I am a nature photographer specializing in birds, flowers and landscape photography. I have watched birds and taken pictures since I was a child. My father was an amateur photographer; family vacations were full of learning how to take photographs. Nature inspires me. There is nothing more inspiring than getting up before dawn to capture the morning light on birds and flowers or staying up past midnight to capture the Milky Way in all its glory.

Lately I have been fascinated with ICM and abstract photography. I have been taking old images that are not quite up to my standards and playing with them in Photoshop by using all the tools that I would never normally use in processing my images. It has been a lot of fun.

I use a combination of Capture One, One1 and Photoshop to process my images. I also use Topaz’s AI tools when appropriate. My computer is a PC. My cameras are a Sony A9 and a Sony A7RV. I primarily use the Sony FE 200-600 mm f.5.6-6.3 G OSS. I also use the Sony FE 24-105 mm f/4 G, the Tamron 20 mm f2.8 and the Tamron 70-180 mm 2.8.

I am excited about participating in this group.