A native Texan, Scot Miller’s interest in photography began in the late 1970’s. However, since his very first visit to Yosemite National Park in 1990, Scot’s photography has become a much more serious pursuit. “From my first trip there, Yosemite inspired me to take my photography to a whole new level,” said Miller. “The grandeur is amazing. To capture the park in a truly unique perspective has been, and continues to be, a great challenge.”Scot has expanded beyond Yosemite with his nature and scenic photography, photographing all over the United States and Italy. He recently completed a multi-year project photographing Yosemite's expansive backcountry wilderness areas with several other photographers and a new illustrated edition of Henry David Thoreau’s “Cape Cod,” featuring sixty-two of Scot's color photographs, is to be published by Houghton Mifflin in April 2008. Scot is also photographing extensively in the Texas Hill Country, the Great Trinity Forest in Dallas, Texas, the Maine Woods and Yosemite National Park.

Scot has expanded beyond Yosemite with his nature and scenic photography. He has photographed throughout the world including Hawaii, Italy, Canada and all over the United States. Between 1999 and 2004, Scot assembled a collection of photographs covering the seasons at Walden Pond and Walden Woods in Massachusetts that are featured in Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic. The Harvard Museum of Natural History has organized a traveling exhibition that features 29 of Scot’s photographs from the book, plus interpretive materials. The exhibition is currently on a multi-year museum tour throughout the U.S. (See Walden Exhibits & Events)

“Through my photography,” said Miller, “I hope to inspire others to have an appreciation and understanding of the uniqueness of places such as Yosemite, Walden and the Texas Hill Country. They are all treasures worth protecting and preserving, now and for future generations.”

Miller’s photography has been featured in publications and books including National Wildlife, America’s Famous and Historic Trees, America West Magazine, D Magazine, Yosemite Magazine, Yosemite Fund Annual Reports, the National Park Service’s Yosemite Valley Plan and other Yosemite-related projects, and the National Park Service's recently released Special Resource Study of Walden Pond and Woods. Miller was also featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” with Charles Osgood and in a national ad campaign for Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, which highlighted his volunteer work with the Walden Woods Project.

For the last twelve years, Scot has found another way to further catalogue the beautiful scenery he photographs--he carries a digital video camera system into the field, which can be a challenge when backpacking into the Yosemite backcountry or standing on frozen Walden Pond. In most cases, Scot has both photos and digital video footage of the scenes he has photographed throughout the world. His footage has been used extensively in many Yosemite Fund videos, in a recent video for the Walden Woods Project, narrated by Walter Cronkite, in a September 2004 story on “CBS Sunday Morning” with Charles Osgood, and in a PBS documentary on Walden.

As part of Miller’s lifelong commitment to conservation, he offers his photography to the Walden Woods Project and The Yosemite Fund for use in any efforts to raise money for restoration or to raise awareness. Miller also donates a percentage of his Walden Woods photography sales to the non-profit Walden Woods Project, and of his Yosemite National Park photography sales to The Yosemite Fund. In addition, for each copy sold of Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic, Scot is making a donation to the Walden Woods Project. Scot and his wife, Marilyn, are on the Resource Board of Groundwork Dallas, a non profit dedicated to promoting environmental, economic and social well-being in the Great Trinity Forest and surrounding neighborhoods.     

Miller’s fine art nature and scenic photos have been exhibited at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Cincinnati Museum Center, Southwest Gallery in Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Natural History, Sun to Moon Gallery in Carrollton, TX, in various San Francisco venues for The Yosemite Fund and at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Pond. A selection of his large format photos from Italy are now being displayed in many Romano's Macaroni Grill restaurants throughout the country.

Miller co-owns Sun to Moon Gallery in Carrollton, Texas with his wife, Marilyn. The gallery is devoted exclusively to fine art photography.