Jody MacDonald Photography

04/03/2026

Today, she would have been 92. But her presence is everywhere: in the way we see nature and in the way we choose to care. Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, didn’t just change science; she changed hearts.

In her honor, we are naming April 3rd Goodall Day and launching The Nature of Hope, a global print collection created with the Jane Goodall Institute () and .impacts.

A love letter from photographers inspired by her life, this collection includes rare prints hand-signed by Jane herself.

The sale opens today! See link in bio for more info.��The Jane Goodall Institute and Vital Impacts do not endorse handling or close proximity to wildlife. These images reflects a historical and sanctuary context.

03/28/2026

02/13/2026

You only know who you are outside your comfort zone.
Get out of it.

Ride terrain that scares you. Climb peaks that challenge you. Go where the roads end and conditions seem impossible.

Because the wild doesn’t care about your resume or your comfort zone. It just strips you down to what’s essential.

And when you come back, you won’t be the same.
Your tolerance for bullsh*t? Gone.
Your limits? Redefined.

Don’t go if you want validation. Go if you want transformation.

Don’t ask if you’re ready. You’re not.
Go anyway. Do wild sh*t. Find out who you are.

01/22/2026

01/15/2026

2025 Recap - Part i

12/13/2025

The most meaningful gifts tell a story and make a difference. This season, discover fine art prints that do both. This the last chance to get a print from the .impacts Holiday Print Sale showcasing amazing fine art prints from National Geographic photographers. I am honored to be part of this talented group of environmental photographers uniting art and action to support conservation and inspire hope. Please check out all the amazing images at the link in my bio. Shop now through December 24.

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11/21/2025

It’s taken a lifetime of traveling to understand that the more I see and experience, the less I know. That every place I thought I understood was really just a mirror of my assumptions and every culture a quiet invitation to reconsider what I once believed to be certain. The farther I go, the more the boundaries blur: between right and wrong, sacred and ordinary, foreign and familiar. What once seemed opposites now feel like different notes in the same song.

I’m often reminded that when everyone believes they are right, it probably means no one is, which I find comforting. For in the end, we are all just trying to make sense of our lives through whatever stories we’ve inherited. And beneath the colors and customs and songs, I love uncovering how we are far more similar than we are different. There is something startlingly simple we all share: we are all just doing the best that we can, putting on our costumes one leg at a time, hoping to find meaning in the chaos.

09/30/2025

This place is special to me. I was ten years old when I first visited Tiger Tops with my family. We stayed in the original jungle lodge, deep inside Chitwan National Park. I remember wading through tall grass with the elephants looking for tigers,  watching leopards feed under the stars, and falling asleep to the sounds of the forest all around us. It felt so magical like stepping into a living Jungle Book. It was one of the most unforgettable experiences of my childhood. It never really left me.

Recently, I was exploring Nepal on motorcycle with my niece  and I knew we had to try to find it again. I wasn’t sure what I’d find. Childhood places rarely live up to the versions we carry in our minds. To my surprise, we ended up finding it. The lodge had moved outside the park, but to my delight the magic of it remained. The same elephants. The same staff. The same sense of wonder. I instantly knew why I fell in love with it in the first place. 

Since the 1960s, Tiger Tops has been a pioneer of conservation in Asia. Long before eco-tourism had a name, they were building something deeper protecting wild spaces, supporting local communities, and proving that meaningful travel doesn’t have to come at the cost of the environment. The staff have been here for generations. The elephants are part of the family. And a school built by the lodge serves the children from nearby villages. As the first safari lodge in Asia, Tiger Tops has spent decades showing the world what thoughtful, conservation driven travel can look like.

07/25/2025

This was back in 2014 when was sailing with her cat, Amelia. They were inseparable. I ran into Liz a couple of times over the years while sailing in some remote parts of French Polynesia, and on this trip she joined us for ten days with a and crew. Pretty sure we had just come back from grabbing coconuts or getting provisions. I remember taking this photo and loving the quiet of the moment. The sun was dropping low, Amelia was keeping lookout, and there was a crate of salty surf gear in the dinghy.

When most people think about Liz, they probably picture the big moments. Remote surf, free diving, heavy weather on long passages. But in reality, it looks a lot more like this. The in-between. The slow parts. Provisions, nonstop repairs, reading. And then some more repairs. And somewhere in all that repetition, there is a kind of quiet magic that sneaks in. These are the kinds of moments I love photographing most. The in-between moments of real life.

Getting to cross paths and become friends with people like Liz is one of the things I value most about being a photographer. People living on their own terms, chasing something different. I have been lucky to meet a lot of them over the years through photography, adventures and travel, something I’m truly grateful for.

07/01/2025

In the high-altitude landscapes of Ladakh, India, the Changpa don’t move so much as respond, drifting with the wind, adjusting with the light. Their routes aren’t mapped, just remembered, etched into memory by wind direction, the scent of rain, the growth of summer grasses. What guides them isn’t coordinates but change itself: when the pastures shift, when the herd stirs, when the air turns. Nothing is written down, but everything is known.

I often think about why this place keeps calling me back. Maybe it’s because life at this altitude strips everything down to its essence. Above the noise and the rush, the world slows just enough to be seen. At altitude, distractions seem to fall away. You stop looking for beauty in the grand and start seeing it in how a kettle steams or how dust settles in a shaft of sunlight. Nothing is wasted. Nothing is ornamental. The air is thin. The pace is deliberate. Stillness seems to carry its own kind of weight. And in that sparseness, something enduring and beautiful remains. Out here, I’m reminded what enough feels like.

06/23/2025

For a decade this small window framed my view of the ever changing world outside my cabin on a 60 ft catamaran. I took this photo off the coast of Sumbawa, Indonesia. While Bali and Lombok steal the spotlight, Sumbawa remains one of Indonesia’s best-kept secrets, a place where golden beaches meet turquoise waters and traditional fishing villages carry on centuries-old ways of life. You can surf legendary waves, dive vibrant coral reefs teeming with marine life, and witness the daily rhythms of local fishermen navigating these waters in hand carved wooden boats.