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Enjoying my 3rd career now, as a Microsoft SharePoint (collaboration framework) developer. I work on Coronado Island, which is one of the prettiest parts of America's Finest City -- San Diego, California. It actually makes the one hour (1 way) commute from our home in Oceanside worth the effort.
My main focus, outside of work, is the K-9 Search and Rescue group that my wife and I founded, Southwest Search Dogs. This is an all-volunteer group that uses dogs to look for missing people and human remains. My wife and I each have a Bloodhound (Becca and Jessie) and a Vizsla (Couper and Cielo, respectively) as partners, but we have a wide variety of breeds in our unit. Here is a link to my Southwest Search Dogs Collection. Also, here's a short video explaining what we do, another one of Cielo and me during a practice session, and a music video of Cielo that I captured as he was "relaxing" after a training session. All three require Windows Media Player for viewing.

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia).
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This species holds a special significance for me, since the Spanish word for it is Tecolote, which was my dad's trademark. Besides being a world-renowned gladiolus hybridizer and at one time one of the largest commercial gladiolus cut-flower growers in the country, he perfected the Tecolote brand of ranunculus and also grew freesias, anemones, watsonias, oxalis, paper whites, and many other species that I don't remember.
The strains that he started are still being commercially grown today at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, California. There is a fairly accurate history of my family's flower business on their History page, where there are (bad) photos of my mom and dad and the Model A Woody that he rebuilt, including all the wooden parts. I'm so proud of all that my dad accomplished and wish like heck that he was still around to see this photo, because I know he'd really like it.
My interest in photography goes back a long way, to when I was an intern with a professional portrait photographer and I was the photographer for our high school's yearbook. The camera I used then was a 4X5 Graphlex (an example of which can be seen at famous Flickr photographer Mike Jones' contact page) that would only hold two sheets of film at a time. After graduating from high school, I took a 30-day trip across the country, in an un-air conditioned school bus, during the month of July, with a church group, during which I borrowed my dad's Argus C-3. During my time in the Army (after being drafted, during the Vietnam war), I was able to get a good price on a Minolta Maxxum 7000 and it was my first "good" camera, but I hardly ever used it.
My first digital camera was a Canon G-3, but when I found out that DSLR's were available for under $1,000, I bought a Canon Digital Rebel, which I have since given to my grandson and replaced with a Canon XTi. I have since added a Canon 40D and a Canon 5D Mark II. During the years with my original DSLR, I captured relatively few images and it is only since joining Flickr, on 9/1/07, that I have developed a passion for photography and spend most of my free time on it, including the time I spend on Flickr.

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Groups (50)
- Howard's Gallery (moderated) 1,253 photos, 486 members
- Blink Again Level 3 SUPERSTARS - SHOWCASE 2,503 photos, 1,143 members
- It's a Wonderful World ~INVITE ONLY / P1-AWARD3 /Winners! 7,638 photos, 1,032 members
- Da Vinci Memories - Invited images only 20,530 photos, 1,913 members
- California Landscape Photographer 2,081 photos, 301 members
- World Nature and Wildlife Group P1/C3 6,783 photos, 741 members
- BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS PHOTOS (POST 1 AWARD 4) NO COMMENT = BAN 25,134 photos, 2,607 members
- My Gear and Me #1 - (Post 1 - Award 5) - Sweeper is ON 320,481 photos, 13,058 members
- NATURË / P1& A2 54,782 photos, 3,192 members
