Michael S. Nolan is an award-winning photographer who specializes in intimate portraits of marine animals. He has traveled the oceans of the world in search of what he believes are the world's most magnificent beings. Since 1990 all of his underwater images have been created while free-diving, without the aid of bulky Scuba equipment. As a result, he believes his encounters with these magnificent ocean creatures are much more personal and intimate. His photography has appeared in hundreds of magazines, calendars, and books in over 45 countries worldwide.

Michael currently "migrates" with the whales, spending his winters in the warmer tropical latitudes where whales mate and give birth and his summers in the cooler higher latitudes where animals migrate to feed. He insists on only photographing wild animals in their natural habitat, believing that there is no place in wildlife photography for captive or trained animals. All images on this website are of wild animals in their natural environments. In 2004 he started to capture images with a Canon digital camera system. Please be assured that he still insists on no digital alterations or manipulations to substantially alter these images. The images you see are the animals as they truly are, whether captured on film or on a compact flash card, in all their wild and natural beauty.

All photography and text appearing on this site are the exclusive property of Michael S. Nolan and Wildlife Images. No images within this website are part of the public domain. All stories and images are protected by copyright laws in the United States and internationally. No story, image, or part thereof may be copied or manipulated in any form, reproduced, or stored in any manner without prior written permission from Michael S. Nolan. Copyright Michael S. Nolan/Wildlife Images. All rights reserved.