LAND WORK
I have done quite a few assignments now for The Nature Conservancy. These jobs have required a 4-wheel drive vehicle and remote hiking. I have to understand the vegetation communities, habitats, topography and associated animals for each area I go to get great images. I also have to pay close attention to the weather so I can access areas at the best time for light. I have worked in California from Monterey to the Mexican border and into Baja California. Obviously, working like this is completley different from the underwater jobs and requires a different (and much scaled down) equipment set. The Southern California Edison work is much different, in that I was often surrounded by heavy equipment and had to keep my head on a swivel! I also had challenges with dust and flying dirt which required extra protection for my lenses and camera bodies. My most recent assignment in April 2011 for The Nature Conservancy, took me to California’s Mojave and Amargosa Deserts.
