THE FILE 7,700 and growing. All 35mm digital (captured with full frame sensor Canon 5D and 1Ds Mark III, using high quality Canon professional lenses).

OVERVIEW "Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn, giving a voice to the wilderness, and the land that we live on."--John Denver, "Wild Montana Skies." My nature photography is driven by this excerpt from John Denver's song, and it is how I approach all my subjects. Rather than simply "taking the picture," I seek to give voice to the beauty that lies before me. Most of my images are from Wisconsin public lands, with western national parks sprinkled in. I tend to focus on lakes, rivers, trees, wildflowers, landscapes and scenics, with ancillary attention given to birds, mammals and miscellaneous subjects. All images are captured digitally and processed exclusively in Adobe Lightroom. Only the typical post-capture processing is done to each image.

NATURAL HISTORY Wisconsin Landscapes, rivers, trees, wildflowers, birds and mammals captured in their own natural environment within Wisconsin state parks or national wildlife refuges. Also, western national parks.

GENERAL STOCK Wisconsin nature, miscellaneous towns, cities, harbors, state parks, buildings, facilities, farm equipment.

SPECIALTIES Wisconsin state parks and public lands; Rocky Mountain National Park; the Badlands.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Wisconsin: State parks, especially southeastern Wisconsin (Kettle Moraine State Forest, Pike Lake, Lowe Lake, Harrington Beach, Kohler-Andrae State Park); Door County (Peninsula and Potawatomi State Parks and surrounding area); Vilas County (Minocqua area, Boulder Junction lakes and area, Eagle River lakes and area); Horicon National Wildlife Refuge; Necedah National Wildlife Refuge; Lake Michigan. Additional periodic coverage extends annually to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado and Topsail Hill State Preserve, Florida.

RECENT COVERAGE Most recently, elk rut in Rocky Mountain National Park; fall colors in Wisconsin.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS Continuation of Wisconsin throughout the year, with annual trips to Rocky Mountain National Park, Badlands and northern Florida.

CREDITS Magazines AAA Living (Wisconsin), E Magazine, Northern Woodlands, Wisconsin Trails, Weekly Reader. Books Publications International, Human Kinetics. Other Foxcomm case study, Motorola communications proposals (covers and executive summaries), Marine Biochemists ("how-to" book), Aspen Meadows self-published magazine, local news papers, trade journals.

RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS Conservation degree.

COMMENTS Retired early from sales career with a major communications company and now devoted to nature photography full-time. I use exclusively Canon professional quality equipment. I am available for assignments or "on-spec" shoots. Reasonable rates. Available to travel anywhere in the United States. (I go where I can drive, including Alaska).