I've always loved the outdoors and spent my childhood digging up worms, playing in fields, and watching caterpillars change into butterflies and moths. As an adult, I've come to consider myself a lifelong student of nature, whose profound beauty and complex ecology is a classroom for the soul. At any age, Nature calms the mind, awakens the spirit, sings with us when we're happy, and holds us when we grieve.I first picked up a camera over 40 years ago to connect with nature more deeply. Over the years, I've evolved a range of styles to communicate the intimacy, humor, beauty, and inspiration...more