Gary Rowland

Like many of the Photo Safaris clients we’ve featured on our web site, Gary Rowland’s photographic roots began with a simple box camera and a curiosity about photography. His interest in photography kept pace with emerging technology. He eventually moved on to a Petri rangefinder his father picked up in Japan while on a tour with the US Navy, then to an SLR after college. He is now "easing into" the digital photography realm using a film scanner and developing his Photoshop skills.

Gary’s love of both travel and nature was a perfect complement to his interest in photography, and the combination eventually led him to his first tour with us—a cruise to Antarctica back in 1992. Not only did he get some great images on the trip, he also met fellow Photo Safaris client Nancy on the cruise, the woman he would later marry! After exchanging vows, they eventually combined their honeymoon with a photo tour of Zimbabwe.

Over the years, Gary has traveled the world with us photographing in Patagonia, Canada, Australia, Svalbard/Spitsbergen, Africa and Japan—on his all-time favorite trip, Japan’s Winter Wildlife. In October 2005, he joined us on our Essential China trip where he felt the highlights were two areas relatively unknown to Westerners—Yellow Mountain near Huangshan and the rice terraces of Longshen.

In 2002 Gary retired and now has more time to devote to photography and for exploring new areas that interest him. After Nancy retires, they plan to move west from northern Virgina to Arizona where they will be well-positioned to spend time photographing the scenic areas of the western and southwestern US.

We are pleased to present below the images Gary shot over the years on several Photo Safaris tours.






Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




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Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





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Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland




Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland





Copyright © 2005, Gary Rowland






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