Jay Elhard

Jay is a member of the interpretive team at Denali National Park and Preserve. He has been charged with the task of helping me make photographs for the park. We spent 14 hours yesterday in the "back country" which is the road that leads into the park toward Mt. McKinley.

Jay is a very sweet man. He is so patient with me and extremely informative. We looked for wildlife every moment of our trip. He is incredibly knowledgeable about where animals are throughout the park. Along our journey, he had lots of good stories to tell of his experiences hiking and interacting with the land and its visitors. Jay has amazing passion as an interp and media specialist. Jay shoots a lot of video for the park and is working on numerous projects.

Today, he and I spent several hours planning the coming day's photographic activities. Jay is always ready to shoot. Most of the time his camera is in his lap while driving in the back country.