Teklanika Nature Photography, offering high quality nature and wildlife stock photos and fine art photo prints since 2009, is owned and operated by Guy Runco and his wife Shina duVall, natives of Colorado and proud residents of the great state of Alaska. A true lover of the outdoors, Guy has spent much of his life pursuing opportunities to learn about our last best places and the wildlife inhabiting them. He spends innumerable field hours in the wild, studying wildlife behavior and using his camera to capture nature at its finest.
Please email us at teklanikaphotography@gmail.com if you’re interested in purchasing any of the photos featured on this website, thanks!
What’s Teklanika?
The Teklanika River is a feeder stream to the Yukon River drainage and a tributary of the Nenana River in the central interior region of Alaska. On its course, the river travels north from the core Alaska Range as a braided river, becoming rapid and narrow as it traverses through the Primrose Ridge, braiding again through the Stampede Trail valley, narrowing again through the Tekla Ridge before ultimately meandering through a complex series of oxbow turns and lakes across the southern Tanana River valley. Teklanika River is known as Toch’edha Nik’a in the Lower Tanana dialect, meaning “Water Amulet River.”
Wildlife Photography Code Of Ethics
- Always view wildlife from a safe distance. Respect their spatial needs. If the animal interrupts its behavior (resting, feeding, etc.), then you are too close.
- Never force an action. Be patient! The most beautiful photographs result from natural action.
- Never come between a parent and its offspring.
- Never crowd, pursue, prevent escape, make deliberate noises to distract, startle or harass wildlife. This is stressful and wastes valuable energy in needless flight.
- Never feed or leave food (baiting) for wildlife. Habituation due to handouts can result in disease or even death of that animal and injury to you.
- Never encroach on nests or dens as certain species will abandon their young.
- Never interfere with animals engaged in breeding, nesting, or caring for young.
- Learn to recognize wildlife alarm signals and never forget that these animals are NOT tame no matter how docile or cuddly they appear.
- Acquaint yourself with and respect the behaviors and ecosystems of the wildlife you may encounter. By doing so, you will enrich your experience tremendously.
- Finally, remember that the welfare of the subject and habitat are irrefutably more important than the photograph.
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