I hope that my images represent more than a simple documentation of nature. My vision of rainforests and cloud forests and the biodiversity they contain is more of a feeling rather than a rote recording. Although I shoot images that will be useful as stock for advertising, textbooks, magazines, and education exhibits, I try to depart from a literal representation of any subject. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I strive to capture images that are artistic and that portray to the viewer the mystery, abundance, and wonder of Costa Rica’s ecosystems, flora, and fauna. I also try to photograph everything in the natural world.
Doing just one type of photography gets old for me, and I always enjoy new challenges. So, while aware of the danger of becoming a jack of all trades but master of none, I’ve worked hard in an attempt to become proficient at bird photography, wildlife photography, landscape photography, and macro photography. I hope I’ve succeeded and that my passion for rainforests and the stunning biodiversity they contain shows through in the images on this site.
Doing just one type of photography gets old for me, and I always enjoy new challenges. So, while aware of the danger of becoming a jack of all trades but master of none, I’ve worked hard in an attempt to become proficient at bird photography, wildlife photography, landscape photography, and macro photography. I hope I’ve succeeded and that my passion for rainforests and the stunning biodiversity they contain shows through in the images on this site.
My images have been published in numerous books, calendars, and magazines, including National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, GEO Germany, Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, and Newsweek. Canon Europe has used my images in various product brochures, trade show displays, and product packages, and they featured me in a DVD series a few years ago about pro photographers using Canon equipment. I don’t enter many photo contests but I have been fortunate to have had images honored in the important contests I’ve entered — the BBC/Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest and the Nature’s Best Windland Rice Smith contest.
When not out in the field leading a photo workshop, I’m out shooting for myself or at home working on my popular nature photography e-books. I'm pretty sure these two things will never happen but, in the immortal words of Walt Disney (and Jimmy MacElroy from Blades of Glory),
"If you can dream it, you can do it!"
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