Nikon FM-2 35-mm film camera and has evolved through various iterations of the Nikon line over the years to their more advanced digital SLRs of today. Although his portfolio of film and digital work spans many years, one can see a few common themes emerge. One of those central themes is a long-term attempt to capture scenes of the natural world seemingly untouched by humanity, nature in its natural state. No easy task in today's world, a principle which in part initiated the founding of Nature's Sake Photography in 2017.

When not in the woods surrounding his home in the Southeast Adirondacks or searching for new subjects to photograph, he is a full-time environmental science educator at Shaker High School in Latham, NY and a proud father of two amazing teens. “Bear” is his fuzzy sidekick, a hilariously quirky and fun loving French water dog.