Howdy, I am Victoria Felt

While I was working on my photography degree (BFA in Photography, University of North Texas), I documented the work of avian field scientists. That documentary landed me a job working with wildlife and plants at Bryce Canyon NP. Being from the sprawling burbs, being out at Bryce was my first time really experiencing wilderness, beginning my love affair with the deserts of Southern Utah and other open spaces. From there, I went on to work for the BLM, finding more and more treasures on our public lands and earning the conflated title of "National Paleontology Education Coordinator" (which really just meant that I got to draw dinosaurs for kids and let them touch fossils while occasionally picking up the phone to answer dire educational questions from across the nation... but mostly drawing).

After 12 glorious years in Utah, Joe and I relocated to Volcano, Hawai'i. We live in a historic cabin across the street from Volcanoes National Park. We spend much of our time being stewards of our land, working on making our property completely self-sustaining (we harvest all of our own water, much of our food, and a good portion of the electricity we use) and also restoring the native forests surrounding our cabin.

I've been photographing weddings for cool people since 2006 and absolutely LOVE my job!

My favorite things in life are

• My husband and my dogs!
• Animals & Ecology
• Fruit, chocolate and cake
• SCUBA diving & snorkeling
• Plants (One time Joe asked me to count every plant in our house. I counted 30+ in one room and gave up. I've been growing orchids since I was in my early teens and usually have at least 15 genera in my collection. Now that we live in the rainforest, I plant many natives and a plethora of exotic fruits, from loquats to poha.)

WRUFF, I am Coltrane!

I am a goofy Labradane that got adopted by Joe and Victoria. I'm 90 pounds of adventurous puppy energy. I will climb any canyon without thinking twice and will do cute things for cheese. Every once in a while, when I'm being a very good boy and the happy couple says I should come, I get to be part of the adventure wedding team. My job is to help keep track of the trail when the humans can’t smell it and scare away all the meanies.