About Me | Ben Shulman
Description: Ben Shulman is a photographer, naturalist guide, and software engineer.
Hi, I’m Ben! I am a naturalist, field guide, wildlife photographer, and software engineer currently based in Santa Fe, NM.
My interest in photography began in college with trips to Indonesia and Tanzania with my first camera in hand. On those trips I found a passion for photographing wildlife - particularly birds. I continued to be the designated wildlife photographer on trips with friends and family, but didn’t get serious about it until I began working as a naturalist and field guide in Southeast Alaska on small-ship cruises with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions in 2019. Since then I’ve focused on spending more ti
Before becoming a naturalist and photographer I focused solely on my career as a software engineer. I started my engineering career with Yelp working on geospatial and mapping systems. After several years at Yelp I joined Mapbox working as a software engineer on traffic mapping systems. Today I juggle several career interests:
About Me | Ben Shulman