Yellowstone was the world's first National Park, and is still one of its loveliest. In early October, 2002, I spent a week there doing a Fall wildlife and landscape shoot. With me on this trip were my friendsChris Sanderson, Director ofThe Video Journal, andSteve Kossack, nature photographer and Western U.S.photography guide. Also joining us for a couple of days while we shot in neighboringGrand Teton National ParkwereMiles Hecker, lecturer in photography atCasper Community Collegein Casper Wyoming, andNorman Koren, an ex-Kodakresearch scientist currently from Boulder, CO.

Chris Sanderson‚ Miles Hecker‚ Michael Reichmann‚ Steve Kossack‚ Norman Koren

Avoiding the CrowdsAs beautiful as Yellowstone is, it is overrun by people during the summer months making a visit there between late-May and mid-September worse than dealing with New York rush-hour traffic. The solution is to visit either during the winter or between mid-September and mid-October. I did awin...