They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To me, every image is a story, and there’s a story behind every image: the long wait in the forest, the bird that finally steps into the light, the wild place and the people working to protect it. These are those stories, one photograph at a time.
This female White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) perched in profile on a green stem at Mirador Barlovento above Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in the Andean foothills, in golden late-afternoon light. …
Read the story: Female White-necked JacobinI photographed this male Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei) at Mirador Barlovento above Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, high above the Cauca Valley. He perched on a slender twig right in front of me. …
Read the story: Steely-vented HummingbirdThis male Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) perched on the thick leaf of a succulent, edged in red-orange, at Mirador Barlovento above Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in soft late-afternoon light. …
Read the story: Brown Violetear
: my missionMeet the photographer
I'm a photographer based in California, near Los Angeles. I travel to remote corners of the world to photograph birds in the wild, then donate the images to local conservation partners so they can grow ecotourism and keep those places wild. I also teach photography in remote communities, so others can carry this work forward.
Prints
Prints of my photographs are available in my online store. Shipping is available anywhere in the world. Every purchase helps fund my next trip into the field and the images I donate to local conservation partners.
