Dear Guest,
While photographing nature over the last fifty years, I have seen the world change. Some photographic opportunities that were common when I began have become rare or nonexistent. All have diminished. Species that were rare are now near extinction. The world of nature has lost health and diversity at an ever accelerating pace. All of us are the reason, and a child could predict the outcome. These changes drove me to see and photograph as much as I could while it was still possible. I share a few of those photographs on this website.
Because the collection is organized by subject, photographs captured on film—dating back to the early 1980s—are displayed alongside contemporary digital images. While modern digital cameras offer higher image quality, film allowed me to capture subjects and circumstances that have since become nearly impossible to find. I feel incredibly fortunate not only to have these film records, but to have lived the experiences themselves. For clarity, images originally captured on film are marked with a "Film" designation in their captions.
The photographs come from Australia, Malaysia, and North America. They are organized into five small galleries: Terrain, Water, Trees, Mammals, Birds, and lastly the monochrome galleries B&W-L and B&W-W, for landscapes and wildlife, respectively.
All photographs on this site have recently been reprocessed to the best of my ability, with less compression and higher resolution. To view details, all images are expandable to a maximal size appropriate for the device in use.
I am a member of Nature First, and adhere to their principles for responsible nature photography. If you enjoy natural environments,  I hope you will too.
At a Glance
Experience: 50+ years capturing landscapes & wildlife
Field Expeditions: 30 years across North America & Southeast Asia
Reach: Published in 25+ countries across Europe, North America & South Asia
Ethical Photography: Member of Nature First
About the Photographer
Early Inspiration & Path to Photography
My fundamental connection with nature began in early childhood, playing in the woodlands around my family's rural Ohio farm. Using a free Kodak Instamatic 100 camera that my mother was given as a promotional item, I developed an interest in photography at the age of 11. I was only interested in photographing nature then, and that is still true today. I worked part time in a pizza shop and as a substitute school janitor to help pay university fees. I got my first real job in my middle 20s after far too many years of studying theoretical mathematics and physics. At the time I had never been more than a five hour drive from home. That changed when I could afford to travel. I first went to the deserts of the Southwestern United States in the late 1970s. The trip was a profound experience that merged my connection with nature and my interest in photography into a lifelong passion.
Engineering & Travel
Ten years later that passion led me to start an engineering consultation business to allow more time for travel and photography. My photography trips subsequently totaled roughly three months per year for the next thirty years. This allowed me to photograph extensively in North America and to photograph some extremely endangered wildlife in Peninsular Malaysia and on the island of Borneo. Those experiences are priceless. The lost wages are forgotten.
Printmaking and Print Sales
Printmaking is very satisfying because it converts the time, effort, joy, pain, and expense of capturing images into long lasting and hopefully beautiful physical objects. My first photographic prints were made during the days of film and darkrooms. I began experimenting with digital printing in 1997. Within a few years digital photographic printers were producing prints with longevity exceeding that of most previous analog color and monochrome processes. 
I then began printing all of my own photographs digitally. This allowed a consistent visual interpretation from my first view of a scene in the field all the way through to the finished print. That's important, since no one except the photographer can know how the scene originally looked through the photographer's eyes. A decade later I was also making prints for a few other photographers, reproducing works for painters and other visual artists, and digitally restoring and printing historically significant photographs for corporate and private collections. I used the the most advanced tools, materials and processes available to do this for the next twelve years.
My own images were sold through a number of art galleries and at arts festivals. That necessitated acquiring the skills, tools, and materials to archivally mount, mat, and frame the prints. My wife managed all of the logistical and financial aspects of this business. Our efforts were ultimately successful, but the amount of time and effort we invested over the 12 year period was ridiculous. I almost regret having done it, but I acquired a wealth of knowledge during those years and met some incredibly talented people. With all of that said, I would never do it again. The 2020 pandemic all but ended our print sales.
Publishing
In 1988, my first photograph—an image of sand dunes in California’s Death Valley National Park—was published and displayed at the park visitor center. Since then my images have been published in about twenty-five countries distributed across Europe, North America, and South Asia.
Ending and Beginning
In March of 2020 the COVID pandemic began while I was taking landscape photos in Utah. It forced me to make the 1800 mile (2897 km) drive home several weeks early. I ended my engineering consultation business about two months later. The printmaking business followed. Also during the pandemic, my wife and I made the decision to live in Australia. With our only close family there and our home country no longer feeling like home, the decision became obvious. It all boils down to one sentence from a Pierce Brown book that says, "Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark."  We found light in Australia. It comes from our Australian family, the friends we have made, the welcoming people, and the place itself.
These days I spend much of my time outdoors, and my photography concentrates on field work. That's what originally drew me to photography, and now it helps me to experience and learn about the continent's ecosystems and their inhabitants.
A Focused Portfolio & dmcPhoto.com
For twenty seven years, dmcPhoto.com served as my digital home, growing to house roughly 1,100 photographs with field notes, plus occasional detailed articles. Over time, maintaining such an expansive presence felt less about meaningful sharing and more like shouting into the void. I eventually chose to sunset that site in favor of something simpler.
This website represents the deliberate culmination of that journey: a tightly curated, high-resolution portfolio of around 80 images that meet my personal standard—a quiet, permanent presentation rather than an ongoing feed.
For meaningful image sharing, thoughtful feedback, and daily inspiration, I maintain a modest profile on Glass. Joining that community has made photography fun again, and it has been one of the most rewarding decisions for my work in recent years.
Sample Clients, Credits, and Venues
Allegheny College, Pennsylvania
Art by the Falls, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Artisans' Corner Gallery, Newbury Ohio
Asian Photography Magazine
Audubon Society
Beautyway Publications
Brecksville Center for the Arts, Brecksville, Ohio
Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland Hts., Ohio
Cleveland Metroparks System, Ohio
College Club of Cleveland
Cuyahoga Valley Photographic Society
Cuyahoga Valley Trails Association
Death Valley Natural History Association
Digital Photographer Magazine
East Shore Invitational Art Show, Kirtland, Ohio
Glacier National Park, Montana
Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio
Lakewood Arts Festival
Lake County Metroparks System, Ohio
Lakewood Photographic Society, Ohio
Lorain County Metroparks System, Ohio
Mildred Wardlaw Nature Trails, BC, Canada
Pilgrimage Magazine
Science Illustrated Magazine, Denmark
Shambhala Publications
Sierra Club
South Wing Gallery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Summit County Metroparks, Ohio
The Art Gallery, Willoughby, Ohio
The Choral Project, San Jose, California
West Woods Nature Arts Festival, Novelty, Ohio
United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
University Hospitals
Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Waterloo 7 Gallery, Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Willoughby ArtsFest, Willoughby, Ohio
Willoughby Hills Community Gallery, Ohio
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington
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