My introduction to the great outdoors began early, riding in the top of my father's Kelty backpack through California's High Sierra when I was too young to walk. My Dad was a passionate environmentalist, a photographer, filmmaker, experienced mountaineer and an expert skier, and his knowledge and influence during my formative years set the tone for my own pursuits later on.

After receiving my first reflex camera in 1970 when I was nine years old, I began to experiment with photography around our home, in local parks and the Cascade Range, captivated by the complexity of nature and inspired by the dramatic lighting that often exists in the mountains while discovering the lens as a connection to the ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Major influences came from photographers such as Galen Rowell, John Shaw and Art Wolfe, who taught me about the technical aspects of photography in addition to the necessity for pre-visualizing an image and seeing your subject on a deeper, more interpersonal level.

Following my first international trip in 1981, a three month adventure in the Fiji Islands, New Zealand and Australia, I began to combine more travel, hiking and mountaineering with photography and writing while exploring Nepal, South East Asia, Pakistan, South America, the Canadian Rockies and Alaska, and, later, after moving to Europe in 2001, many countries throughout Europe in addition to travels through Africa, Southwest Asia and the United States.

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