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April 2022 - First Published Photo
In February 2022, Sheri Bear, the Editorial Director of PUNCH magazine reached out to me as a result of seeing my hummingbird pictures on...
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February 2022: Remote Bird Photography Presentation to LA Girl Scout Troop
In February 2022, I gave a remote bird presentation over zoom to a girl scout troop in LA. There were 5 girls and each one was assigned a...
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January 2022: Nextdoor App and my Bird Photography
On the suggestion of a very nice fellow bird photographer on Instagram, Stephen Sherrard, I made my first Nextdoor bird image post and I...
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My First Full Year on Instagram as a Bird Photographer -2021
Instagram has been a great place to showcase my bird images and to meet many other artists and bird photographers. This is a recap of my...
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January 2022: My First Bird Calendars
I started selling bird calendars out of my Etsy shop in January 2022 and sold 50 in that first calendar season. I was a bit late to the...
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December 2021: My First Owl Experience
In December 2021, I went to Coyote Hills in Fremont to get my very first pictures of Owls. Lots of waiting around in the cold for a few...
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2021 - The Year of Bird Presentations to Kids
It all started in March 2021 when a former neighbor and friend asked me to provide a remote bird presentation over zoom to her 2nd grade...
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October 29, 2021: My Favorite Holiday!
I always look forward to Halloween, which at this point in my life is my favorite holiday. Everyone is so giving and it is the one time...
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The Bird Photography Journey Continues in 2021
I spent a lot of time in 2021 on bird excursions taking pictures of many different birds. In October 2021, The coffee shop again invited...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
Monetizing my Bird Photography
In September 2020, I started selling greeting cards at a local coffee shop and nursery. In October 2020, the coffee shop invited me to...
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Beyond Hummingbirds...
By this time, I expanded beyond Hummingbirds to Raptors, like Hawks, Shorebirds like the Great Blue Heron and the Great Egret and also...
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Time for new photo equipment for modern bird photography
I realized I needed a better lens to get further reach so I bought the Nikon 500mm f5.6 pf lens. So now I had better reach but the auto...
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My love for Hummingbirds and where to find them?
I was not sure where to find the Hummingbirds so I started a search of all popular hummingbird gardens and a discovery into which...
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May 2020 - How the Pandemic re-ignited my passion for photography
Fast forward to 2020, like many people, due to the Coronavirus, I was laid-off from my corporate job in April 2020. I interviewed with a...
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The Beginning of the Digital Years
As digital cameras became more popular in 2009, I decided to get back into photography and purchased my first DSLR camera, a Nikon D700...
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My Photo Journey - younger years and 35mm film photography
I've been taking pictures since I was a young boy. Both of my parents each had their own cameras and took a lot of pictures. My father...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
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