In hopes of presenting the natural world as an emissary for its own preservation.

Concentration on grassland and wetland species found in high plains steppe and temperate prairie ecosystems. Specific locations include the tall grass prairies of North Central Iowa, the Nebraska Sandhills, and the Lake Creek Valley of South Dakota (between the Nebraska Sandhills and South Dakota Badlands). An increasing amount of time is spent in the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota.

Publications Include: National Wildlife, Ranger Rick’s Your Big Backyard, Nature’s Best, Birder's World, Smithsonian, The Nature Conservancy, and National Geographic magazines.

Photography Experience:
• Stock photography as well as database creation of stock photography library for Medical News Network, New York City, NY
• Diagnostic (specimen) photography, field photography, and darkroom developing/printing for archaeologists and curators at the Center for American Archaeology and the University of Nebraska State Museum.
• Freelance photography for special events in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Digital/Technical Assistant for Joanne Williams International Photo Safaris

International travel and photography includes: Panama, South Africa, Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ecuador, Chile, Japan, Argentina and Newfoundland.

Education:
Graduate - MA in Medical and Biological Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate - BFA in Scientific Illustration as well as Visual Arts from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Mission: To present the natural world as an emissary for its own preservation and enhancement, teach about the natural world through photographic stories, and hopefully, shift egocentric human perspectives toward the environment.

Memberships: North American Nature Photographer’s Association, American Society of Media Photographers, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, and Association of Medical Illustrators

Awards:
Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2006
• Winner of the ‘Animal Antics’ category
• Highly Honored in the ‘Bird’ category

International Wild Bird Photographer 2006
• Winner of the ‘Best Artistic Image’

Nature's Best Photography Awards 2007
• Two images Highly Honored in the 'Bird' category

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