THE FILE 50,000 (35mm slides and digital capture).

OVERVIEW More than 20 years experience as a photographer, writer and naturalist specializing in North Carolina and the southern Appalachians. All aspects of the outdoors covered in detail, including general nature and landscapes, cultural and architectural history, cityscapes, recreation, and agriculture. Text/photo packages tailored to specific needs and produced quickly. Contract photographer for commercial and editorial markets. Accomplished public speaker and workshop leader.

GENERAL STOCK Outdoor recreation (hiking, camping, kayaking, ice climbing, canoeing, rafting, many other types), wildlife (mammals, insects, mollusks-seashells, arachnids, crustaceans, birds, reptiles, amphibians, echinoderms), cultural history (old mills, bridges, cabins, museums, artifacts, displays, etc.), environmental issues (positive and negative), ecosystems and natural communities, geology (both scenic and instructional), night scenes (stars and planets, nighttime landscapes, aurora borealis, meteors, comets, moon), archaeology (Native American sites, Cherokee Indians, artifacts, museums), plants (all types, including extensive carnivorous and flowering species), glaciers (scenics and geologic features), non-flowering plants (mosses, ferns, grasses, mushrooms, lichens, slime molds, seaweeds), coastal scenes (all aspects, including aerials, sounds, dunes, beaches, intertidal life, waves, etc.), paleontology (fossils, fossil sites, museums), weather (many aspects), seasons, endangered species (plants and animals), North Carolina skylines.

SPECIALTIES All aspects of North Carolina, including general scenics, historical, cultural, recreational, cityscapes and human interest. Extensive coverage of Great Smoky Mountains NP, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cape Hatteras NS and Cape Lookout NS, Nantahala NF and Pisgah NF, North Carolina lighthouses, North Carolina state parks, NWRs in North Carolina, and most North Carolina natural areas. If it’s North Carolina and I don’t already have it, I know how to get it quickly. Nature specialties include waterfalls, wildflowers, and natural communities. All photos properly captioned with the exact location and subject matter, including scientific names for flora and fauna.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS North Carolina: Nearly every park, natural area, and wildlife refuge in the state. Other States: Alaska, South Carolina, Tennessee; Virginia, West Virginia. Foreign: Canada’s Northwest Territories, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand.

CREDITS Magazines (Many photo/text packages): Backpacker, Birder’s World, Blue Ridge Country, Family Fun, The Living Bird quarterly, National Geographic Adventure, Natural History, Nature Photographer, Nature’s Best, Our State, Outdoor & Nature Photography, Outdoor Photographer, Outdoor Traveler, The Tennessee Conservationist, SINRA, Wildlife In North Carolina, Wonderful West Virginia, many others. Books: Falcon Press, Chanticleer Press, Blair Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Northword Press, Menasha Ridge Press, Globe Pequot, Scholastic, Donihe Graphics, Silver Burdett Ginn, others. Author/Photographer (Books): North Carolina Waterfalls (Blair Publishing), Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians (Blair Publishing), Waterfalls of Virginia and West Virginia (Menasha Ridge), Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Globe Pequot), North Carolina’s Best Wildflower Hikes (Westcliffe), North Carolina Then & Now (Westcliffe), Our North Carolina (Voyageur Press), Backroads of North Carolina (Voyageur Press), several more books in the works. Awards: Chosen as photographer of the year (1998) for the North Carolina Zoological Park, featured photographer in Daybreak 2000; winner of the 1994 Year of the Coast Award and the 1995 Year of the Mountains Award, with the winning entries presented to Governor Jim Hunt; one of two photographers for the book Carolina Prayer, which was presented personally to Governor Mike Easley in 2003. Other: Calendars, commercial clients.

RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS Accomplished photo tour leader and teacher of photography technique; writes numerous photography and natural history articles annually for a variety of magazines.

COMMENTS North Carolina and the East are my love and my business. My professional outdoor skills (kayaking, climbing, long-distance backcountry hiking), my gameness for being eaten by bugs, sleeping on rocks and taking cold baths in mountain creeks, combined with my in-depth natural history knowledge put me in the right place at the right time for capturing spectacular images.