2017 Wildlife Photo Contest

About The Photographer

I became interested in photography enough to learn how to process black and white photos and slides as a young man. After high school, a short stint in college and a few years in the electronic industry, I ended up with a career in the navy where my interest was rekindled. I acquired equipment while serving in the submarine force overseas. Later in my career, I served on the Nathan Hale (SSBN623), where I became the ships photographer providing images for the patrol reports which reside in the Library of Congress. After retirement from the Navy, I had a short period where photography had to take a back seat to starting a career with NASA during the shuttle program. I picked photography up again, with a vengeance when digital started coming in and was traveling overseas for NASA. I married the young lady I took to the Senior Prom in 1957 in August of 2008 and we have since had a huge numbers of hours together photographing air shows and wildlife; we look forward to many more years and thousands of images.