Photographing Nature in Costa Rica

Do you enjoy nature and photography? Then this course may be just what you are looking for. This course introduces students to the use of digital photography to explore plant and animal species and their habitats. The course will begin with an introduction to digital photography, and then we travel to Costa Rica, where students will focus for 13 days on a variety of organisms, learning to photograph them while exploring their biology.

We will visit a variety of locations and learn about conservation efforts that are ongoing in Costa Rica. After studying species and their conservation concerns, students will complete a project that utilizes visual imagery to educate others about the value of and/or threats to biodiversity in Costa Rica.

This course fulfills the AI and IDP (for CDM) or SE and IDP (for BIO) requirements.

Sunset photo in Uvita, Costa Rica. (Lilly Fradette ’26)

Three pelicans sit on top of a rock in the Pacific Ocean. (Emmitt Hansen ’27)

Basilisk Lizard resting in a tree in Costa Rica. (Katie Wilhem ’27)

A Blue Morpho butterfly resting on a student’s finger.

A Malachite butterfly on a camera.

A group photo taken in front of a volcano.

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