Doing what nature once did, thinning out trees on the quintera ranch. We move heard in 1969. Reporter when you have a sustainable forest, what does that mean in terms of fires . It means were more fire resilient. Reporter forest fires are natures game plan for managing a forest. A forest fire isnt always bad, as long as its a cool burning fire. You know we do some prescribed burning, and well do more prescribed burning in the future as understory fires. Reporter thats the small fires . Yes. But when we get the big devastating crown fires that weve seen from california all the way through the west into colorado, those are extremely devastating, and were trying to prevent from those big catastrophic fires. Reporter the fires are bigger for several reasons. There are heroic efforts to put them out before they destroy the growing number of houses built in forested areas. But that undercuts natures way of burning off undergrowth, and that is making forests dangerously dense. Jonas feinstein is colorados state conservation forster. He along with biologist tie woodward brought us to colorados kiowa creek ranch owned by the audubon society. This area has been cleared to look like it was for centuries, trees widely spaced where the worst threat is a grass fire. And for that, the Ponderosa Pines have a naturemade defense. Whats great about these trees in particular, Ponderosa Pine is theyre fire adapted. They develop a thick bark at their base that is fire resistant. So the little fire, the grass fires, theyve got a bark that is insulated to that . Absolutely. Reporter but woodward sees danger in the dense forests nearby. When you see that, do you say to yourself i got to get rid of that stuff or its going to come and get me one day . Oh, yeah, absolutely. And then you no forest left, and you just have a dead zone of black trees. Reporter at trenchera ranch, they have their own problem, what to do with all the excess trees, including acres of trees killed by pine beetles. To put the infrastructure in is quite expensive. Reporter by quite expensive, you mean the lumber mill. All the stuff that youre cutting . Yes, the sawmill. Reporter so blanca Forestry Products was born. A sprawling lumber mill that produces about 20 million board feet of lumber a year sold across two dozen states. And what helps manage the forest comes with about 70 jobs, and that helps people up and down this rural valley. John medina is a night watchman. Its a great boost for the economy. It helps everybody. It helps people working here. It helps the small businesses. You know, there is a lot of money thats staying here and people staying here. Reporter Jose Ontiveros stacks wood for the kiln, that makes possible an enviable colorado lifestyle. I love fishing, yeah. Reporter why do you like to fish . Sometimes to eat, and just to be out in nature and just enjoying the elements. Ill even go fishing when its raining. Its just great. Reporter and its a family affair. The mill also employees his sister, stepdaughter, and wife antoinette, who works in the front office. So the logical question, if it works here, why not everywhere . The answer . Money. Its not so much a money making enterprise. Were trying to break even. Like i said, the ownership is dedicated to make this happen. So, you know, it is an investment. Reporter so this is really an emotional investment. Its not really a capitalist investment . Absolutely its an emotional investment. Reporter the investor is billionaire financier and environmental philanthropist louis bacon. Trenchera is one of several areas he is working to preserve, preserve things like this, a once overgrown aspen grove that was cut down and is now regrowing. Its going to be denser than what you see in the parts we dont harvest, but that density will start to reduce there will be some that will die out. The animals will have some effect on some of them. So it will thin itself as we go on. Reporter a remarkably simple prescription for how humans can save a forest. Do it natures way. Work so hard give it everything you got strength of a lioness tough as a knot rocking the stage and we never gonna stop all strength, no sweat. Just in case you forgot all strength. No sweat secret. All strength. No sweat. Is one of the most famous photographers youve probably never heard of. His work hangs in galleries and private elections the world over. Yarrow specializes in wildlife, and one of his most recent work, called wolves of wall street sold last week in miami, for get this, 200,000. Yarrow of course used a real wolf, and he even found the real wolf of wall street, the guy they made the movie about, to join the shoot. Jeff glor was there. Lets make some magic. This it is. Ive always believed that the best photographers stand in front of the most interesting things. Its really that simple. Reporter from the arctic to africa to the american west, david yarrows work shooting wildlife, indigenous community, and landscapes has reshaped fine art photography. You never know when that big one is going to come. Reporter the combination of his extreme planning and patience. Thats it. Great. Reporter recently in southern california, yarrow only had a few minutes of perfect sunlight to create his latest print. Get that shade right. Reporter a staged shot on sunset boulevard featuring one of the most famous models in the world, alessandra ambrosio, a car, and a wolf. Wait, do i really need to be with the wolf . Reporter here ambrosio wasnt comfortable sitting next to the wolf. Youre fine. Come on. Come a little closer. If you dont like it, we can shoot them independently. Well just do a composite of the two. Reporter so yarrow compromised. You have sunset boulevard shut down. People honking at you like crazy. A wolf four wolves. Reporter he brings backups just in case. The photo titled chateau marmont was an homage to the martin scorseseleonardo dicaprio fan. We dont start filing not 9 30 because our clients are already answering the phones. Reporter he did one picture outside and one inside a trading room. Are you already . Go for it reporter with jordan bellfort, the man the wolf of wall street is based on. Yarrows usual goal is to get as close as possible to animals of all kinds. That includes traveling to south africa with british Model Cara Delevingne to shoot her in front of a lion. You searched david yarrow on the internet is, this one of the first ones that comes up. I mean, she is a british icon. She is authentic. She is brave. Reporter shes got a lion standing directly behind her. Yeah. She is fearless. She is fearless. Reporter yarrow has also come facetoface with black panthers, elephants, captured