I'll be back, but for now you can find me at www.inaturalist.org/people/51061, where all of my species photos are currently posted, including the ones you see here. If you see anything on iNaturalist that is needed at higher resolution and not already available here, please message me.

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I am a botanist with professional and personal interests centering on the incredible diversity and beauty of the Great Basin and Mojave deserts and surrounding areas of western North America. There is a special place in my heart for the hardiest and least charismatic species, those obscure unsung heroes of arid and alpine lands. (And also for just about every square meter of Inyo County, California -- "dwelling place of a great spirit.")

An equipment minimalist for better or worse, I like to travel nimble and quick in the backcountry. My aim is to capture what my eyes see in a reasonably pleasing way with minimal fuss. No more and no less. For this purpose the Olympus E-510 kit, as-is, has been a very workable companion since 2008. I don't carry a flash, and all plant subjects are in their wild settings (a few non-native species excepted). I do confess to spending a lot of time waiting for lulls in the breeze...

Before going digital in 2008, I used an Olympus OM-4T mainly with Kodachrome-64 film. Some of the very earliest photos came from a cheap 35mm Yashica viewfinder with Kodachrome or color negatives. Film and transparencies are scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 5000 and post-processed with Paintshop. Automated geotagging courtesy of RoboGeo software.