Tim Ernst is Arkansas' Wilderness Photographer. His photographs have appeared in hundreds of national, regional and local publications. Some of his credits include National Geographic, Audubon, Backpacker, Outside, Outdoor Photographer, American Hiker, Natural History, Country, Chevy Outdoors, and Arkansas Times magazines, Sierra Club and Hallmark calendars, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service maps and brochures, Readers Digest Books, and The New York Times. His fine art prints grace the walls of hundreds of businesses around the region, including major collections in the Walton School of Business at the UA, Fayetteville; the new wing of St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers; and the new wing of the Boone County Regional Medical Center in Harrison.

Eight collections of Tim's wilderness photographs have been published as coffee table picture books - Arkansas Portfolio: Twenty Years of Wilderness Photography (1994), Wilderness Reflections: An Intimate Look at Wild Places in America (1996), Buffalo River Wilderness (with watercolors by William McNamara, 1998), Arkansas Spring: Dogwoods, Waterfalls and Wildflowers (2000), Arkansas Wilderness: My Favorite Photos from the Natural State (2002), Arkansas Portfolio II: Spectacular New Images from The Natural State (2005), Buffalo River Dreams (2006), and Tim's newest picture book Arkansas Waterfalls: Scenic Icons of the Natural State (2007). See the dropdown menu above to view galleries for each book.

Tim has been teaching photography workshops for more than twenty years, specializing in digital workflow and fine art printing. His workshops are held at his brand new print studio and classroom facility (Buffalo River Gallery), and at the spacious Buffalo Lodge near Jasper. Tim has been writing his popular online Cloudland Cabin Journal since 1998, which details his life in the wilderness and includes thousands of photos.

His current camera of choice is a 39 megapixel medium-format Phase One digital back. Previous cameras include everything from Leica, Nikon, Contax, Minolta, and Canon 35mm, Contax and Pentax medium format, and Zone VI 4x5. Tim makes all of the prints you might order from this web page himself using one of five fine art printers in his studio (Canon, HP, and Epson) - all the latest design using the finest archival papers, canvas, and pigment inks. Tim lives in a log cabin deep in the Buffalo River Wilderness with his lovely bride, Pamela, and their daughter, Amber.

Ray Scott enjoyed growing up in the outdoors and spent much of his time exploring the lakes, streams, and woodlands of the Natural State. In the early 1980's, Ray began documenting the beauty and natural wonder of special places in photographs. Ray's primary photographic emphasis is on nature, scenic landscapes, and travel images. His portfolios include a variety of natural features including wildflowers, sunrises, sunsets, and waterfalls. He has an extensive collection from national parks, national forests and wilderness areas. Ray has traveled to 23 states and to Cuba, Canada, Mexico, and to nine Caribbean Islands. He has a large portfolio from these travel adventures including wonderful underwater images. Ray's work has been sold as fine art prints and published by National Geographic, Arkansas Hospitals, Outdoor Photographer, Showcase (NANPA) and a number of regional advertising and promotional publications. Ray's first picture book, Natural Inspiration: Images and Insights, was published in 2005 and contains stunning color images from his many travels. See the dropdown menu above to view the gallery of images from this fine book. Ray has been a Nikon shooter for many years and currently uses the latest and greatest Nikon digital cameras. Visit RayScottPhotos.com for more info about Ray. He lives in Little Rock with his lovely pilot wife, Susan.

Dr. Jay McDonald has a day job - he has been a pioneer of vision correction surgery since 1991. His experience and expertise has garnered him a respected national and international reputation as a leader in the field of vision correction surgery, and was the first eye surgeon in Arkansas to perform LASIK in 1996. He has trained surgeons from all over the world in cataract and refractive surgery, including surgeons from China, India, England, and Egypt. Along the way Jay has honed his photographic skills and brought home many thousands of great scenic and travel images from around the world. He lives on a hill overlooking Fayetteville, Arkansas, with his wife, Judy, in the middle of a sprawling botanical garden - his unique and spectacular flower macros and abstracts fill many of our online galleries here. Jay has worked with Nikon, Fuji, and now high-resolution Canon digital equipment. Jay photographic art has been equally at home in personal collections, juried competitions, galleries, or digital media presentations.