From the tropical warmth of Central America to the frigid Arctic tundra, you\u2019ll nearly always find me with a camera in hand. A few of my favorite adventures: Riding 6,000km north from Vietnam\u2019s hot and humid Mekong Delta in the south to the staggeringly high, mist covered mountain peaks along the Chinese border; camping on the sea ice to the northeast of Canada\u2019s Baffin Island at 73\u00b0N and listening as pods of narwhal breathed on the surface nearby; staying at a monastery in Cambodia and forming lifelong friendships with young monks eager to learn English and show off their own beautiful country and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selected clients and publications include Canon USA, Travel + Leisure, Life Element, Brigitte, Futureclaw, and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m also editor and creative developer of\u00a0ItsJustLight.com<\/a>, a popular photography instructional website that reaches thousands of photography lovers every month and provides tutorials,\u00a0travel guides<\/a>, and tips for photography newcomers and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the tropical warmth of Central America to the frigid Arctic tundra, you\u2019ll nearly always find me with a camera in hand. A few of my favorite adventures: Riding 6,000km north from Vietnam\u2019s hot and humid Mekong Delta in the south to the staggeringly high, mist covered mountain peaks along the Chinese border; camping on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkizantop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}