I relocated to the Rocky Mountains in 2005 and spend more than nine months a year photographing in Yellowstone National Park.  Yellowstone offers such a diverse range of photo opportunities, it can be hard to shoot them all.  I primarily photograph wildlife, though spend a lot of time photographing the natural landscape as well.  I have also explored Glacier, Bryce, Zion, Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef national parks, as well as Grand Escalante National Monument. My travels have taken me to Washington, Oregon, California, and up and down the east coast of the United States. I have made several trips to Poland, photographing the diverse and unique culture of Eastern Europe which I find fascinating as well.

My photography draws upon the natural world as I see it. Living in such a beautiful place and knowing that the best light is the key to a great photograph, I have the opportunity to find and photograph the unique. All images found on this website are of wild animals and are photographed using long telephoto lenses, for the safety of both animal and photographer. I have seen photographers pursuing an animal, often disturbing it, for the sake of a photograph.  I've also seen photographers put themselves in dangerous situations that risk both photographer and animal.  I will not do either, no photograph is worth risking my life or disturbing an animal from it's natural processes.  I feel allowing wildlife to go about those natural processes is often the key to getting great results.  This may mean I have to wait hours, days, or even years before I get a shot I have envisioned.  As mentioned, the other key is great light.  Waiting for great light is the key to any good photograph.  With Yellowstone as my backyard, I often drive past nice scenes on a regular basis.  But I always have my camera with me and when unusual or unique light creates an unreal scene, either with a landscape or with wildlife, I will definitely take advantage of that light.  At the computer, aside from minor tweaks to contrast, color, and white balance, nothing is digitally altered in my work, with nothing added or taken away.  I'm not fond of the "HDR" look of many landscape photographs and haven't used this technique, though there are some photographers who utilize this technique very well.  I am impressed with the dynamic range of cameras today however, and it's great that so much more detail can be recorded in both shadow and highlights by modern digital cameras.