Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder and I have seen it, touched it and lived in its midst. Well, it's everywhere. In nature, angels and places. For me, photography is the visual language of the soul, a glimpse into a world that you can't grasp as whole but in pieces and picture and stories.

I was born in Bregenz Austria, a little town on Lake Constance bordering Switzerland and Germany. Then, I was whisked to OZ when I was 5, grew up in Melbourne, Australia and got to see a land of raw wildness and amazing beauty in a culture that was as easy as Sunday morning. Then in my early 20's I decided I needed to see the USA where I have been transplanted for over 25 years.
Oh yeah, I lived just outside of Washington DC until, Nov 2009 Where am I now? Safety Bay, West Australia, just south of Perth.

I am an insatiable wanderer. I love the outdoors, I've spent long periods camping and travelling, it's become the connector that harmonizes my world, the balance that creates sanity in the midst of madness. It's the world where I meet cool people, stories, cultures, beauty, nature and the untamed stuff of life. Yet, my work is in IT and I maintain consciousness :-)

I've been blessed with 4 angels, (my kids) and each was sent to teach me about love........I'm still lin school though!

My pics are my story, my passion, my love for life and while I will do a show here or there, I've spent 25 years shooting pics starting with my Canon AE-1. It's a beautiful planet and more people need to get out of their backyards, apartments, suburbs, daily routines and take sabbaticals and travel, Ya just gotta do it, not some day, but a soonly day!!

All of my pics are copyright protected. If you'd like to use any of my work, please ask. I've had Sam's pics on websites naming her Bruno!!! She thought it was kind of sexist and she aint no Bruno!

Please feel free to poke around.






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    ddk4runner says:

    "Mike's photographs are quite simply amazing! He has one of the finest "eyes" on flickr. You will gasp at fantastic landscapes and hope you can see it one day. You will fall in love with Sam, his dog, as I have and can't wait for the next Sam fix. You will laugh at the titles and captions as this is a very funny guy ! His photostream always leaves me with a smile, a chuckle, a deep thought, as these are not simply photo's but stories as well.
    I haven't had the pleasure of traveling much, and have the itch to do so every time I see one of his photo's from around this beautiful earth. So today, I live vacariously through Outbj's photographs, tomorrow, I travel!
    You are simply the best of what flickr has to offer!"

    7th May, 2008

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    Cookie_lady1 says:

    "I absolutely adore Outbj's work. One of the first contacts I always look for when I sign into Flickr. I fell in love with Sam and all of the landscapes that Outbj has posted. I was born in Canada but he has visited parts of the Country I have only dreamed about going to. Thank you for showing me my homeland along with the other parts of the world you have visited.
    I hope someday to have captured images half as well as you. Thank you for all of your comments and more importantly thanks for sharing your images."

    12th March, 2008

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    altamons says:

    "A long time contact and an instant friend, Mike - Outbj is an awesome photographer. He has traveled extensively to not only to most of the places that I have visited, but many of the places I want to visit. He brings all these places alive for me with his photostream.

    Through his photostream, and personal advice, Mike was instrumental in helping me plan my destinations and activities on a recent trip to Australia.

    A very big Thanks Mike!!

    I always look forward to seeing photos from Outbj on my contacts page. I know they will be awesome and creative!"

    15th November, 2007

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    aknding says:

    "Outbj...... has captured the world around us,,, so beautifully,,, has a great eye for this,,, thanks for showing me the rest of the world, that I will never see in person......... alaskandingo"

    9th December, 2006

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