J. L. "Woody" Wooden lives in Wapiti, Wyoming and teaches photography at Northwest College in Powell.  Woody has a B.A. and M.S. from Brooks Institute of Photography and has over twenty-five years experience in commercial photography.

     His photography has been in over 100 museum and gallery exhibits through-out the United States, Canada, China, and Europe.  Woody has over 35 years photographing lightning storms and has had several articles published on the subject.  He has received numerous awards and recognition for his work.

     "I photograph the wild creatures of our planet in hopes of touching the viewer's senses and giving the viewer a feeling of the animal's energy.  The breath of a grizzly bear on a crisp fall morning as it searches for food.  The sound of entangled antlers between two bull elk in the rut.  The dusty haze surrounding two fighting mustangs around a water hole.  Photographing the sights, sounds and smells of nature's interactions is my continual challenge."