here with a special wide angle lens, and tigers. Tigers will kill you. Tigers are the most vicious animals in the world. They will kill you for fun. Ill get in the cage, i think, and try and work from the cage. Reporter is there ever any fear . There is fear of failure, which is always good. But fear of personal safety, never with animals. With people, yes. My scary moments have always been with people because people can buy weed, they can get drunk, and they can buy guns. Animals cant do those three things. Reporter one of yarrows most famous totals is a selfie with a polar bear, where if you look closely, you can see his silhouette in the bears eyes. I heard people say once people survive attacks from grizzlies or black bears, but nobody has ever survived an attack from a polar bear. I think thats true. Reporter but youre right there in its face. Theyre very sweet toothed. Never be upwind from a polar bear because they wouldnt smell you. If youre downwind and you cover yourself in chocolate. But we always say dont do it at home. Reporter david yarrow first became interested in photography as a teenager, snapping pictures of sporting events in england. But following parental and economic pressure, he shifted to banking. Way back in 1988, photography was something that weird people did. Like they would be train spotters, whereas banking is what normal people did. And now banking is what weird people do and photography is what normal people do. And its amazing how far weve come. Reporter yarrow didnt get back to photography full time until 2012. By that time, his marriage had painfully fallen apart. I wasnt fond of myself. My path to redemption was to pick up my cameras and good to the most remote parts of the world. That was my antidote to my personal pain. Reporter yarrow has cultivated an impressive list of celebrity fans by now. Tom brady wrote the forward to his latest book. When people want to Say Something nasty about me, theyll turn around and say yeah, david, he has taken some good pictures, but he is a businessman. My mother was an artist and she died suddenly penniless because she thought the person pursuit or monetization of her craft was shameless. Reporter when people say theyre more interested in the celebrity or the business part than the actual art itself. I think you have to have an end market. If people want to turn around and say david, he knows american Football Players and british Football Players and supermodel, whatever. I work with them. I think you have done a remarkable job. Reporter yarrow can take months to plan one picture. But once everything is in place, things move fast. From sunset boulevard to here . Yeah. And we pride ourselves on our work effort. We shot this 26 hours ago and here is the final version. Reporter he then only releases a limited number of original pictures. Single prints with go for well over a thousand dollars. Did you ever stop to think about that, that youre producing pictures that demand that amount of money . In 1985 i photographed wimbledon. Id go home. I would print up my pictures in the darkroom, and i would sell them on the streets the next day for 20 liquid a picture. So when you go from selling pictures on the street for 20 liquid to seeing one of your pictures, of course you think about the fact that your journey has worked and your hard work has paid off. Absolute carnage. Do i get a feel bad thinking about it . No. I just want to get better. Its amazing. Its perfect. 200 grand for that shot. Well, if you got it, spend it. You cant take i with well, it doesnt take a professional photographer to capture the perfect christmas photo, but it certainly helps. And for many families, the cost of a pro photo shoot is simply out of reach. But in lynchberg, virginia, there is a young woman with a team of volunteers giving families a holiday gift destined to last a lifetime. Janet shamlian reports. So you guys go right over there to the lady on the end. Reporter it was an offer almost too good to be true. But when the doors opened you guys can go right over there. Reporter they discovered it was real. One, two reporter a photo session in a festive setting. With a team of pros behind the lens. Oh, so cute reporter for dealycia dickerson and her sons, the price of a photo came without a price tag. Have you ever had that done before . No, we dont normally do them professionally. Reporter 12yearold brianna lane came with her mom and her family. Ive dreamed of doing this, but its never really happened. And now my dream just came true. Reporter brandy lane is a caretaker who seldom has had the chance to be cared for. If you had to pay out of pocket for this i would never be able to do it. Living on a limited budget, would never, ever, ever be able to do it. Give mom a kiss on the cheek. Reporter before today, brandy had only selfies of her family. You guys give mama a hug too. Reporter photographer lee is a stouffer dreamed it up. I had families ask hey, can i have that photo . Thats the only good professional family photo we had. I started thinking about those families. Reporter she put out a call for help. Everyone she asked said yes. And then she let the community know. When i started doing this, i would worried that no families would show up. And leah, if one family shows up, thats all that matters. Reporter she 19th worry. They hoped for 40 families. 87 signed up. Each one got the star treatment, including hair and makeup and a holiday photo. For brandy lane and her girls, just what they needed. Were just kind of starting over, but were getting there. This is a good start. Reporter a moment captured forever, and a gift for which there is no price. And a Merry Christmas to all. Janet shamlian reporting, and that is where well leave you for the overnight news this friday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back a little later for the morning news, and as always, you dont want to miss cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im mola lenghi. Its friday, december 13th, 2019. This is the cbs morning news. Explosive debate. Democrats decide to postpone a pair of historic impeachment votes until later this morning. Why republicans are furious about the unexpected announcement. Breaking overnight, landslide victory. Uk Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons conservative party wins the election in britain. What does that mean for brexit . Plus, a new York City College student brutally murdered just steps away from campus. What investigators think could what investigators think could have motivated the attack. Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green