Laura Merrill Photography

05/27/2026

It's summer in the Tetons! This beautiful fox was having a seemingly lazy day in the grass when we happened upon it. (It has a collar, so maybe it's used to people at this point?) Allowed us to stay and take pictures for awhile.

05/06/2026

Had a photo featured in a favorites category on Glass - a photo community I belong to. Pretty cool! (The photo shown on link below is NOT mine, lol)

Seeing the forest AND the trees.

08/24/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - rainbow over the flathead river (GTTSR)

If you asked me about my photography style I might say, "opportunistic", 😆. When you're traveling with kids and everyone is hungry, bored, and carsick (or otherwise just being crazy), there's really no time to stop and stage a shot or hunt for that perfect angle. Sometimes you just have to pull over in a random pull out, point and shoot, and come back later to see if you caught that beautiful rainbow that magically appeared. Thankfully I have a great "driver" who puts me in the best places - even in the rain and traffic on Going to the Sun Road!

08/02/2025

ⓕⓞⓡ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓑⓘⓡⓓⓢ - eaglet (approx 2-3 years old?)

Back in the day, I had a photography teacher critique a photo of a puffin that I was really proud of. He said, and I quote, "nice photo, but it doesn't look very puffin-like". The class laughed and I was floored. How does a puffin not look like a puffin? I concluded later that my puffin must have had too much personality for his liking? I guess? Well, he probably wouldn't have liked this eagle either. He doesn't look very eagle-y. Quite a character, actually. I've decided this is one of my hidden talents - taking photos of animals when their at their very un-animalness 😆. Do with that what you will.

07/23/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - duck duck moose!

When I took this shot, I remember thinking how nice it was of the duck to add some visual interest to the shot. Once I went back to look at all of my picstures, I realized that the duck had been hanging out with the moose the entire way down the river! I'm not sure who was following whom, though, and if the moose was actually happy to have him around or not, lol.

07/17/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - roadside black

Munching on roadside wildflowers seemed to be the thing to do for bears we saw this year. This particular bear was pretty nervous, even though we were fairly far away. He appeared to be weighing the risk vs. reward of his snacking adventure, pausing multiple times (with paw raised) to see where we were. In the end, he gave up on flowers and took off over the ridge.

07/10/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - i've got your back

07/02/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - schwabacher moose

Jumping to the last moose we saw in the Tetons... this one wasn't shy and just stood in the pond posing for the crowd (with ranger supervision).

06/29/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - mini marmots!

First we saw the mama nibbling on flowers nearby, then she scurried off over the rocks. Shortly after, these currious cuties appeared and were ready to explore. Thankfully all of the humans were being well behaved - I don't think mama marmot would have been happy with how unbothered these littles were with us!

06/25/2025

ᑭIᑕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗪᗩY - 1st moose of the year!

Moose were a little easier to find for us at Tetons this year, but they don't always cooperate for photos, lol. This young one didn't want to come out of the trees - too busy having breakfast!