An emerging talent in nature photography, Alex Mody—winner of the Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International 2009 Youth Photographer of the Year Award—specializes in landscape and wildlife photography. Alex’s nature images have been featured in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Nature’s Best Photography Magazine, Elan Magazine, and as well as on a number of websites including Discovery Channel.com and MSNBC.com. In addition, Alex has written numerous articles for NatureScapes.net, BetterPhoto.com and the Singh-Ray Filters blog. Alex lives in damp and beautiful Olympia, Washington, where he attends The Evergreen State College.