Dakota Reflections
Nature Photography
for
Wildlife Education and Conservation
Stephen McDonough is a nature photographer dedicated to sharing his love of animals and nature with others, especially children.
He is based in Bismarck, North Dakota where he loves to hike with his three Golden Retrievers and photograph nature. He also loves to travel nationally and internationally and especially likes the Dakota Badlands, Alaska, Florida, Indonesia, Central and South America and and the High Arctic.
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Over 80 of his gallery prints were in the Dakota Reflections Gallery located at the Independent Doctors Horizon Clinic at 4535 Northern Sky Drive in Bismarck.
The purpose of Dakota Reflections is to provide education and support wildlife conservation with sales of greeting cards, prints and premium gallery canvas.
Hiking with the Puppies
North Dakota Badlands
Uhuru Peak
19,340 feet (5895 meters)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
One Month Old
Baby Elephant Seal
Gold Harbor
South Georgia
Climbing out of Crevasse
Using Prusiks
Winthrop Glacier
Mt. Ranier National Park
Polar Bear
(I am on the Inside!)
Checking out Lunch
Seal River, Manitoba, Canada
Inca Trail
Hiking in the Rain
Machu Picchu
Peru
Gentoo Penguins
Petermann Island
Antarctica
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine National Park
Chile
Brown Bear Photography
in the Rain
Katmai National Park
Alaska
Great Horned Owl Blind
Oliver County, North Dakota
April 26, 2020 to May 31, 2020
Trips and Adventures
2006
Alaska
2007
New Zealand
Tanzania
2009
Denali National Park
2010
Katmai National Park, Alaska
Peru
2011
Mt. Ranier, Washington State, Mountaineering Course
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada- Polar Bears
2012
Indonesia
2013
Singapore and Indonesia
Iceland
Patagonia- Chile and Argentina
2014
Belize
Antarctica
2015
Costa Rica
Florida
Alaska
Ecuador
2016
South Texas
Denali National Park
2017
Chengdu, China Pandas
2018
Denali National Park
2019
India Wildlife Photography March 25- April 7, 2019
Yellowstone Forever Institute- May 27-31, 2019 Spring Wildlife Photography
Pantanal, Brazil
December 6-8, 2019 Pride of Dakota Bismarck Showcase, Bismarck Event Center
2020
Icebergs in Frozen Baffin Bay
Nunavut, Canada
April 12, 2022
Camp on Frozen Baffin Bay
Nunavut, Canada
April 12, 2022
Camp on Frozen Baffin Bay
Nunavut, Canada
April 12, 2022
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