Mori K. Photography

Mori K. Photography Photographer, geographer, and educator. Sharing my passion for our natural world through nature photography, one shoot at a time.

I’m a Colorado-based photographer offering photos and fine-art prints of landscapes, nature, and wildlife. All photos are captured and minimally edited by me to remain true to the scene, featuring places from Colorado and my travels. I believe a photograph is not complete until it is printed. While this page shares what I saw through the lens with you, I have also started a store to turn

real moments lived in the natural world into tangible, lasting fine art prints. Each photograph in the shop is captured in-camera and edited by me specifically for print, with care for detail, color fidelity, and longevity. I use a natural approach to editing, preserving the authenticity of the scene as it was experienced. Through my work, I hope to share the beauty and thrill of the natural world and bring a piece of it into your space.

Frigatebird silhouette
09/06/2026

Frigatebird silhouette

It's love making season for Australasian Gannets!The males bring nesting material to the females, with loud greetings an...
09/06/2026

It's love making season for Australasian Gannets!

The males bring nesting material to the females, with loud greetings and love making to follow to make baby gannets! Rinse and repeat. The couples' love for each other is the sweetest thing ever.

Some unedited JPEGs out of the camera. Gannets' colors need no embellishment to shine.

A telephoto sunset with the clouds on fire.
07/20/2026

A telephoto sunset with the clouds on fire.

Aerial ChaseA female Frigatebird pursues a Greater Crested Tern, hoping to steal its next meal. Terns are amazing divers...
07/14/2026

Aerial Chase

A female Frigatebird pursues a Greater Crested Tern, hoping to steal its next meal. Terns are amazing divers with high success rate, but Frigatebirds can't dive or get wet, but are masters of what is called kleptoparasitism. Rather than catching fish themselves, they harass seabirds until the victim drops or regurgitates its catch, which the frigatebird snatches before it reaches the water. Their incredible speed and agility make them some of the ocean's most successful pirates.

Canon R5 Mark II • RF 100–500mm F4.5–7.1L IS USM + Extender RF 1.4× • 631mm • 1/2000 s • f/9 • ISO 1000

A postcard from the
07/10/2026

A postcard from the

The most photogenic composition in the entire Rocky Mountain National Park at a very special sunrise: aspen trees in gol...
06/05/2026

The most photogenic composition in the entire Rocky Mountain National Park at a very special sunrise: aspen trees in golden fall colors and the peaks covered with fresh overnight snow. These peaks rarely get this much snow in the fall, and this alpine lake is rarely this calm. It was worth getting up at 3AM.
Prints and framed prints available, link in the comments.

Winter sunrise over the folded limestone and mudstone formations of the Kaikōura Peninsula.These jagged layers were lift...
05/15/2026

Winter sunrise over the folded limestone and mudstone formations of the Kaikōura Peninsula.
These jagged layers were lifted from the seafloor by tectonic forces along the boundary of the Pacific and Australian plates, then carved by relentless Southern Ocean waves into these dramatic textures.
When there is texture, black and white looks good!

The Flatirons by Boulder, Colorado, saw a once-in-a-lifetime showing of aurora borealis on November 11, 2025, with the n...
05/03/2026

The Flatirons by Boulder, Colorado, saw a once-in-a-lifetime showing of aurora borealis on November 11, 2025, with the northern lights stretching and dancing green curtains in a red sky, aligning perfectly over the Green Mountain. I was lucky enough to make it to this location just south of Boulder and captured this photograph with a 24mm F1.8 lens, with a 10 second exposure. The green spikes were perfectly visible with naked eye over the red sky, overpowering city lights just to the right of this frame.

Prints and framed prints in the comments! Message me for a discount code. :)

Classic wing-drying pose of a Pied S**g at low tide near Kaikōura.I always wondered why their feathers aren’t as waterpr...
04/28/2026

Classic wing-drying pose of a Pied S**g at low tide near Kaikōura.
I always wondered why their feathers aren’t as waterproof as ducks, especially since cormorants are such strong divers. It turns out that slightly permeable feathers reduce buoyancy, helping them dive more efficiently, but at the cost of having to pause and dry out afterward, giving us mortals a perfect photo opportunity!

These rocks on Kaikoura Beach in New Zealand are mainly greywacke and mudstone, deposited in deep sea and later uplifted...
04/26/2026

These rocks on Kaikoura Beach in New Zealand are mainly greywacke and mudstone, deposited in deep sea and later uplifted along the plate boundary associated with the Alpine Fault. Waves have since carved them into a smooth, undulating wavy shape. Erosion really make for some beautiful shapes.

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