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At
first glance, I don’t cast the shadow of someone
who hikes 45 pounds of camera gear around on their back from Montana
to the plains of Africa simply to photograph nature in its purest
form. But I am that person.
Along the way I have seen the best and worst this world has to
offer, or for that matter, throw at me. It is during those times,
alone with my camera, that I feel most alive.
The images those trips have etched
into my mind’s eye dwarf
any of the pictures represented here. These pages are merely reminders
of the places I’ve been and the experiences I have been fortunate
enough to have had.
I can never photograph the sound of the leaves crushing beneath
my feet, the feel of the wind as it moves though the aspens, the
way my heart beats when I come face to face with an alpha wolf
or the rumble of a herd of horses as they pass. These are the things
I truly love.
My photographs do not smell like rain
on a summer’s afternoon,
sound like a flock of birds as they take off at sunrise, or feel
like the snow as it lands lightly on your face. My camera is the
vehicle that takes me to those places and gives me the stories
that quietly reside behind each of my images.
I walk carefully on this planet. I believe
it is my responsibility to the things I love to do so. Through my
lens I have seen how fragile the earth can be.
My camera has taught me things no professor
ever could. It is the souvenir I have brought back for each of you.
This magical tool I lug around has been my key to places far beyond
what I ever would have experienced without
it… the friends I have met, the places I have seen, the experiences
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It has allowed me to
freeze time with the click of a shutter and preserve it for others
to enjoy. But time marches on… and
many of the beautiful things we take for granted are marching on
with it.
My
camera has taught me to be a protector of nature and beautiful things.
We are only visitors here and frankly, we are not taking very good
care of things for those people, born and unborn, that will come
after us. As you browse my pictures please do not overlook my links
section (click here) and the important organizations mentioned in
it.
Take nothing for granted. Things are beginning
to disappear even now. We are a powerful,
intelligent race and we have great numbers.
One person at a time, one day at a time,
one kind act at a time, we can help preserve what we love
most about earth. Please get involved.
We can make a difference.

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