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I prefer to think of my self as a naturalist with a camera as opposed to a photographer. I try to take pictures that can help educate and inspire people on the wonders of nature, and with any luck I can make people want to be outside more too.
I've had my first DSLR since January 2010, and I am enjoying the fact I'm now limited by my knowledge of my equipment rather then my equipment limiting me. Still, I must thank my trusty Kodak z612 for 3 years of service.
Most all of my images are as they came from the camera, with the more recent ones being tunned RAW conversions.
It's not that I disapprove of photoshop, I just prefer to create the most visually accurate account of what I saw.
Obviously I like to hike and be outside. And good for me I found a job where I do those things while teaching kids.
If you have any questions or would like to use some of my work for any reason I'd be happy to respond via flickr mail.
I have yet to say no to someone using my work for educational purposes... that is after all a large part of why I take pictures in the first place. I'd just like to know so I can learn from what ever it is you're doing too.
Thank you Ryan and Alyssa for the pro account Birthday gift
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Contacts (49)
Groups (50)
- San Jose 12,566 photos, 943 members
- Washington DC/Metro Area 125,076 photos, 7,472 members
- Group with Ҽxperience 713,636 photos, 127,339 members
- Big Sur, California 8,642 photos, 1,285 members
- AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G 101,804 photos, 9,181 members
- Hearst Castle 2,467 photos, 295 members
- Flickr Galleries 2,259 photos, 702 members
- Bridges in the UK 21,442 photos, 1,985 members
- Decisive Moment 72,322 photos, 17,113 members
- NHL - Pro Hockey Pics 10,993 photos, 759 members
- City Skylines (Buildings,Cities) 125,296 photos, 9,548 members
- Woods & Forests 70,134 photos, 7,042 members
- Bridges 102,317 photos, 10,609 members
- Kodak Z990 and Other Z Series Camera Users Group 3,079 photos, 218 members
- Glasgow Photo 3,131 photos, 2,752 members
- Sports Photography 261,632 photos, 20,584 members
- Architecture 959,076 photos, 55,373 members
- Project Weather 16,744 photos, 3,297 members
- Tall and Imposing Buildings of the World! 789 photos, 87 members
- Museum 96,399 photos, 5,533 members
- Skyscraper 20,030 photos, 2,420 members
- Towers 9,836 photos, 1,051 members
- British National Parks 15,238 photos, 552 members
- Black and White 4,166,477 photos, 216,070 members
- Oak Trees: The Quercus Club 3,951 photos, 713 members
- SkyscraperCity 25,596 photos, 1,844 members
- I Drank This 7,731 photos, 489 members
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites 87,615 photos, 4,798 members
- Churches - Please read the rules before posting 123,332 photos, 11,476 members
- Cathedrals UK (see new rules) 20,352 photos, 2,430 members
- We travel the World 544,870 photos, 33,828 members
- Waterfalls 99,257 photos, 14,414 members
- Viva Evolution! 1,651 photos, 240 members
- BEER Nation 17,786 photos, 1,783 members
- BEER 55,446 photos, 9,339 members
- Beer caps 118 photos, 53 members
- Bottle Caps 722 photos, 227 members
- Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 27,058 photos, 1,765 members
- Nikkor 50mm 1.8 165,119 photos, 14,138 members
- AFGU online 622 photos, 55 members
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- 6 Million People (Add one portrait of everyone you see) 150,453 photos, 17,039 members
- Nikkor 166,767 photos, 8,204 members
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- Banana Slugs 315 photos, 124 members
- Bird Perfect/Each Photo By Invite Only 9,494 photos, 1,828 members
- I AM NIKON 211,330 photos, 12,056 members
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Galleries (27)
- Arabian UNESCO World Heritage Sites 18 photos
- Eastern European UNESCO World Heritage Sites 18 photos
- East African UNESCO World Heritage Sites 18 photos
- West African UNESCO World Heritage Sites 18 photos
- Central African UNESCO World Heritage Sites 18 photos
Testimonials (1)
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quadriflax says:
"This will be my second attempt at a testimonial for this particular guy with a camera. Though beautifully crafted and accurate, the previous entry was deleted in the same way all the important shit from Nixon's White House tapes was deleted. We all know what was said, but someone conveniently sat on the record button. How that applies to this technology I don't know, but you get the idea.
I'm not exactly sure why every fool that can spend $200 on a camera and gets free equipment like tripods from really nice people needs to post pictures. I'm equally confused as to why American Idol was ever on the air, and about why cheese is so awesome. But thinking about these things serves no purpose, as they are what they are. Facts. And you can't dispute facts. Especially when someone calls them facts. That's what makes them facts. That's a fact.
I lost my train of thought again. Anyway, there are pictures and there are photos. One is more important than the other, only I'm not really sure which is the more impressive term. Whichever it is, these are not those. These are the kinds of pictos (pictures + photos = photures) that I like to spend my time glancing at when I have spare bandwidth to waste at the end of the month. It's like slumming, only I don't get solicited for drugs every other block.
Aside from that, I think we could all learn something from J-Fish here. And that's that we have too much time and we should probably use it more wisely. I suggest using the time to write a congressman. Not necessarily your congressman, but a congressman. Some of them don't get any mail and are made fun of when they meet the rest of their fellow mail-getting congressmen in the Senate. I'm sorry, I meant to say when they meet the rest of the congressPEOPLE in the Senate. Silly me.
In conclusion, I think it is important to install a four way stop at the interesction of Chestnut Ridge and Willow Ridge because sometimes I have to wait for more than one car to turn left, and that's not fair."21st July, 2008
- Joined:
- February 2007
- Hometown:
- Rochester NY
- Currently:
- San Jose CA, USA
- I am:
- Male and Single
- Occupation:
- Environmental Educator