I recall as a baby feeling great peace seeing sunlight shining through delicate green leaves. I have a photograph my Mother took of me as a small boy on the ground gazing intently at wildflowers, marveling at the intricate details. This she says was how she saw me most often. At age seven I was given a camera and I loved photographing the patterns I was seeing. I remember stating I wanted to become a photographer for National Geographic Magazine when I grew up. Many things intervened and it wasn’t until 2007, at the encouragement of a friend, I spontaneously got a digital camera. It was a revelation! It gave me the ability to express some of the magic I experience alone in Nature. Until I got a camera those close to me would often be frustrated as I ‘disappeared’ into Nature. Photography has given me a wonderful way to be able to share the ecstasy and peace I feel when I experience the light and patterns of the natural world.