I Tried To Make My Way To Get To Red Foxes And I Finally Earned Their Trust To Photograph Them Up Close (30 Pics)

My name is Ian Granström. I come from the most southern parts of Finland. I have always been fascinated by nature and its controllability, and, naturally, I started out shooting nature right away.

In the beginning, I mostly took landscape pictures and photographed small birds and local wildlife. One early morning, when I was out shooting, I spotted a young red fox and got an unsharp photo of it, and I immediately felt like red foxes would be my main subject to photograph.

The road to finally capture a decent shot of a red fox came after 3 years and hundreds of hours of tracking and searching for red foxes in the Finnish wilderness and urban areas, until one day, I finally stumbled upon a nest I had been tracking. I studied the red foxes' behavior and slowly made my way to get up close and gain their trust. After my first session with the fox family, they seemed to get used to my presence and didn't really care about me that much.

I have now learned and mastered the behavior of red foxes and have photographed 4 different families during two springs. Here is the collection of my work—hope you enjoy it!

You can find more of my work on my Instagram!

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