Thanks for visiting my photo pages.
I am a retired musician, photographer, and birder living in
Columbus, Ohio. My interest in wildlife and nature photography has
ebbed and flowed over the years several times as time and opportunity
allowed, but originally
began when I lived in South
Africa from 1983-1986. Enchanted by the scenery
and wildlife there, I purchased a Yashica FX-D and a few inexpensive
lenses and
traveled extensively throughout southern Africa.
In the '90's I renewed my interest
in photography with the natural world of my native Ohio. I replaced my
FX-D's and low-quality lenses with wonderful Contax cameras and Zeiss lenses.
As I became a serious birder, I also added a Nikon F4s and the 500/f4P
to begin photographing birds. In 1998, I switched to one system, Canon,
to take advantage of their autofocus telephotos, namely the EF600/f4L.
In 2000 I replaced that 600mm with the Image-Stabilization version. That
lens helped my bird photography in leaps and bounds.
Most of the older film photos still here
were
taken with a Canon EOS3 body filled mostly with Fuji ProviaF
film.
In October, 2003 I purchased my first digital camera and haven't used a
single roll of film since. The bulk of the bird photos on this site
were taken between taken between about 2003 and 2016 with Canon 1D
Mark2, Mark3, and Mark 4 cameras, the 1DX and various other Canon
cameras
using the original Canon EF 600mm f4 ISL or 800mm f5.6L IS. My
photos have been used in a wide variety of book, magazine, and calendar
publications over the years.
I currently own Canon R5 and R5 Mark II
cameras with a wide variety of Canon lenses from the RF 10-20 f4L IS to
the RF 600 f4L IS as well as some Canon and Sigma lenses in EF mount,
hoping to enjoy my retirement pursuing photography again.