Kristi Odom on Wildlife Photography, Patience, and Conservation

Photographer Kristi Odom, a Nikon Ambassador, discusses her approach to wildlife photography in a PetaPixel Podcast interview. She emphasizes using her camera to connect deeply with nature, often embracing subpar conditions to create creative images. Odom recounts spending over 20 days photographing osprey dives, using slow shutter speeds like 1/60s to convey movement, which puzzled other photographers. She highlights three questions she asks herself: what she feels, what she can eliminate, and what remains. Odom also uses black-and-white photography, learned from her darkroom days at Georgia Tech, to remove color when it distracts from the story. She has expanded into video, producing conservation shorts for nonprofits that have helped raise over a million dollars for wildlife protection. Odom stresses that passion and storytelling can inspire conservation, and that anyone can make a difference by sharing their love for nature.