Jason Mirandi

Wildlife photographer based in Eastern Pennsylvania, capturing images across the United States

About me

I’m a guy with a lot of passions. An urban search & rescue technician and Pennsylvania State wildland firefighter, I’ve also had a lifelong love of photography, nature and wildlife. While the rescue work appeals to one side of my personality, I turn to photography for relaxation and a different sense of purpose.

I travel frequently, but I currently live with my wife and children outside of Philadelphia, where you can oftentimes find me hiking local trails with my equipment in tow.

Equipment

I shoot with a Nikon Z8, D850 and D7100. I have an assortment of lenses, my best and most frequently used listed below:

• Nikon 600mm f/4 FL ED VR

• Nikon Z 180-600 f/5.6-6.3

• Nikon 200-500 f/5.6

• Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 ED VRII

• Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 VR

• Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S

• Tokina atx-i 100mm f/2.8 Macro

• Nikon 50mm f/1.8

I sometimes couple these with a TC-14E-II teleconverter, and while I usually shoot handheld, I do often use a Leofoto LM-365C tripod which is married to their PG-1 gimbal, or to stay more mobile, a Sirui P-326 monopod with a Manfrotto quick disconnect head. I also have various other accessories, mounts, and supporting equipment for low angle shooting, travel, and weather conditions.

Locations

My greatest inspiration comes from the wildlife of North America, my home continent, where the diversity and beauty of the landscapes and animals have captured my fascination since I was a child.

All images in my collection have been captured somewhere across the continent, from my home region of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, throughout the Northeast including Maine and the New England states; down through the Southeast part of the country, especially in Florida & Everglades National Park; westward to the iconic wild spaces of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado - including Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks - north of the border in British Columbia, down the coast of California and even into the Sonoran Desert of the American southwest.