![]() ![]() ![]() You will find more of their work on various photo sites, including Flickr, and in our own Great Shots section. In "Shutterbugs," some of our best local photographers share their passion for capturing beautiful and fascinating images. If you'd like to go shoot, drop me an e-mail and if I'm available, we'll meet up. If you'd like to see some of my images, check out my websites at Donald, Quintana, or my Flickr pages. It would be nice to be able to give back to my family as well, since they support my addiction to nature photography.Īll in all it's a good life here on the Central Coast as a wildlife and nature photographer. I wouldn't mind getting paid for my photography either! I do have a family to raise, bills to pay, and a sewer line to install. I'd like to be able to share images of lands and animals that need to be preserved and protected. Perhaps I'm still that guy, but at least I know I'm not alone in my lunacy.Įventually, I'd like to see my photography become something that allows me to give back to the community, either by teaching, leading workshops, or contributing to the greater good of the environment. Without these resources and friendships, I'd just be some guy with a camera meandering through fields muttering to himself about shutter speed, ISO, and aperture. I am grateful for your guidance in the community of photography. Morro Photo Expo, Slo Camera Club, Photo Morro Bay, Light Photographic Workshops, The Photoshop and, of course, The SLO Coast Journal. I won't go into more individual names, but you know who you are. I am amazed at the generosity and talent of all of those that share their photographic knowledge and information. I have never met such a welcoming group of people as we have here on the Central Coast. For Christmas I got my first digital camera. Finally, with the support of my loving wife, Shawna, I could pursue my photography. I won't bore you with mine, but we made a decision that I would be the one to stay home to raise our children. Young love swept us off into the land of financial debt, a struggling economy, sick children, and all those things that life throws at you while you're making plans. It was about this time that my wife and I found each other. I had found my calling! But, it hadn't found me yet. Finally, all those skills I had mastered as a young boy - catching lizards, snakes and other creepy crawlers - would come into play. The thought of playing with creatures both great and small, photographing them, and perhaps getting paid like Dennis, seemed all too compelling. On several occasions I helped Dennis wrangle critters for photo shoots. Years ago I was literally and figuratively bitten by the bug. I blame Dennis Sheridan - nature photographer and critter wrangler extraordinaire - for that. The local flora and fauna have remained relatively untouched and remain the same as when I was growing up. They climb the same trees I did and build forts where the rusty nails of my childhood can still be found. ![]() I grew up here in the central coast of California and have called Los Osos my home for the last 38 years, though my family name arrived in the 1840's. Often times I blame my Native American bloodline, though, much like my hairline, that excuse is getting a little bit thin. ![]()
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