Tim Ernst is Arkansas' Wilderness Photographer. His photographs have appeared in hundreds of national, regional and local publications. Some of his credits include National Geographic, Audubon, Backpacker, Outside, Outdoor Photographer, American Hiker, Natural History, Country, Chevy Outdoors, and Arkansas Times magazines, Sierra Club and Hallmark calendars, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service maps and brochures, Readers Digest Books, and The New York Times. His fine art prints grace the walls of hundreds of businesses around the region, including major collections in the Walton School of Business at the UA, Fayetteville; the new wing of St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers; and the new wing of the Boone County Regional Medical Center in Harrison.

ELEVEN collections of Tim's wilderness photographs have been published as coffee table picture books - Arkansas Portfolio: Twenty Years of Wilderness Photography (1994), Wilderness Reflections: An Intimate Look at Wild Places in America (1996), Buffalo River Wilderness (with watercolors by William McNamara, 1998), Arkansas Spring: Dogwoods, Waterfalls and Wildflowers (2000), Arkansas Wilderness: My Favorite Photos from the Natural State (2002), Arkansas Portfolio II: Spectacular New Images from The Natural State (2005), Buffalo River Dreams (2006), Arkansas Waterfalls: Scenic Icons of the Natural State (2007), Arkansas Landscapes (2008), Arkansas Wildlife: Intimate Portraits of Wild Species That Roam The Natural State (2009), and Tim's newest picture book Autumn in Arkansas: Spectacular Fall Photos From The Natural State, will be published in the fall of 2010. See the dropdown menu above to view galleries for each book.

Tim has been teaching photography workshops for more than twenty years, specializing in digital workflow and fine art printing. His workshops are held at his brand new print studio and classroom facility (Buffalo River Gallery), and at the spacious Buffalo Lodge near Jasper. Tim has been writing his popular online Cloudland Cabin Journal since 1998, which details his life in the wilderness and includes thousands of photos.

His current camera of choice is a 39 megapixel medium-format Phase One digital back. Previous cameras include everything from Leica, Nikon, Contax, Minolta, and Canon 35mm, Contax and Pentax medium format, and Zone VI 4x5. Tim makes all of the prints you might order from this web page himself using one of five fine art printers in his studio (Canon, HP, and Epson) - all the latest design using the finest archival papers, canvas, and pigment inks. Tim lives in a log cabin deep in the Buffalo River Wilderness with his lovely bride, Pamela, and their daughter, Amber. E-mail: Tim Ernst