Barbara and Marty Wheeler are nature photographers with a strong emphasis on wild horses.

Barbara started photographing as a youngster with her Brownie camera, never dreaming that some forty years later she would spend a good share of her time immersed in photography.

In 1998, Barbara insisted Marty get a hobby. He chose photography and enrolled in a class. She went along to keep him company and the rest is history.

Both Barbara and Marty grew up in the country and spent large portions of their childhood hiking the mountains of northern California. Those mountains are rich in scenery and wildlife, giving them both a deep love for the outdoors as well as for wildlife.

Marty studied wildlife management in college, graduating with an AA degree. Photography is a natural extension of his background.

They spent their first years as bird and wildlife photographers and have had their images published in periodicals, in online magazines and on the web. They are proud to have contributed over 100 images to the book, “Malheur’s Legacy: Celebrating a Century of Conservation, 1908-2008”, a book about Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon.

In the course of spending thousands of hours in Malheur, they discovered the wild mustangs of that area. At first, it was an off and on love but grew to a passion.  From 2003 and more so after Barbara retired in 2008, they spent weeks to months with the wild horses and visited 68 herds all over the US, many of them multiple times.

The mustangs became a passion for both photographers. They feel it is the responsibility of photographers and other wild horse observers to educate the public on wild horses.

You can find them on Facebook sharing their stories and photos of the horses they love.

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