Photographers
Aubrey M. Heupel
I was born and raised in the Midwest, an area little known for its diversity but rather for its corn and beans. I grew up in small-town Iowa where I developed a love and passion for animals at an early age of 4. Most of all I enjoyed catching the toads and snakes frequently encountered in my backyard. I graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in Animal Ecology where I discovered I could actually make a living catching frogs and snakes. In that light, I’ve paid the bills by participating in a variety of research projects while hunting frogs in winter wetlands and radiotracking a suite of turtles (snappers, box turtles, gopher tortoises) and snakes (coachwhips, kingsnakes, pine snakes, and rat snakes) wherever they took me.
My main photography interests are reptiles and amphibians and their habitats. In my spare time I enjoy Midwest beef, listening to music, playing with electronics, and meandering through the swamps at night catching and photographing frogs.