Capturing Winter with Lisa Culpepper

Local skilled photographer and information, Lisa Culpepper, has greater than 20 years of expertise photographing the magic of Yellowstone in winter. She has additionally spent that point sharing her love of images and this serene season within the park with guests from all around the world.

We’re fortunate sufficient to have Lisa information a particular images expedition this winter within the park. This all-inclusive tour options journey in a rugged, snug, and heated snowcoach, meals, and stays on the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and the Old Faithful Snow Lodge. Participants will take journeys to iconic park places in all their winter glory like Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Norris Geyser Basin, the Firehole River, and extra, and undoubtedly seize the park’s magnificent wildlife alongside the way in which.

There remains to be time to hitch Lisa on this as soon as in a lifetime journey! See the complete particulars beneath. This Winter Photography Expedition will happen from January 2-8, 2026.

For a little bit inspiration, check out a few of Lisa’s photos from previous winter journeys within the park. We additionally caught up with Lisa as she elaborated on what makes winter such a magical time in Yellowstone and what she hopes members come away with from this photographic journey within the park’s winter wonderland. Scroll beneath to learn on.

What makes photographing Yellowstone in winter particular?

The white velvety blanket of snow has a means of including simplicity to our landscapes, permitting us to single out a frosty tree or isolate the bison as they trudge by way of the deep snow, or maybe the crimson fox as it’s leaping within the air to pounce on its prey beneath the snow. A extremely chilly clear day will deliver out the magic in Yellowstone – the diamond mud within the air, the rainbow (sundog) across the solar, the frosty eyelashes of a bison, the rime frost adorning the timber, it’s merely fantastic! Not to say, we take pleasure in having the park principally to ourselves within the winter!

Do you’ve gotten a favourite topic to {photograph} within the park?

As a naturalist having fun with all aspects associated to nature, I actually take pleasure in all topics in Yellowstone, from wildlife to waterfalls! Although I’d must say I do find yourself with extra bison photos than I do know what to do with. I recognize this magnificent creature in all seasons, however a winter frosty bison to me is the epic shot of Yellowstone!

What are a few of your favourite elements of main images excursions in Yellowstone?

I really like sharing with of us only a few settings on their cameras that may assist them come away with the gratification of capturing the expertise, the feelings, the second in time…reasonably than only a snapshot. To find out about our topics as effectively, helps us to realize extra appreciation for our images and helps us inform the significant story about this superb place we name Yellowstone. It doesn’t matter what digicam mannequin one has…the necessary factor to recollect is that it merely locations us within the second to be current and benefit from the pure world round us!

What do you hope members come away with on the finish of their journey?

For anybody contemplating becoming a member of us on this Winter Photo Expedition Jan 2 – Jan 8, 2026 I look ahead to sharing the wonders of Yellowstone’s winter world and my collective expertise, ardour, and steerage of photographing Yellowstone on this winter surroundings for the previous 20 years. Meanwhile, I’m excited to share the detailed saga of a outstanding expedition that passed off in January 1887 as we observe the historic route of the Haynes-Schwatka Expedition and study the challenges and triumphs that Frank Jay Haynes skilled as he photographed the park throughout one of many harshest winters on report!

Artist Statement

Photographing in Yellowstone has taught me to decelerate and grow to be current within the second, whereas establishing a deep-seated stewardship to those treasured lands as a way to shield them for future generations. In order to stay devoted to Yellowstone’s uncooked magnificence, I attempt to maintain my photographic photos true to nature. With minimal publish processing desired, I make use of my digicam because the artist’s palette and set the temper with correct publicity whereas making a compelling composition to share Yellowstone’s fascinating tales. As a nature photographer-guide, I look ahead to every new day capturing the wonders of Yellowstone and sharing these moments with others.