- NATURE's HARMONY - Com 2 (Superior Clarity) 10,210 photos, 1,574 members
- "Quality Only" Butterfly Club --> VOTE Time for Contest 1,835 photos, 595 members
- "Quality Only" Scape Club --> NEW Contest Open 3,800 photos, 838 members
- A "Quality Only" Club -Admin Invite+Moderated Post 11,486 photos, 2,157 members
- Blink Again Level 1 P1/A3 no children sweeping in progress 122,995 photos, 10,740 members
- WAY Better Than Good 5,645 photos, 183 members
- *La Galerie des Animaux * (Admin invite only) Please Award 2 3,113 photos, 360 members
- Amazing Wildlife Photography ~ Post 1 / Award 3 Winners Posted 12,336 photos, 1,282 members
- "Quality Only" Bird Club 7,212 photos, 1,399 members
- Mirror Images & Reflections [P1-C2] Sweep On- Contest End 31 Mar 6,061 photos, 1,091 members
- PASSION for LIGHT - Com 3 4,739 photos, 1,115 members
- Artist Spotlight P1 -AWARD 3 - Front Page Contest ! 17,928 photos, 1,301 members
- H & G ~Spectacular Birds~ INVITE ONLY ! (P1-A2) 2,024 photos, 724 members
- Henny's Flower Gardens - Invited Photos Only (P1/C2) 7,042 photos, 1,103 members
- San Diego Botanic Garden (Quail Botanical Gardens) 810 photos, 42 members
- Nature's Golden Carousel ~ Admin Invite Only Post 1 Award 2 20,808 photos, 2,059 members
- Excellence In Animal Photography (High Quality Images Only) 6,922 photos, 674 members
- Array....Invite Only 6,748 photos, 371 members
- World Wildlife Showcase (By invitation only) 790 photos, 126 members
- {PET PORTRAITS} P1/A2 63,569 photos, 8,881 members
- BEST OF THE BEST (Invited Images ONLY--POST 1, AWARD 2) 15,308 photos, 2,714 members
- Top Seven Gallery ~ Admin Invite Only 3,652 photos, 883 members
- Treasures of Keep your eyes open (adm. invites) P1-A3 - Sweeper 22,250 photos, 1,903 members
- Stunning Nature on Black/ Invite only/ Post 1 comment 3 6,000 photos, 1,521 members
- 14 Karat Gold: Add 1 - Award 5 - 14 Faves/50 comments 20,812 photos, 2,823 members
- To All the Squirrels I've Loved Before 448 photos, 68 members
- Naturally Wonderful/ Invite only/ Post 1 comment 3 8,402 photos, 1,345 members
- Closer and Closer Macro Photography 898,573 photos, 65,445 members
- FlickrOffline - Meetups / Events / Group Projects 80 photos, 90 members
- FLICKR'S PORTAL [ Post 1 Comment 3 / Invitation Admin Only ] 12,861 photos, 1,739 members
- Hummingbird Photography 15,437 photos, 2,939 members
- Mother Nature's Green Earth - Post 1 Award 3 22,490 photos, 1,804 members
- Capturing the Butterfly Beauty (New Contest!) 12,433 photos, 1,095 members
- NATURE'S PRIME (post 1 award 4) Contest: Hugs & Kisses-ENTER 195,660 photos, 13,915 members
- Colourful Birds 6,173 photos, 482 members
- *****MOTHERNATURE- p1/comment 2 5,900 photos, 788 members
- I did not know that! 354 photos, 53 members
- Birding in San Diego 2,638 photos, 234 members
- Lovely Ducks 18,669 photos, 3,209 members
- Sharing of Lovely Flowers (P1 A 2) [Good Quality Pic Only] 1,888 photos, 502 members
- PEOPLE ENJOYING NATURE (Post 1 Comment 3) 8,108 photos, 2,075 members
Testimonials (2)
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DeniseJC says:
"Jim's love of animals and birds is strongly evident through his wonderful photos. His amusing comments make me smile each day and I'm always learning something new and interesting from his stream. I'm also learning Latin! Jim has a great sense of humo(u)r too... I think! Oh, and he's an excellent photo editor! Thanks for making Flickr so much fun, Jim!"
8th August, 2008
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dinali77 says:
"If you happen to stop by Jim's photostream then you are sure to see what a down to Earth, compassionate person he is. His love for animals and nature is seen throughout his whole series of images. He can also be funny.. but only sometimes :-)
It's an honor to be your friend.
Didi"22nd July, 2008
- Name:
- Jim Frazee
- Joined:
- September 2007
- Hometown:
- Oceanside, CA
- Currently:
- Oceanside, CA, USA
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Web Developer














