Donal James Boyd

Dinner! Atlantic puffin in Iceland. Born to the air, sea, flight and gifted by the breeze. Settle not, where the wind stood still. The air moves, ocean waves, weather wells and brims. Return to the shore, these wings carry them. Just got back from the Westman islands, an archipelago in the south of Iceland, filming for my “In the Field” series for @adorama. This new episode is 2-years in the making. @frankframesthings and I started on this one almost exactly a year ago, covering the story of the Atlantic puffin and it’s unique ties to the local conservation culture of this small island chain. Can’t wait to share it with you in the coming weeks. For now, I leave you with this portrait of a puffin just returned from the sea with its catch of sand eels. @BeAlpha #Iceland #Puffin #Icelandic | Shot on the Alpha 1 | 400 F2.8 + 2x converter |

'In a State of Change' - Documentary More than a year in the making! We’re so stoked to finally start sharing more about our documentary “In a State of Change” (@in.a.state.of.change) co-directed by @frankframesthings and myself. We’re so grateful to @adorama, our executive producer, for believing in our concept and for providing a platform for us to tell this story about the difficulties of communicating the most critical issue of our time - climate change. **Film Synopsis** As climate change shrinks the Icelandic glaciers, a photographer struggles with the impact of his advocacy work. How do we communicate the most critical issue of our time? Follow Donal Boyd on his journey to discover the role of beauty in nature and the implications of the changing landscape around him. Along the way we meet a writer, a glacier guide, scientists, and a lifetime resident living by a glacier, all connected in some way to the disappearing glaciers. **Where can you watch?** The film will be premiering at film festivals worldwide over the coming months, so be sure to check out the official website (LINK IN BIO) for the festival schedule. More details about the documentary, official press kit, and still frames via the website. Can’t wait to share more soon! Directed by @donalboyd & @frankframesthings Executive Producer: @adorama Cinematography: @frankframesthings Production: @donalboyd Editing & Color: @frankframesthings Associate Producers: @irwinrommel @timbuz @maryirenem Original Film Score by @tomhannay_ @janusrasmussen @sakarisproductions Graphic Design: @wofvhb Sound Design: @stannieuwenhuis Featuring @andrimagnason @localguide @haskoli_islands @climate_vis @thjodminjasafn #Iceland #ClimateChange #CreateNoMatterWhat @dzofilm @sonycine @sonyalpha

“Volcano For the People” is LIVE! LINK IN BIO for the full short film created with @frankframesthings in association with @adorama. So excited to present this short human interest film about the most recent volcanic eruption in Iceland. For the first time ever in the history of our planet thousands of people have been able to experience such an intense force of nature together. As most people focused on the eruption itself, this short film turns the camera around on the people and explores what it really means to connect with nature through a collective experience. #Volcano #Iceland #Eruption

Greetings 👋🐘❤️ Embrace, sentiment, A feeling. Stays with you forever then. Shot on @sonycine FX3 and @dzofilm Catta Zoom 🤙 An @atlas1studio project with @wildislife_zen last year. #CreateNoMatterWhat @adorama

For the love of elephants. ❤️🐘 Tremble still and in these soles. Walking forward, into unknowns. Direction change and shift and move. Forever inward, upward, through. Shot with @atlas1studio on location in Zimbabwe late 2022. #CreateNoMatterWhat #Elephant @adorama

Embrace, harmony. Splendor in the meeting of eyes. Do they depart, or enter? Perhaps she invites. #Cheeetah

Everything the light touches, transforming, judges. Eyes meet and relate, replay, elaborate. Beyond and before the shadow passes, from above the sun looms in patches. #CreateForNature

Inherit all the weight of this spirit. Of all the emotions that have existed. Or ever will. Sensations, history, life, emboldened in these ephemeral glossy globes. Swipe to the right for the wide and details. ❤️ #CreateForNature #CreateNoMatterWhat

A collection of infinitesimally still moments. Each distilled as the pinnacle of motion. Crystalline emotion. Immobile commotion. Chaotic calm. The essence of a fleeting, passing, but memorable bond. Elephant study in B&W. ➡️ Scroll to the right for the wider version. Experimenting with a new format/aesthetic, let me know what you think in the comments 🙏🐘 #elephant #Africa #finerart

No Respite. But, let these eyes rest. If only for a moment. For they have searched and sought. And strained. Fought. Long nights. And days. And weeks on end. Today, tomorrow, and again and again. In development. Something new. #Cheetah #Namibia #Africa

What now, replied the head to the heart, who was beating faster and faster, racing like a car. #CreateForNature In case you missed our new video Calling Creators to “Create For Nature’ produced with my new production studio @Atlas1Studio in collaboration with @Adorama: LINK IN BIO. And as a reminder, tomorrow is the last day to submit your entry for the @Adorama Storytelling Challenge: Stories of Earth. You can enter the challenge by following @Adorama and tagging #CreateForNature + @adorama in a post depicting your own nature related story. All formats considered. From writing, to Reels. The best submission will win a @sonyalpha ZV-1F vlogging camera! As one of the judges, along with @melissafindley and @ryan_field_, we will be selecting the best entry based on originality, authenticity, and creativity. So far, the entries have been lovely to review and I can’t wait to see what else is submitted. Although the official challenge ends on the 30th, we hope you continue to share your own stories of connecting to nature using the #CreateForNature hashtag. To inspire others around the world to share stories of our planet. #Lion #CreateNoMatterWhat #Africa #WildlifePhotography

A highlight of our time in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 We’ve shared some of what we’ve captured during our 6 week expedition through Zim and Botswana last year in our #CreateForNature Earth Day video ALIVE 💚 (LINK IN BIO). 🌎🐘 Moments like these are truly special and remind us to never take nature for granted. 🌱 Wherever you are in the world, YOU also have the power to communicate the importance of our ecosystem. To use your voice and creativity to #CreateForNature 💚🙏