FirstLight announces: 

Click here for info on the FirstLight Botswana/Namibia Photo Expedition, May 4-16, 2026

We’ll be posting the dates of our FirstLight CM Ranch Workshop soon, this is tentatively planned for early to mid June of 2026. 

CM Ranch Photography Workshop: August 10~17, 2025  is Sold Out

Alaska Inside Passage Photo Expedition, April 6-13, 2025, is Sold Out.

FirstLight Laos Photo Expedition, October 5-18, 2025 is Sold Out

National Geographic / Lindblad did a nice video of me working in the Antarctic, click here to view that

The website, “Nature TTL” posted a piece I wrote on photographing icebergs.  If interested, click here to read, and thanks!!

Olympus celebrated their 100th Anniversary. I was honored to be included in the accompanying video (hosted on PetaPixel’s website).  Here’s the link to that piece

Travel+Leisure published a piece, “Ten Fascinating People You Can Travel With in 2017” , in which Jay Dickman (FirstLight Workshop co-founder along with Becky Dickman) was listed.

Our blog, “Where’s Jay” (I write it, Becky clarifies my words!) was chosen as one of “Photoblog.com’s World’s Best Photography Blogs”

For further info on this incredible adventure, please click here. This FirstLight Photo Expedition returns to two of our favorite places on earth: Botswana, including the Chobe River and the Okavango Delta; and Namibia, home of the Namib Desert, the Himba & Herero people, and stunning landscape. This Expedition offers some of the best photographic opportunities in capturing people, landscape, and wildlife in two of the most photo-rich countries on earth!.  I’ve led National Geographic Photo Expeditions to Namibia and hours were consumed driving by safari vehicle from one location to another.  FirstLight utilizes chartered/scheduled aircraft to handle the long distances between the incredible photographic opportunities.