Hi, I’m Jonna Wood

When it came time to leave the game reserve behind, I busted out crying. I was in tears the whole 3 hour drive to the airport. It was on that trip back in 2008, my first taste of the African continent, that I started a journey back to me.

Soon after, I put my career at a global high paced telecommunications company on hold. 2009-2010 I lived in Mauritius. I found my self studying conservation biology, volunteering with whale and dolphin research and taking a photography course to learn my new DSLR. There was no going back!

Ok, so I went back to my old career for a bit. Turns out one doesn’t turn in to a professional nature photographer after one photo course on a tropical island.

Then life happened and I moved to the United states of America. It was there that I started getting payed for my photography. It was also there where I started my first own business helping businesses and organizations with Social Media Marketing.

I lived in America long enough to become a citizen. Long enough to graduate as a Professional Photographer from New York Institute of Photography. Long enough to be certified as Florida Master Naturalist by University of Florida. Long enough to shoot everything from families to forklifts and the women’s march. Long enough to build successful digital campaigns for political candidates, ecotourism agencies and environmental organizations, to name a few. Long enough to understand that my photography has to be nature and outdoors related. Long enough to call Amelia Island FL home.

Now I am enjoying life in Finland. Man, I’m enjoying life in Finland like crazy! The amount of nature here is wonderful. Spending a day in the woods and not meeting and other human being, extraordinary.

I don’t think the journey to one self is never really over. But now I feel like I haven’t just found the right path, I’ve taken some actual steps on it. 

I currently work for an environmentally conscious  outdoor retailer. I get to spend a lot of time outdoors creating content for digital marketing purposes and manage social media accounts. Not only do I get to enjoy nature myself, I get to inspire and help other to do so as well.

By falling in love with nature, I believe, we understand we are a part of it. By understanding the value, the necessity of nature’s bountiful existence, we are more likely to start cherishing and protecting it. That’s what I want to do via my photography and content creation, shine a light to the magic and beauty of nature. To evoke feelings of wonder, love and belonging.

If you are looking for a photographer to shoot your product outdoors, a content creator or social media manager for something nature & outdoors related: give me a shout, new adventures await.

Jonna Wood