Breakout Speaker: NANPA Summit 2025
Roy started working as a full-time wildlife photographer in 1991. Spending 6-9 months in the field every year producing natural history content for magazines, books, etc. Around 2000, Roy started leading photo safaris around the world to photography enthusiasts as well as continuing his assignment and stock work.
In 2005, Roy became a founding fellow in the International League of Conservation Photographers. This elite group of top professionals combine their talents to further conservation causes around the globe. Roy’s images have been published widely in popular magazines like National Geographic, Discover, Smithsonian, Audubon, etc.
His coffee table book “Osa…where the Rainforest meets the Sea” is a wonderful tribute to an area in Costa Rica where Roy owned property and has been visiting for over 30 years.
His new book “Wild Ramona” is dedicated to showcase local wildlife found around his property in Southern California. Roy makes his home in the beautiful boulders of Ramona, California with his wife Stella.
Wild Ramona – A Local Book Project
Saturday, May 17 / 7:00am – 8:15pm / Breakout Room
Photographer Roy Toft lives on 28 acres of boulder covered Chaparral in the north county of San Diego. Roy’s photo tour business was put on hold during the travel restrictions of 2020-2022, which prompted Roy to focus his energy on a new project capturing the local wildlife in Ramona.
The core photography for this project centered around high end DSLR camera traps placed around Toft’s property. The resulting 128 page large format coffee table book is packed with large, intimate portraits of the local wild neighbors such as Bobcats, Gray Fox, Coyote, and even our largest predator the magnificent Mountain Lion.
The primary goal for producing this local book was to focus on the beauty and diversity of our local wild areas here is southern California and to foster wonder and appreciation for what wildness we still have.
Roy’s vision was for his local community to have a beautiful book they can be proud to display and show friends and family, all while promoting appreciation and conservation for nature. Roy will discuss equipment and techniques used to capture nocturnal and shy animals with camera traps. He will also give tips on doing your own self-published book project.
Portfolio Reviews
Friday, May 16 / 8:00am – 9:30pm / Portfolio Review Room
Saturday, May 17 / 9:00am – 9:30pm / Portfolio Review Room