Born and raised in France during the first 30 years of my life, I am a US Semi-Professional photographer currently living in Dallas, Texas after working 14 years in the US, 2.5 years in Ukraine, 3 years in Czech Republic and recently 3 years in Canada. 53 years old with two children. I like taking photography of landscapes, nature, and animals.

It is said that Photography is both an art and a technical science. I surely had very low skills and inclinations to learn arts when I was younger. My tastes and initial background were technology and physics (I am a physics engineer by education). So this is the way I discovered and approached photography (calculation of exposure, F/stops, Flash GN number, depth of field, angle of view, ...) before I realized that what made the difference in a photo was other artistic composition skills that I had to learn and develop: eye for perspective and scale, association of complementary colors & shapes to create dynamic effects, use of the rule of thirds to create visual tension points,, etc...

I am trying hard to improve my artistic skills thanks to the many great photos found in flickr and magazines that feature the best nature photographers that inspired my interest in photography: John Shaw for macro-photography, Art Wolfe for animal photography, Bob Krist for travel photography, David Muench for stunning scenic photography (my favorite)....

I am still very influenced and biased by technology which remains a safe zone for me: I like to constantly experiment with new techniques and hardware. I switched completely from analog to digital photography in 2003. Sold back all Mamiya 645 system and Nikon F5 to work exclusively with Nikon SLR digital bodies and now Sony and Olympus Mirrorless systems.

After using Nikon exclusively for 25 years, I am using today 3 formats:

- a Nikon D500 camera with 200-500mm AF Telephoto lens for wildlife photography (fast tracking and accurate AF-C capacity)

- a Sony A7RII and a set of Zeiss Sony FE lenses for high resolution landscape photography and 4K video

- an Olympus OM-D EM1 MKII camera and its set of Pro lenses for light travel photography and wildlife: the performance and lighter weight of the MFT system is progressively replacing my Nikon FF and DX systems.

I am waiting to see if Nikon will finally move to EVF like the rest of the industry as 4K video in Live view mode is a joke and Sony is slowly gaining my business away from Nikon for still landscape photography where EVF is much more convenient with prime MF lenses.