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I was Born and raised in Northern California and studied Accounting/Finance at thee University of Chico State. I worked as a Manager in Retail before I was hired as Loan Officer for a large bank. I enjoyed my 20 year career as a LO, especially helping customers purchase their first home.

I started photography in 2020 as an activity to get out of the house during the Covid pandemic. I learned the basics with astro and long exposure. I transitioned to landscape photography where I continued to make incremental improvements with each passing year.

In the Spring of 2024, things changed as I lost my job as a Mortgage Consultant due to a collapse in the mortgage market. This was the result of high interest rates coupled with historically high home prices. I decided to spend the remainder of the year to focus on Photography.

The following June with a new camera in hand, I got on that big jet airliner, and went to Colombia for six weeks. I had been to Colombia before for vacation & tattoo work, but my goal for this trip was to improve my bird photography skills. Initially, I found it difficult to schedule shoots at bird venues as every place does things a little differently. I eventually figured things out and spent several weeks shooting a various locations. My bird photography skills started to increase because I was shooting everyday. It was a truly exciting time to be in such a beautiful location photographing equally beautiful subjects.

The trip to Colombia gave me the confidence and the positive momentum I needed to move forward with my life. I decided that I wanted to share in the success I had in Colombia with others by providing bird photography tours. My goal for the birds tours is take care of all the planning required for a week long trip to another Country, and allow my clients to fully focus on their birding and/or bird photography. During the tours, I wlll provide help with camera settings, composition tips, insight into the locations we’ll be visiting, and guide services to improve your birding/photography experience.