PHOTOGRAPHER | FILMMAKER | WRITER

I tell stories

As a freelance photographer, filmmaker, and writer, I work with outdoor brands, guiding outfitters, non-profits, and publications to produce digital media content and tell engaging stories.

Because of my background in outdoor sports and international travel, I specialize in location shoots that are tough for many photographers and videographers to reach. I am ready to take my camera anywhere, whether it's a remote river canyon, steep couloir, or an urban street.

I am available for hire, so please get in touch!

Instagram: @d_spiegel

Today I experimented with some focus stacking for macro. What do you think? •
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Round-leaved sundews are amazing carnivorous plants that thrive in the muskeg bogs of SE Alaska. Insects, which are attracted to the glistening drops on the leaves, quickly become stuck. The sundew uses enzymes to dissolve the insects to obtain nutrients that it cannot get from the poor soil in which it grows. Beautiful and interesting! And tiny. •
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#lindbladexpeditions @lindbladexp #natgeoexpeditions #macrophotography #zeiss #zeiss50mm #carlzeiss #sundew #nature #ourwild #closeup

We’ve now seen 16 bears so far this week. This bear was feeding on salmon. The salmon streams, which are often flowing strong this time of year, have been reduced to a trickle by the drought. The fish are starting to run up the streams anyway and the bears are starting their feast. •
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#lindbladexpeditions @lindbladexp #natheoexpeditions #brownbear #wildlifephotography #alaska #travel #wildearth #ourwild #sonyalpha #a7riii #sonya7riii

This family of bears searched for berries along the cliffs yesterday. Brown bears are sure-footed and can confidently move around on this treacherous terrain. These are wonderful animals to watch in the wild!
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#nattionalgeographicventure #natgeoexpeditions @lindbladexp #wildlifephotography #wildlife #brownbear #grizzlybear #glacierbaynationalpark #alaska

Not every salmon makes it. This salmon, already one of the few to return to its natal stream, got eaten by another animal just a few hundred yards upstream from the ocean. It’s decomposition will fertilize the stream banks and contribute nutrients back into the ecosystem. •
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#salmon #alaska #lindbladexpeditions @lindbladexp #natgeoexpeditions @natgeoexpeditions #nature #fish #ourwild #wildearth

I think last night’s sunset speaks for itself. •
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#lindbladexpeditions #nationalgeographicexpeditions #natgeoexpeditions @lindbladexp #nature #sunset #alaska #naturephoto #canonusa #5dmarkiv #landscapephoto

🐇 We found this little baby bunny rabbit in our backyard today! Tomorrow, I begin my journey back to Alaska for another 21 days of wildlife and nature photography. But, for now, here’s a bit of urban leporidae action for you!
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Side note: the a7R III sensor is looking pretty darn good at 2500 ISO. 👍
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#wildlifephotography #backyardanimals #urbanwildlife #rabbit #sonyalpha #sonya7iii #backyardnature #nature #boston #igersboston

Took the a7r III out for a quick walk around the Greenway yesterday afternoon. Street photography is far from my area of expertise but I wanted a chance to test features like steadyshot and to see how autofocus worked with adapted Canon lenses. It’s an odd challenge to adapt to the new layout and system— everything feels a bit out of place because I am so used to shooting with Canon’s layout for the past 12 years. But one thing is clear... there is a lot of latitude in these high megapixel files. Makes me very excited to see what I can pull out of the a7r IV when it arrives in September!
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Next week I’ll be back in Alaska with @lindbladexp 🙂✈️⛴🐳
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#boston #photowalk #sonyalpha #bostonusa #igersboston #igersnewengland #streetphotography #urban #boatonharbor #bostongreenway

Another one from the last Alaska trip: How could you resist that face? Portrait of a young male Steller’s sea lion in SE Alaska. •
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#nationalgeographicsealion #natgeo #lindbladexpeditions @lindbladexp #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephoto #5dmarkiv #marinemammal #wildanimal #earth #earth_pix #travel #alaska

Two weeks ago: a pod of killer whales swam past our Zodiacs in Icy Straight. This was my first time being so close to these animals in a small boat. I feel lucky every time I see a killer whale. They are animals with intelligence and culture that we still barely understand. • I’ll be back in Alaska on the National Geographic Venture exactly two weeks from today!•
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•And if you’re wondering why it has orange reflections on its face, it’s because SE Alaska was blanketed in smoke from northern wildfires. The smoke-filtered sun light had a yellow/orange glow. •
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#nationalgeographicsealion #lindbladexpeditions @lindbladexp #wildlife #orca #killerwhale #whale #marinemammals #wildlifephotography #alaska

This humpback calf breached time after time for over an hour and was still breaching when we left. Youthful exuberance? •
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#nationalgeographicventure #lindbladexpeditions @lindbladexp #natgeo #whale #humpbackwhale #marinemamals #sealaska #alaska #tracyarm #ourwild #wildlifephotography

No big action in this one. Just beautiful light showcasing the textures and shapes of a relatively young western hemlock on Baranof Island. In the absence of logging, these trees will endure for hundreds of years, perhaps over 1000. •
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#alaska #naturepgotography @lindbladexp #lindbladexpeditions #nationalgeographicventure #westernhemlock #tree #sealaska #ourwild #tongassnationalforest

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Recent Work:

Protecting Sanjianggyuan: A marketing and conservation advocacy film for Last Descents River Expeditions, produced in Qinghai, China. Guests with Last Descents experience the Daqu River on the Tibet Plateau. As the headwaters of the Mekong, the Daqu is also the site of Chinas first centrally managed and recognized national park. Through the lens of this river trip, guests consider how to manage the park for conservation.

The Boatman: Derik Spice, a river guide and trip leader for Arizona Rafting Adventures, spends over 140 days per year in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, which gives him a unique incentive to preserve the canyon he calls home.